{"id":1405765,"date":"2022-03-28T19:30:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T23:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1405765"},"modified":"2022-03-28T19:31:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T23:31:01","slug":"uk-royals-gather-to-pay-tribute-to-queen-elizabeths-late-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-royals-gather-to-pay-tribute-to-queen-elizabeths-late-husband\/","title":{"rendered":"UK royals gather to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth\u2019s late husband"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fuk-royals-gather-to-pay-tribute-to-queen-elizabeths-late-husband%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1405765&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-03-28T231104Z_1_LYNXNPEI2R155_RTROPTP_0_BRITAIN-ROYALS-PHILIP-MEMORIAL_1.jpg\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO: Funeral of Britain&#039;s Prince Philip in Windsor\" \/><br \/>FILE PHOTO: Britain&#8217;s Queen Elizabeth is seen during the funeral of Britain&#8217;s Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth, who died at the age of 99, at St George&#8217;s Chapel, in Windsor, Britain, April 17, 2021. Yui Mok\/Pool via REUTERS\/File Photo<\/div>\n<p>March 28, 2022<\/p>\n<p>By Michael Holden<\/p>\n<p>LONDON (Reuters) \u2013     Britain\u2019s Queen Elizabeth may make her first public appearance in five months on Tuesday when the royal family and other dignitaries gather for a memorial service in honour of her husband Prince Philip, who died last year.<\/p>\n<p>Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, who was by his wife\u2019s side for more than seven decades, passed away at their Windsor Castle home in April, two months shy of his 100th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Only 30 mourners were able to attend his funeral service then due to strict coronavirus rules, which meant the queen poignantly sat alone as her husband of 73 years was lowered into the Royal Vault of St George\u2019s Chapel of the castle.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s service of thanksgiving at London\u2019s Westminster Abbey will be a much bigger event, with Buckingham Palace saying the 95-year-old queen had been actively involved in its planning.<\/p>\n<p>The monarch herself has been forced to cut back on her duties since she spent a night in hospital last October for an unspecified illness and was advised to rest, and there have been concerns about her health after she cancelled a number of planned engagements since then.<\/p>\n<p>A palace source said she was hoping to attend the service in what would be her first appearance in public since falling ill. <\/p>\n<p>The occasion will also be her second son Prince Andrew\u2019s first public outing since he made an undisclosed payment to settle a U.S. lawsuit over allegations he sexually assaulted a teenage girl decades ago, claims he denied.<\/p>\n<p>Joining him in the congregation will be other senior royals, foreign kings and queens, friends of the late duke, politicians including Prime Minister Boris Johnson, military figures and more than 500 representatives from charities and other organisations he championed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018RARE ABILITY\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA man of rare ability and distinction, rightly honoured and celebrated, he ever directed our attention away from himself,\u201d David Hoyle, the Dean of Westminster, is due to say.<\/p>\n<p>Philip, who married Elizabeth in 1947 at the Abbey where she was also crowned six years later, helped his wife adapt the monarchy to the changing times of the post-World War Two era as the loss of empire and the decline of deference challenged the world\u2019s most prominent royal family.<\/p>\n<p>On their golden anniversary, she described Philip, who was known for his no-nonsense attitude and a propensity for occasional gaffes, as her \u201cstrength and stay\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Forced to carve out a role for himself as there was no clear precedent, he focused on helping young people through his Duke of Edinburgh Awards scheme, and promoting environmental issues.<\/p>\n<p>It was \u201ca long life lived fully\u201d, Hoyle will say.<\/p>\n<p>The service for the life of one-time royal moderniser comes as his grandson and future king Prince William, 38, is also looking to move the monarchy into the future.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, three tabloid newspapers ran front page stories all quoting an unnamed source saying William and his wife Kate wanted to \u201crip up the rule-book\u201d and do things differently after criticism that parts of their recent week-long Caribbean tour appeared \u201ctone-deaf\u201d and a throwback to colonial times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not a criticism of how it was done in the past. But times are changing,\u201d the source was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Michael Holden; Editing by Alex Richardson)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE PHOTO: Britain&#8217;s Queen Elizabeth is seen during the funeral of Britain&#8217;s Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth, who died at the age of 99, at St George&#8217;s Chapel, in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":287,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1405765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/287"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1405765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1405765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1405765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1405765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}