A royal expert has said that the Queen followed her husband's 'famous' mantra until her last days, and that she never fully recovered from his death. Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, famously said that he wanted to 'get on with it' and that he was 'quite ready to die' in his final days.
Previously, Her Majesty described the 'huge void' the death of her husband had left in her life, but she remained " incredibly stoic" despite the "terrible loss", according to Prince Andrew. Now, royal expert Duncan Larcombe has said that he believes Queen Elizabeth II adopted Prince Philip's mantra in her final days.
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Speaking to OK Magazine, Duncan said: "I don't think Her Majesty ever fully recovered from the death of the Duke of Edinburgh.
"We were all amazed at how quickly she got back to work after his funeral and touched that she appeared so determined to follow Philip's famous mantra 'Just get on with it'."
Prince Philip passed away on April 9, 2021, and if he had lived just a few days longer he would have turned 100 - but towards the end he just wanted to 'get on with it'.
He told his friend, and author, Gyles Brandreth: "It's what happens, sooner or later. I don't want to hang on until I'm a hundred... I'm already falling to pieces as it is. Bits keep dropping off. I have absolutely no desire to cling on to life unnecessarily. Ghastly prospect."
As we reported at the time, the Queen described the loss of her beloved husband Prince Philip as "having left a huge void in her life".
Their son, Prince Andrew, said the late monarch was "feeling it more than everybody else" but was remaining "incredibly stoic", as he described his father's death as a "terrible loss".
Speaking to reporters and wellwishers at The Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor, Andrew, 62 said: "The Queen as you could expect is an incredibly stoic person and she described his passing as a miracle, and she is contemplating is the way I would put it.
"She described it as having left a huge void in her life but we, the family, the ones who are closer, are rallying round to make sure that we are there to support her and I know there is a huge amount of support, not just for her, but for everybody as we go through this enormous change."
Andrew said his father's passing at the age of 99 during the pandemic felt as though the family was "in the same boat" as so many around the world who had lost loved ones to Covid-19.
He added: "It's a terrible loss.
"My father said to me on the telephone a few months ago, we're all in the same boat and we must always remember that but occasionally we, in the family, are asked to stand up and show compassion and leadership.
"And unfortunately with my father's death, it has brought at home to me not just our loss but the loss that everybody else has felt for so many people who have died and lost loved ones during the pandemic, and so we are all in the same boat, slightly different circumstances because he didn't die from Covid, but we are all feeling a great sense of loss.
"But at the same time the tributes have been absolutely amazing, that I have seen and the messages that I am getting have been absolutely outstanding and I just want to say how grateful I am, we are, for these tributes."
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