Prince Philip, the 99 year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth, tragically passed away on Friday morning at Windsor Castle.  Now, his son Prince Andrew is speaking out to say that the 94 year-old Queen is saying that Philip’s death has “left a huge void in her life.”

“I feel very sorry and supportive of my mother who is feeling it probably more than anybody else,” Andrew told reporters after attending a service at the chapel at Royal Lodge Windsor, according to CNN.

“He was a remarkable man, I loved him as a father. He was so calm. If you had a problem he would think about it,” Andrew added. “He was always someone you could go to.”

Andrew went on to say that the royal family are “all feeling a great sense of loss. We’ve lost almost the grandfather of the nation.”

When asked how his mother was feeling, Andrew said, “The Queen as you would expect is an incredibly stoic person. And she described his passing as a miracle. And she’s contemplating.”

“She described it as having left a huge void in her life,” Andrew said, adding that the family is “rallying around to make sure that we’re there to support her.”

Prince Edward, the Queen and Prince Philip’s youngest child, has also spoken out to talk about the sense of shock that is being felt over his father’s death.

“However much one tries to prepare oneself for something like this, it’s still a dreadful shock and we’re still trying to come to terms with that and it’s very, very sad,” Edward said after the same service. He went on to say that the royal family is appreciative of the “extraordinary tributes, and the memories that everybody has had.”

Edward’s wife Sophie also talked about how Philip “always exchanged words with everybody” in and around the royal estates.

“They all meant a lot to him, and he always took a very personal interest in everything that they were doing. So they all have got stories to tell him. Most of them are quite funny as well,” she added.

Princess Anne, the only daughter of the Queen and Philip, paid tribute to her father as her “teacher,” “supporter” and “critic.”

“His ability to treat every person as an individual in their own right with their own skills comes through all the organisations with which he was involved,” she said in a statement released on Sunday. “We will miss him but he leaves a legacy which can inspire us all. You know it’s going to happen but you are never really ready.”