On Friday, we reported that Prince Philip, the 99 year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth, had passed away at the age of 99. Now, his daughter-in-law Sophie, who is married to Philip’s son Prince Philip, is speaking out to reveal what his final moments were like.
Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, told ITV News that Philip’s death was “very peaceful.”
“It was right for him,” she said. “It was so gentle. It was just like somebody took him by the hand and off he went.”
“Very, very peaceful,” Sophie added. “And that’s all you want for somebody isn’t it?”
Sophie became emotional on Saturday when talking about how the Queen has dealt with the death of her husband of 73 years, saying that “the Queen has been amazing.”
This comes after Philip’s oldest son Prince Charles spoke out to pay tribute to him.
“I particularly wanted to say that my father, for I suppose the last 70 years, has given the most remarkable, devoted service to The Queen, to my family and to the country, but also to the whole of the Commonwealth,” Charles said in a video message, according to People Magazine.
“As you can imagine, my family and I miss my father enormously,” Charles added. “He was a much loved and appreciated figure and apart from anything else, I can imagine, he would be so deeply touched by the number of other people here and elsewhere around the world and the Commonwealth, who also I think, share our loss and our sorrow.”
The 94 year-old Queen also paid tribute to Philip in an Instagram post.
“He has, quite simply, been my strength and stay all these years, and I, and his whole family, and this and many other countries, owe him a debt greater than we would ever claim, or we shall ever know,” the Queen said in a statement posted to Instagram alongside a photo of her and Philip.
“At the Queen’s Coronation in 1953, the Duke of Edinburgh swore to be Her Majesty’s ‘liege man of life and limb,'” the caption continued. “The Duke was a devoted consort (companion to the Sovereign) for almost 70 years, from Her Majesty’s Accession in 1952 until his death.”
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