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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Laura Parnaby

Duke of Edinburgh ‘would have been pleased’ with memorial service – goddaughter

PA Wire

One of the Duke of Edinburgh’s many goddaughters said he “would have been pleased” with the service held in his memory at Westminster Abbey.

Elizabeth Grubb, who flew from New Zealand for Tuesday’s service and attended alongside her son, Richard Rice-Grubb, said the duke was a friend of her father’s after they served together in the Navy.

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