Prince Philip’s death was ‘very mild’ – as if ‘someone had taken him by the hand and left’, his daughter-in-law said on Sunday.
Sophie Wessex – who is married to Prince Edward, the 57-year-old youngest son of Philip and Queen Elizabeth II – said the royal family comforted them about how “very peaceful” the death of the 99-year-old Friday was.
“It was right for him and, you know, it was so gentle,” the Countess said as she joined her husband and other family members at a service at the Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor.
“It was just like someone took him by the hand, and he left,” she told reporters outside the church.
She said it was “very, very peaceful, and that’s all you want for someone, isn ‘t it?”
The queen “thought of others before herself,” the Countess said, even as the king told the boy, Prince Andrew, that death had left a huge void in her life.
“I think it’s so much easier for the person who goes than the people who stay behind,” Sophie said.
‘We all sit here and look at each other and go’ it’s awful ‘. But just look at all the tributes. It’s just wonderful, ”she said of benefactors who continued to bring flowers and tickets to royal houses.
“Although Philip was shy of 100 for two months and had only stayed in a hospital for a month where he had heart surgery, his death on Friday was still a bit of a shock,” Edward admitted.
“No matter how much one tries to prepare oneself for something like this, it is still a terrible shock. And we’re still trying to come to terms with it. And it is very, very sad, “he said.
He said the “wave of affection for him and just the sweet stories” of benevolence helped the family to “keep up”.
“It just shows: he may have been our father, grandfather, father-in-law, but he meant so much to so many other people,” he said.
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