Royal family in
Edinburgh In private, the Queen said her husband's death had "left a huge void in her life". The Duke's children paid tribute to him in interviews recorded for broadcast after his death. Prince Charles also made a televised short statement from
Highgrove House, describing his father as a "much loved and appreciated figure" who had "given the most remarkable, devoted service to the Queen, to my family and to the country, but also to the whole of the Commonwealth". In accordance with the Queen's wishes, the royal family and the
royal households observed two weeks of mourning starting on 9 April. and several family members attended a memorial service at the
Royal Chapel of All Saints on 11 April. Philip's grandchildren William, Harry, and Eugenie and grandson-in-law Mike Tindall released statements in which they paid tribute to him. The following day, Prince Edward also remarked that messages from the public were "uplifting" and said that the Duke's "spirit and ethos lives on through his
Award, through each and every life touched." On 21 April 2021, on the occasion of her 95th birthday, the Queen expressed gratitude for the warm wishes she received, and also added that the royal family, while in mourning, had been comforted to see and to hear "the tributes paid to [Prince Philip], from people within the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth and around the world". She added she was deeply touched and thanked the public for their "support and kindness shown to us in recent days".
Commonwealth , the
Governor General of New Zealand, speaking at the state memorial service, 21 April 2021 Philip was a prominent figure in the
Commonwealth of Nations and, particularly, the
Commonwealth realms. Representatives of the governments and official oppositions of many of those countries shared messages of condolence to Queen Elizabeth II and in mourning him for their people. Many noted Philip's support and patronage of organisations throughout the Commonwealth, most prominently for The Duke of Edinburgh's Award programme. The
Commonwealth Secretary-General,
Baroness Scotland, also paid tribute and offered condolences, as did the
Commonwealth Games Federation, of which Philip had been president. Flags were flown at half-mast across the Commonwealth. The governments of The Bahamas, Canada, and the Solomon Islands issued notices to fly the national flag at half-mast from the announcement of the death to after the funeral and burial. Notices to fly the national flag at half-mast on specific days during the mourning period were also issued by the governments of Australia, Belize, New Zealand, Saint Lucia, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. In Antigua and Barbuda the flag of
the governor-general was flown at half-mast until the day of the funeral. Physical books of condolences were also opened to the public in some Commonwealth realms; including
Government House in Antigua and Barbuda, the
Beehive and
Tūranga in New Zealand, and Government House in the Solomon Islands. However, physical books of condolences were not opened in Australia, Canada and Jamaica due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
United Kingdom The prime minister, former prime ministers, the
leader of the opposition, and the first ministers expressed condolences. The House of Commons was
recalled a day early after its Easter break, on 12 April, to allow MPs to pay tribute. The
House of Lords was already due to sit on that day. The
Scottish Parliament, the
Welsh Parliament and the
Northern Ireland Assembly members also paid their tributes at meetings on the same day.
Local election campaigns were also suspended. They resumed after the House of Commons members paid their tributes before pausing again on the day of the funeral. observing a minute's silence before tributes to the Duke on 12 April Gun salutes were fired across the UK, in
Gibraltar, and on warships, including and , at sea. Sporting bodies modified their programmes as a mark of respect. On 11 April a service of remembrance was held at
Canterbury Cathedral by Archbishop Justin Welby. Similar services were held across the UK. Alderman Bill Keery, a
Democratic Unionist Party councillor, was suspended from the party after making reference to "grooming" when speaking about the first meeting between the Duke and the Queen when she was 13. In May 2021
Royal Mail honoured Philip by issuing four black-and-white stamps depicting him at various stages of his life. The following month
HM Treasury unveiled a new special limited-edition £5 coin bearing Philip's portrait on
Armed Forces Day; the design was approved by the Duke in 2008. The exhibition "Prince Philip: A Celebration" at Windsor Castle and a complementary exhibition at the
Palace of Holyroodhouse went on display in June and July respectively to mark what would have been Philip's 100th birthday. Following the Duke's death, the
Rutland Lieutenancy announced plans for creating the Duke of Edinburgh Memorial Orchard at the Rutland Showground in tribute to Philip's environmental activism. Its final tree was planted by his cousin
Prince Richard in November 2021 and a bas relief of Philip was unveiled on the same day.
Public , Norfolk ; another person has added a note attacking
the relationship between
Jimmy Savile and the royal family. Due to restrictions during the
COVID-19 pandemic, members of the public were advised not to leave flowers, and a notice marking the Duke's death outside
Buckingham Palace was removed to avoid crowds forming around it. Despite this, over a hundred floral and card tributes were placed at the Palace gates, and thousands gathered to pay their respects. An
elegy was published by the British
Poet Laureate,
Simon Armitage, to mark the Duke's death. The heavy coverage of the death, particularly by the BBC, received some public criticism. On 15 April it was announced that the BBC received 109,741 complaints about their handling of the Duke's death, the majority of which was reported to be criticism that the coverage was excessive. As a result, the BBC's coverage of the Duke's death has been the most-widely-complained-about programming in its history.
Crown Dependencies The
lieutenant governor of the
Isle of Man,
Sir Richard Gozney, sent condolences to the Queen, and tribute was made by the island's
chief minister,
Howard Quayle. Flags on all public buildings on the island were being flown at half-mast. Members of
Tynwald paid their tributes on 15 April. In
Jersey flags were flown at half-mast. The
chief minister of Jersey, the
bailiff of Jersey, and the
lieutenant governor of Jersey all paid tribute. Representatives of
Guernsey also remembered the Duke warmly, and on 10 April a 41-gun salute was sounded from
Castle Cornet. Representatives of
Alderney paid their tributes on 14 April.
Overseas Territories Gun salutes were sounded in the territories of
Anguilla,
Bermuda,
British Virgin Islands,
Cayman Islands,
Falkland Islands,
Gibraltar,
Montserrat, and
Turks and Caicos Islands. The flag at
Rothera Research Station,
British Antarctic Territory, was lowered to half-mast.
Philip Rushbrook,
Governor of
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, gave a eulogy during a remembrance service. The
Governor of
Pitcairn,
Laura Clarke, attended the New Zealand memorial service.
Canada flying at half-mast outside the
Joseph Shepard Building,
Toronto, on 11 April On the morning of 9 April, local time, the
bourdon of the
Peace Tower in the national capital,
Ottawa, was rung 99 times, one for each year the Duke lived, and the federal Crown-in-Council ordered all properties owned by the Crown to fly flags at half-mast until the afternoon following the Duke's funeral. While the gates of
the monarch's and viceroy's official residence in Ottawa,
Rideau Hall, remained open, the Office of the
Secretary to the Governor General of Canada, in light of COVID-19-related restrictions, encouraged mourners to visit a commemorative website set up by the
Ministry of Canadian Heritage. The federal government announced five days later that it would donate to the Canadian branch of
the Duke of Edinburgh's Award, as a tribute to the Duke. It was televised and live-streamed by the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Radio-Canada. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, no guests were allowed to attend the service, with tributes provided virtually, including ones from
David Johnston, a former
governor general of Canada,
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Shane AD Parker, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa, and Elizabeth J Bretzlaff, Dean of Ottawa and Rector of Christ Church Cathedral, officiated in the ceremony, which began with Andrew McAnerney (
tenor) and Stephanie Manias (
soprano), accompanied by organist James Calkiin, performing, in the cathedral, the "
Kontakion of the Faithful Departed", adapted by Canadian composer Stephanie Martin into a choral setting. and a recital by the Dominion
Carillonneur on the
Peace Tower carillon followed the national ceremony. Memorial services in
Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Toronto, Ontario, were also broadcast online, with the former service featuring a eulogy by
Lieutenant Governor Arthur LeBlanc.
Australia A 41-gun salute was observed outside
Parliament House in Australia on the afternoon of 10 April. Another memorial service led by Archbishop
Geoffrey Smith was held at
St. Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide on 18 April, and was attended by
South Australian dignitaries.
New Zealand A 41-gun salute was observed in New Zealand from
Point Jerningham at noon on 11 April. On 13 April, MPs in New Zealand convened to pay tribute to him, including performing a
waiata. A state memorial service was also held at
Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul on 21 April, led by Archbishop
Philip Richardson. Speakers during the service included
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and
Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy.
Cyprus in London flew the flags of Cyprus and the European Union at half-mast on the day of the funeral In Cyprus, where Philip spent a decade as a
Royal Navy officer, churches were encouraged to hold a commemorative service before the funeral. A Sung Eucharist was conducted on 14 April at St Paul's Anglican Cathedral, Nicosia, in thanksgiving for the Duke's life. It was attended by Archbishop
Michael Lewis and
British High Commissioner to Cyprus Stephen Lillie.
Malta On 17 April a gun salute was held at noon at the
Upper Barrakka Saluting Battery overlooking the
Grand Harbour in
Valletta. The nine-gun salute – one for each decade of the Duke of Edinburgh's life – was organised by the Wirt Artna Foundation and the Malta Tourism Authority. Tributes were also held at
Villa Guardamangia in
Pietà; a villa where Philip lived while serving in the navy in the late 1940s. The villa was the residence of the royal couple from 1949 to 1951, when Philip was stationed in Malta as the captain of . The tribute was organised by the Malta George Cross Movement; and saw members of the movement, the Royal Naval Association Malta branch, the Malta Command WW2 Living History Group, and members of the public lay flowers and wreaths at the steps of the villa.
Vanuatu men in 2012, holding photographs from their meeting with the Duke in 2007 The Kastom people around the villages of
Yaohnanen and Yakel on the southern island of
Tanna in
Vanuatu, who
worship Prince Philip, mourned his death. The Union Flag was flown at half mast on the grounds of the
nakamal. A formal weeks-long mourning period was declared and many tribespeople gathered on 12 April in a ceremony to remember Philip. During their mourning period, villagers met periodically to conduct rites and display memorabilia,
yams and kava plants. Kirk Huffman, an anthropologist familiar with the group, said that after their period of mourning the group would probably transfer their veneration to Prince Charles, who had visited Vanuatu in 2018 and met with some of the tribal leaders.
Greece and Denmark As Philip was Greek by birth, the
President of Greece,
Katerina Sakellaropoulou, shared a photograph of him as a young boy dressed in the uniform of an
Evzone guard. The photograph had been presented to the nation by Prince Charles on a visit to Athens in March 2021.
Constantine II, Philip's first cousin once removed and the last
king of the Hellenes, praised Philip's dedication to his country and the Commonwealth. While the funeral was held at Windsor, Philip was honoured with a memorial prayer in
Saint Spyridon Church in Corfu by the
metropolitan of Corfu, Paxos and Diapontia, Nektarios. in Corfu where a memorial prayer took place for the Duke on the day of his funeral From Denmark, a nation of which Philip was also born a prince, Queen
Margrethe II sent condolences to Queen Elizabeth II. The
Danish Royal House shared a portrait in which Philip was wearing the Danish
Order of the Elephant. The flags over Margrethe's official residence at
Amalienborg in Copenhagen were flown at half-mast, by her orders, for the funeral on 17 April.
Royalty Various heads of existing and former
European monarchies, most of whom were related to the Duke (predominantly through
Victoria of the United Kingdom and
Christian IX of Denmark), shared their grief, including
Philippe and
Mathilde, the King and Queen of the Belgians;
Albert II, the Prince of Monaco;
Willem-Alexander and
Máxima, the King and Queen of the Netherlands, and Princess
Beatrix of the Netherlands;
Margareta, Custodian of the Crown of Romania;
Maria Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia;
Felipe VI and
Letizia, the King and Queen of Spain; Other monarchs and heads of royal houses from different parts of the world, including native monarchies of Commonwealth nations, also sent their condolences. Flags were flown at half-mast at several royal palaces. The Norwegian Royal House announced that a flag would be flown at half-mast from the balcony of the
Royal Palace, Oslo, on 9 April and on the day of the funeral. On the day of the funeral, flags at the
Grand Ducal Palace and
Berg Castle in Luxembourg, and the
Royal Standard of Sweden at
Stockholm Palace were also flown at half mast.
Bhutan s for the deceased symbolises the hope that he is free of suffering and his soul will reach enlightenment.
King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and
Queen Jetsun Pema of Bhutan gave orders for special prayers to be held in monasteries across the nation in memory of the Duke, for about a week following his death. On 10 April, the King and Queen offered prayers before a portrait of the Duke at the Mongar Dzong, a Buddhist fortress-monastery in
Mongar, and lit 1000
butterlamps, which in
Tibetan Buddhism symbolises the hope that the person is free of suffering and that his soul will reach enlightenment. They were accompanied by
Queen Mother Tshering Yangdon,
Prince Gyaltshab Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, and
Ashi Yeatso Lhamo.
Sweden Sweden honoured the Duke, who was a Knight of the
Royal Order of the Seraphim, the foremost order of Sweden, on the day of his funeral. The Duke was awarded the order by King Gustaf VI Adolf on 23 June 1954. The Duke was the 683rd Knight of the Order since its inception in 1748. The Duke's
coat of arms as a Knight of the Royal Order of the Seraphim was then taken from the palace to
Riddarholmen Church in Stockholm, where the great bell rang a traditional Seraphim Toll (
Serafimerringningen) for one hour, from noon to 1 pm. The Vice-Chancellor delivered the eulogy for the deceased Knight of the Order. The Duke's coat of arms were then hung in the church. The Duke's sash and Order of the Seraphim was on display in St George's Chapel on the day of the funeral. The Swedish Royal Family sent wreaths to the British Royal Family.
International , on 10 April Past and present representatives of the governments of many nations gave tribute to the life of the Duke and his impact around the world. Also sharing sympathy were the
president of the European Commission,
Ursula von der Leyen,
Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom,
Director-General of the World Trade Organization Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala,
President of the World Bank David Malpass,
Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg,
Pope Francis, The Irish National flag was previously flown at half-mast on all State buildings in 1997, on the day of
Diana's funeral, and in 2002, to mark the
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