[GTranslate]LONDON – Prince Philip passed away at the age of 99: the Queen of England announced “the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. His Royal Highness passed away in peace this morning at Windsor Castle ”, reads the Buckingham Palace communiqué.

Filippo, who would have turned 100 on 10 June, had last appeared in public on 16 March, as he left King Edward VII Hospital in London, where he had been hospitalized to recover from the heart surgery he had subjected to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

The framed announcement of Prince Philip’s death was hung on the gate of Buckingham Palace in London. Flags at half mast on the building. Eight days of mourning decreed across the UK.

“It is to her majesty and her family that our thoughts turn today: we cry with her majesty and our condolences go out to her and her family, whom we thank as a nation and kingdom,” said British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed “deep sadness” for the death of the Duke of Edinburgh. ” A man of great purpose and conviction, who was motivated by a sense of duty to others, Prince Philip contributed so much to the social fabric of our country – and the world”, Trudeau wrote on Twitter where he also shared the official statement published on the site of the Government (and which you can read in full here: Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on the passing of The Duke of Edinburgh)