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Queen Elizabeth's last 15 months as monarch without Prince Philip, her 'constant strength and guide'

One year, five months ago — or 516 days — Queen Elizabeth faced one of the biggest personal challenges of her reign.

The loss of her consort, Prince Philip, aged 99, shaped the last months of her life — an absence keenly felt despite the Queen's renowned stoicism.

Of all the deaths of her closest confidantes over the years — her father, her sister, her mother — this hit the hardest.

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