His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle …
The Royal Family join with people around the world in mourning his loss" (viaCNN).
After, he was rarely seen in public.
Prince Philip’s surprising passions
If you’ve watchedThe Crown, you know.
There are the cartoon cutouts you see plastered all over gossip columns.
And then there are the people, who transform into symbols when they dress up in their royal titles.
For the most part, we know the “Prince Philip” thatBuckingham Palacehas created for us.
We admire him asQueen Elizabeth’s support system.
We’ve gained glimpses of the man behind the title, too.
And he had a passion for architecture.
Design, he once admitted in an interview, “makes [life] worthwhile …
It makes it a positive experience rather than just having to struggle through it” (viaExpress).
Perhaps you’ve read the letters which he once sent toPrincess Diana(viaMarie Claire).
His love story with Queen Elizabeth also began with words on a page.
Princess Elizabeth was 21 when she finally married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten (26) in 1947.
It became their song, and true to their life together.
She becomes softer and lighter and happier'" (viaPeople).
