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Chapters (23)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Introduction
  4. WEDDING CELEBRATIONS
  5. CHILDHOOD CONTRASTS
  6. GROWING TOGETHER APART
  7. KISSING COUSINS
  8. CHANGES
  9. PARENTHOOD
  10. PHILIP AND ALBERT
  11. BRINGING UP ANDREW AND EDWARD
  12. WATCHING THE FAMILY GROW
  13. TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
  14. THE DEATH OF DIANA
  15. DIFFERENT INTERESTS
  16. FROM BANQUETS TO TEA AT THE PALACE
  17. DEFENDER OF THE FAITH
  18. THREESCORE YEARS AND TEN
  19. Acknowledgements
  20. Photographs
  21. List of Illustrations
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index

14. Prince Philip carriage-driving with Lady Penny Brabourne at Windsor Horse Show.

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15. Sharing a joke with his daughter-in-law Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, at the Derby at Epsom on 4 June 2011. The Queen’s horse Carlton Hall was favourite but came third, with Pour Moi winning.

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16. Prince Philip and his daughter-in-law, the late Diana, Princess of Wales, at a polo match at Smith’s Lawn in the 1980s. They had a difficult relationship as Diana did not always appreciate his advice.

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17. Prince Philip looking doubtfully at the Queen as she drinks a toast to the new century at the Millennium Dome in 2000. It was not an evening either of them enjoyed as they were forced into staged celebrations with the then prime minister Tony Blair.

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18. The Queen with five-year-old Prince Harry and Michael Mann, Dean of Windsor, on Easter Day, April 1989. Mann established an excellent rapport with the Queen and Prince Philip and was much loved by them both.

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19. Prince Harry and his grandfather, Prince Philip, at the Rugby World Cup final at Twickenham in 2015. Prince Philip enjoys being around his grandsons, especially at sporting events.

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20. Prince Philip painting at an easel during the filming of the 1969 TV documentary The Royal Family. He is a talented artist and enjoys his hobby while being extremely knowledgeable about the subject.

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21. The Queen riding with the Princess Royal in 2002. Age has not diminished her enthusiasm, and fifteen years later she takes every opportunity she can for a gentle hack. Despite safety issues she never wears a hat as it messes up her hair.

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22. The Queen laughing at Prince Philip as he stands to attention at Windsor prior to the Queen’s Company Grenadier Guards ceremonial review, 15 April 2003, a week before her seventy-seventh birthday.

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23. On Prince Philip’s ninetieth birthday, the Queen made her husband Lord High Admiral, the titular head of the Royal Navy. Here he lends a helping hand to the Queen after a service, in March 2015, commemorating British troops’ thirteen-year involvement in Afghanistan.

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24. The Queen and her racing manager John Warren cannot contain their delight as her horse Estimate wins the Gold Cup at Ascot in 2013 with jockey Ryan Moore and trainer Sir Michael Stoute.

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25. Although Prince Philip is no fan of racing, he dutifully accompanies the Queen to Ascot and the Derby. He is seen here with the Queen and the Duke of York at the 2016 Derby. The Queen presented the trophy for the first time in her reign to the Aga Khan, whose horse Harzand won.

List of Illustrations

List of Illustrations

1.   Prince Philip (ennobled the Duke of Edinburgh on his marriage) and Princess Elizabeth during their honeymoon at Broadlands in 1947.

2.   Adopting an identical pose sixty years later in 2007. The Queen is wearing the same sapphire and diamond chrysanthemum brooch and pearl necklace.

3.   The Duke and Duchess of York with baby Elizabeth on 29 April 1926, a week after her birth.