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Portrait of the week

Portrait of the week: Duke of Edinburgh dies, Covid retreats and questions for Cameron

17 April 2021

9:00 AM

17 April 2021

9:00 AM

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The Duke of Edinburgh, who was married to the Queen for 73 years, died at Windsor Castle, aged 99. The Queen was said to feel ‘a huge void’. Union flags flew at half mast; gun salutes were fired. For a day the BBC cancelled television schedules and broadcast the same programmes on all its channels.

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