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Prince Philip's Last Chapter: Freedom and Solitude
9 Apr
Summary
- Philip spent his final years at Wood Farm Cottage, enjoying painting and carriage driving.
- He discreetly left his nurses to have a beer alone the night before he died.
- Prince Philip deliberately avoided reaching his 100th birthday, passing just before it.
Prince Philip, husband to Queen Elizabeth II for 74 years, spent his later years living at Wood Farm Cottage in Sandringham. After concluding his final public engagement in August 2017, he enjoyed a period of freedom, pursuing his interests in carriage driving, reading, and painting.
During this time, his wife would visit him on weekends. The Duke of Edinburgh, who had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2013, passed away on April 9, 2021, at the age of 99. He had reportedly shared a beer alone the night before his death, having given his nurses the slip.
Prince Philip deliberately avoided reaching his 100th birthday, passing away two months shy of the milestone. He died without his wife by his side.
