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Queen Elizabeth II described that she was left with a "great emptiness in her life" after the death of her husband, Prince Felipe, according to her son, Prince Andrew, commented on Sunday.
Speaking to the media after attending a chapel service at the Royal Lodge Windsor, the Duke of York said: "I feel very heartbroken and supportive of my mother, who is probably feeling it more than anyone else."
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Prince Felipe: decades in public life
Philip, the queen's lifelong companion and longest-serving consort in British history, died at the age of 99 on Friday.
His body will be at Windsor Castle until his funeral on Saturday.
«He was an extraordinary man, I loved him as a father.
It was so peaceful.
If you had a problem, he would think about it, ”Andrés said.
"He was always someone you could turn to."
Prince Philip and Prince Andrew at Epsom Racecourse, England, in June 2016.
The news of Felipe's death was greeted with a host of tributes around the world, including messages from former US presidents and other world leaders.
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The royal family itself "feels a great sense of loss," said Andrés.
"We have almost lost the grandfather of the nation."
When asked how his mother is feeling, the duke replied: “The queen, unsurprisingly, is an incredibly stoic person.
And he described his death as a miracle.
And he is contemplating.
"She described it as there is a great void in her life," she said, adding that the family is "coming together to make sure we are there to support her."
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The day Elizabeth of York met Philip, her destiny was not to be queen.
She was 7 years old and the maid of honor to her aunt, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, who married the Duke of Kent at Westminster Abbey.
Felipe, 12, attended as the bride's first cousin.
When they met again, five years later, in 1939, everything had changed.
Isabel was heir to the throne, as her father assumed as king after her uncle abdicated the crown.
Felipe was an 18-year-old cadet.
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Prince Philip of Greece played cricket in 1939, while studying at Gordonstoun, a boarding school in Scotland.
"How high you can jump!" Elizabeth told her governess, Marion Crawford, in July 1939 when she saw Philip leaping over the tennis nets at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth.
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Princess Elizabeth poses with a pony in Windsor Great Park on her 13th birthday, April 21, 1939. (Credit: Central Press / Getty Images)
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The royal family arrived at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth in 1939. From left to right are Prince Philip, Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth, King George VI and Princess Elizabeth.
The latter would be dazzled by the young Marine cadet during this visit.
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During the war, Felipe wrote to Isabel and visited her on Christmas 1943. Isabel was 17 years old and a young woman.
He found her very attractive.
At the end of the war, Felipe courted her with serious intentions and took her to concerts and restaurants or had dinner at the nursery with Princess Margaret (Credit: AFP via Getty Images)
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Prince Felipe is portrayed in December 1946, when he was serving as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy.
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Princess Elizabeth, now heir to the throne, in her drawing room at Buckingham Palace in July 1946. (Credit: Lisa Sheridan / Studio Lisa / Getty Images)
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Isabel and Felipe walk together.
She had decided on Felipe since she was 13 years old and the war had only intensified the romance.
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Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip in their role as bridesmaid and escort at Patricia Mountbatten and Lord Brabourne's wedding in 1946. Philip was the bride's cousin.
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Smiling Elizabeth and her fiancé Philip are pictured together at Buckingham Palace in July 1947, after their engagement was announced.
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Elizabeth and Philip walk down the aisle at Westminster Abbey on their wedding day, November 20, 1947. Credit: (Bert Hardy / Picture Post / Hulton Archive / Getty Images)
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Wedding portrait of the royal couple.
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Isabel and Felipe spend their honeymoon in Malta, where he is assigned to the Royal Navy.
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A family portrait in 1951, after Isabel and Felipe had Carlos in 1948 and Ana in 1950. (Credit: Keystone-France / Gamma-Keystone / Getty Images)
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Isabel and Felipe visit a national park in Kenya in February 1952. (Credit: AFP / Getty Images)
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At Treetops Game Lodge, Princess Elizabeth learns of her father's death.
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Elizabeth, now queen, and Philip return to Britain after leaving their Kenyan tour, following news of the death of King George.
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Queen Elizabeth II and Philip greet the audience from the balcony of Buckingham Palace on her coronation day in June 1953. (Credit: Press Association / AP)
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Prince Philip sits next to the queen as she reads a speech to Canadian members of Parliament in 1957. (Credit: Paul Popper / Popperfoto / Getty Images)
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Ana, Carlos, Eduardo and Andrés pose with their parents at Balmoral Castle in Scotland during the royal family's annual summer vacation.
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip during their 1977 visit to New Zealand (Credit: Serge Lemoine / Getty Images)
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Queen Elizabeth II has lunch with Prince Philip and their children, Princess Anne and Prince Charles at Windsor Castle in Berkshire, circa 1969. A camera (left) is positioned to record the BBC documentary Royal Family 'by Richard Cawston.
The production followed the royal family for a year and aired on June 21, 1969. (Credit: Hulton Archive / Getty Images)
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The Queen and Philip fly back from Yorkshire.
This photo was taken during the filming of the documentary.
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Prince Philip walks behind the coffin of Diana, Princess of Wales, alongside Prince William, Earl Spencer, Prince Harry and Prince Charles, in September 1997. (Credit: Anwar Hussein / WireImage / Getty Images
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The Queen and Prince Philip observe some of the many tributes to Diana left by the public.
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Queen Elizabeth, accompanied by Prince Philip, delivers a speech in both houses of Parliament to commemorate her 60 years on the British throne, in March 2012. (Credit: Kirsty Wigglesworth / Pool / AP)
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, hold hands as they attend the state inauguration of Parliament on December 3, 2008 in London, England.
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The Queen and Prince Philip walk back to Buckingham together after hosting a party in June 2011. (Credit: Matt Dunham / WPA Pool / Getty Images)
Andrew, often distinguished as the queen's favorite son, walked away from his public duties after a disastrous 2019 interview with the BBC about his association with disgraced sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Prince Edward, the queen's youngest son and Prince Philip, described feeling shocked at the death of his father.
"As much as one tries to prepare for something like this, it is still a terrible shock and we still try to accept that and it is very, very sad," Edward, Earl of Wessex, told the media after the same ceremony.
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He added that the royal family is grateful for the "extraordinary tributes and memories everyone has had."
Edward's wife, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, noted how Philip "always exchanged words with everyone" in and around the royal estates.
“They all meant a lot to him, and he always had a very personal interest in everything they did.
So they all had stories to tell him.
Most of them are pretty funny too, ”he added.
Princess Anne, the only daughter of the queen and Philip, said that the duke was her "teacher," her "support," and her "critic."
"His ability to treat each person as an individual in his own right with his own abilities comes from all the organizations with which he was involved," he said in a statement Sunday.
"We will miss him, but he leaves a legacy that can inspire us all."
"You know it's going to happen, but you're never really ready," added the princess.
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