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Philip: The prince who brought a human touch to the royal pomp
Britain's Prince Philip, the 96-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has been a constant and mischievous presence at thousands of official royal functions.
The Duke of Edinburgh, who performs his final solo engagement on Wednesday, is renowned for punctuating royal pomp with his humour, which straddles a fine line between mischief and offensiveness.
A self-described “cantankerous old sod”, Philip's bluntness has endeared him to some but often made headlines for the wrong reasons.