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09.04.2021, 13:08
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It says on the German radio news. Nothing yet on the bbc app
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09.04.2021, 13:09
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| | | Re: Duke of Edinburgh has died
BBC confirms. 99 years old!
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09.04.2021, 13:10
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| | | Re: Duke of Edinburgh has died
Confirmed by BBC.
Just short of his hundredth birthday.
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09.04.2021, 13:12
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Yeah, husband's just heard it on the BBC tv news. RIP Your Highness.  |
09.04.2021, 13:31
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Oh no. Sad news indeed. May he rest in peace
I always admired the marriage the Queen and him had. They went through so much together and it was obvious that they loved each other. very much.
I am sad for her Majesty
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09.04.2021, 13:48
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Like Denis Thatcher he was always in his wife's shadow but no doubt a huge support. 
RIP
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09.04.2021, 13:55
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| Quote: | |  | | | BBC confirms. 99 years old! | | | | | Just one more year and he would have received a postcard from his wife.
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09.04.2021, 14:00
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| Quote: | | | | | Just one more year and he would have received a postcard from his wife. | | | | | Well, in June this year actually.
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09.04.2021, 14:26
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What was the name of the band he played in ??
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09.04.2021, 14:37
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Sad news, any consort has difficult moments but he always had a good sense of humour.
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09.04.2021, 15:07
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| Quote: | | | | | What was the name of the band he played in ?? | | | | | We all have a sense of humour (question of degrees) so it must have been https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dukes_of_Stratosphear RIP
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