Hungerford Arcade co-owners, Hazel Browne and Adrian Gilmour, managers, Rita Kibble, Wendy Spare, Richard Brockwell, staff and stallholders send our sincere condolences to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and her family on the very sad passing this morning of her husband of 74 years, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh. He was the foundation stone of the modern Royal family we, the Commonwealth and countries around the world know and love today.
Hazel remembers the day when Princess Elizabeth married Prince Philip on 20th November 1947. It was a breath of fresh air after the dark days of the war. There was great excitement and a sense of optimism in the country.
I watched some television today, dedicated to the incredible life of the Duke of Edinburgh. He was a very special man and a very modest man who did very much to empower young people. The hugely popular Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme which he started in 1956 helped tens of thousands of young people over the years. He was also very much involved in saving wildlife and conservation long before it was fashionable and widely talked about. The Duke of Edinburgh was a very modern thinker and from the early days of technology, right up to the present day, kept the Royal household in step with each new development ensuring they were very much in the 21st century.
Prince_Phillip_looking_at_City_Hall,_November_2008.jpg: Flickr user Steve Punterderivative work: Andibrunt, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Attribution
RIP
His Royal Highness The Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh
10th June 1921 – 9th April 2021
