Special coverage | Prince Philip has died, Buckingham Palace announces

five pictures now from london if the wind blows you will see that flag unfurl that is the union jack and it has been lowered in tribute to prince philip the duke of edinburgh who died peacefully at windsor castle at the age of 99. tessa arcelia is in our london bureau tessa we turn to you for the latest we got that royal statement of course from the palace confirming the passing of prince philip what is the latest information indeed just uh want to read a part of that um it says that the prince philip duke of edinburgh his royal highness passed away peacefully this morning at windsor castle and the queen had announced the death of her beloved husband that was a statement we got about an hour ago um from buckingham palace so right now we are waiting for details of what is next you know of course heather protocols have been in place for this moment and yes there were expectations that he would make it to his uh 100th birthday in june but sadly he didn't so he's died at the age of 99. so he had requested upon his wishes to only have a royal ceremonial funeral as opposed to a state funeral because he said he didn't want any of the fuss and just as a background previous ceremonial funerals included you know diana's princess of wales in 97 the queen mother in 2002 and margaret thatcher in 2013. of course right now we are expecting reactions to come of course here in the uk we had the prime minister boris johnson pay tribute and give his message let's take a listen to that first i received word from buckingham palace that his royal highness the duke of edinburgh has passed away at the age of 99. prince philip earned the affection of generations here in the united kingdom across the commonwealth and around the world he was the longest serving consort in history one of the last surviving people in this country to have served in the second world war at cape matapan where he was mentioned in dispatches for bravery and in the invasion of sicily where he saved his ship by his quick thinking and from that conflict he took an ethic of service that he applied throughout the unprecedented changes of the post-war era like the expert carriage driver that he was he helped to steer the royal family and the monarchy so that it remains an institution indisputably vital to the balance and happiness of our national life he was an environmentalist and a champion of the national world natural world long before it was fashionable with his duke of edinburgh awards scheme he shaped and inspired the lives of countless young people and literally tens of thousands of events he fostered their hopes and encouraged their ambitions we remember the duke for all of this and above all for his steadfast support for her majesty the queen not just as her consort by her side every day of her reign but as her husband her strength and stay of more than 70 years and it is to her majesty and her family that our nation's thoughts must turn today because they have lost not just a much loved and highly respected public figure but a devoted husband and a proud and loving father grandfather and in recent years great grandfather speaking on their golden wedding anniversary her majesty said that our country owed her husband a greater debt than he would ever claim or we shall ever know and i'm sure that estimate is correct so we mourn today with her majesty the queen we offer our condolences to her and to all her family and we give thanks as a nation and a kingdom for the extraordinary life and work of prince philip duke of edinburgh joining in that tribute uh also is the archbishop of canterbury we just received a statement from him he said i joined with the rest of the united kingdom and the commonwealth in mourning the loss of his royal highness prince philip we also just heard from scott morrison the prime minister of australia paying his tribute prince philip was no stranger to australia having visited our country on more than 20 occasions and thanking him for his service here in the uk the labour leader kier starmer also said the uk lost an extraordinary public servant speaking of that public service heather he had engaged in 20 000 at least uh public engagements before his retirement in 2017. so a lot of people pointing out how active he had been um as you know standing by the side of the queen and in his own royal engagements now in terms of what is going to happen next uh we still expect that the funeral of the duke will be televised and held at st george's chapel that is at windsor castle where he died peacefully this morning but it is expected too that maybe the public elements of of this protocol in place might not actually happen as planned you were mentioning earlier that there is uh those earlier arrangements a code named fourth bridge and you know that involved a procession of prince philip's coffin on the day of the funeral and also of of the military um you know paying tribute to his service in the armed forces but because of coveted restrictions right now the rules in england for funerals is that there should be only a maximum of 30 people socially distanced um so it is expected that the queen might decide which family member should attend if you know if we are uh following these uh covet restrictions uh it is expected the the um activities uh surrounding prince philip's next few days and the funeral would center around windsor castle rather than the more elaborate uh plans um during normal times it is expected that people attending would have to wear face covers and be two meters apart and just to remind our viewers that prince philip had requested for a royal ceremonial funeral not a state funeral so the difference main difference there is he wouldn't be lying in state um and he says because there's just too much fuss around that so for anyone just joining prince philip has died peacefully this morning the age of 99. he's been married to the queen for 70 years he was in and out of hospital for the later part of his life and we have been covering it heather his health condition for the last month he was admitted because he was feeling unwell he was treated for an infection moved to a specialist hospital because of a heart condition where he had a procedure which was deemed successful at the time and we had images of him in the car being taken back to windsor castle but sadly he has passed away now this morning so we are just waiting for details of how those protocols will unfold the previous arrangements how that might be modified to fit the restrictions and the current rules coveted rules still in place in england heather yes thank you tessa for all of that some of those details beginning to be reported now as we look at both archival images of the prince and we're going to keep an eye too on the flags now already ordered lowered in tribute but again the planning was underway according to reports in hopes that there wouldn't be a worst case scenario that prince philip or indeed the queen would pass away during the pandemic but that has in fact come to pass and they are apparently according to reports desperately anxious not to have any sort of event that would attract mass gatherings you can imagine people would have traveled from all over to see that military procession and to have been part of the funeral ceremonies for prince philip the duke of edinburgh but as tess is saying now expected to center on windsor castle where he passed away peacefully overnight and likely without that military procession element that will mean as well that world leaders commonwealth representatives as in representatives from canada what will happen to them they would have been among those of course expected to be in attendance in large number and that is likely not to be the case if in keeping with the rules in the uk there is a minimum number of people allowed 30 as tesla was saying the current rules for funeral gatherings and that would not even begin to cover members of the royal family but john tessa was bringing us some of the world reactions scott morrison from australia notably the archbishop of canterbury but those world leaders those commonwealth representatives who would have been in attendance for this funeral they have begun to pay tribute yeah indeed heather we're hearing uh from nicholas sturgeon someone who uh has at various times entertained uh pushed to separate scotland from the uk but here she is saying i'm saddened by news that the duke of edinburgh has died i send my personal and deepest condolences and those of the scottish government and the people of scotland to her majesty the queen and her family and we're hearing a lot of that we're hearing uh the tribute to the lifetime of service from his military service as a very young man a decorated war hero through then to playing the role that he played for decades his charity work his involvement in military organizations and as has always been said the quiet uh support for uh her majesty the queen uh we're hearing uh from david lammy who is uh and a british mp uh saying that this uh the nation mourns the loss of an extraordinary character again referencing serving the country in world war ii and for a lifetime afterwards as the duke of edinburgh sincere condolences to the queen having lost her husband of so many years we have other comments here from this is dr james davies also an mp very sad to hear the loss of hrh prince philip duke of edinburgh at 99 years of age he's committed to decades of service to this country deepest condolences to the royal family at this sad time of course you there we are the sort of parallel themes of the lifetime of service and then the personal touch the fact that he was a beloved father grandfather and someone who was looked up to in many respects the queen as as he is alleged to have referenced her the boss uh but he there as uh the patriarch of this family someone who um growing up had a very uh sad childhood in the sense that there was uh effectively had to escape he was born on mon repose on the island of corfu june 10th 1921 but his family effectively because of war and revolution scattered to the winds not knowing really his father growing up even his sisters who then went on to marry members of the the german society uh and because of the second world war and their involvement with the nazis his own sisters were not allowed to be at his wedding and someone for whom uh had uh not the surroundings of of anything that would be described as a loving or normal childhood and it has been criticized potentially for a certain degree of coldness but on the other hand it instilled in him this sense of duty the sense of duty that he did and and having then eventually retired uh from his public service saying he had done his bit we've been showing the picture of him in the bowler hat and the raincoat and there he was uh greeting members of the military and and that is an actually very symbolic outfit to wear it's recognized in the uk that those who wear the coke hat or the derby hat the bowler as we often call it and that overcoat that's what retired members of the military wear when they are in uh casual life or in business attire and he was always very aware of maintaining his military connections the sense of duty and also the symbolism the symbolism that he understood to be the royal family much has been made of the fact that he pushed the royal family to modernize to televise uh and to reach out and certainly as we talk about this country of course part of the british commonwealth the site of some 70 visits that he made to this country of course with the queen but he made many lengthy trips to this country by himself effectively coast to coast to coast the duke of edinburgh award something we'll hear a lot more about because there have been half a million canadians over the decades for nearly 60 years that have been honored and have been able to experience the awards and the fact that they recognize perseverance and a sense of duty and all that arguably he stood for in so much of that um an accomplished individual in so many ways when we talk about for example and this has a statistic uh that long before uh we were concerned about his health and were watching uh whether he would be able to continue with his medical challenges the idea that he was licensed to fly on virtually every aircraft in the royal air force really shows a presence of mind a stick-tootiveness uh and an ability to to step up and to lead by example uh will be one of the things that we will be remembered as we uh listen to reaction coming in from around the world and as we continue to take stock of this man who living almost a century spanning two centuries in that regard early 20th century to early 21st century playing a key role in the psyche of so many the lives of so many canadians and the spirit that is as we see that flag at half amassed outside buckingham palace as they will be across the united kingdom the sense that he played in that society and perhaps looking at his legacy moving forward john we were looking there at many pictures of his visits to canada and i if you would just stay with me please and we'll talk about those many canadian connections but as we look there live at london and buckingham palace we would expect to see people beginning to gather and tributes form in front of buckingham palace to prince philip who has passed away at the age of 99 and there is sadness that he did not live to reach his 100th birthday which is in june of this year but 99 passing away peacefully at windsor castle where now we anticipate the funeral focus will be but john was mentioning uh some of the the many activities the numbers are incredibly impressive officially 22 191 solo engagements 5 493 speeches he once described himself as the world's most experienced plaque unveiler let's hear more from prince philip himself in his own words we've got to get away from the idea that it is possible or even desirable to tell people what is good for instead i believe we should set out to expose people particularly young people to as wide a variety of rewarding experiences as possible ignorance is the mother of bigotry and the only the narrow-minded find it possible to be born now many of these animals that are in danger are in danger because they're being exploited but not in um in a practical way in other words that we're taking more than a sustainable yield can i ask you finally if if people are now coming forward at a point when it's really too late or are you an optimist i believe that it's late there's no question about it it's very late indeed in the in the in the slippery slope to to a really explosive situation but i think that we do have a chance but it's going to need a growth in public support if we can go on with that we may eventually well we may not put off a a disaster but i think we might put off a catastrophe as i was asked to start off the olympic games in melbourne where i made if i may say so the best speech of my life which is exactly five words britain is not just an old country of pottery ruins inhabited by idle roues in eyeglasses where yokel's quaff ale by the tankard outside rickety pubs the thing the monarchies is part of the kind of fabric of the country and as the fabric alters so the monarchy in its people's relation to it alters now in 1953 the the situation has come it was totally different what it is now we were a great deal younger and i think young people young queen and young family is infinitely more newsworthy and amusing than you know by getting on from middle age and i dare say when we like really ancient there might be a bit more reverence again i don't know [Music] from more than 73 years married to the queen and that entire time very much in pursuit of duty or carrying out a devotion to duty as the queen has done through her time prince philip passing away today at the age of 99. looking live at london and the flag lowered as they will be throughout the united kingdom and we are beginning what will be a day of special breaking coverage here on cbc news network tributes we'll look back at the career and the legacy and the canadian connections from more than 70 visits to this country the statement from buckingham palace coming out just within the last hour that the duke of edinburgh had passed away at the age of 99 peacefully at windsor castle there will be further announcements to come stay with us today on cbc news network we will continue in just a moment [Music] good morning it's eight o'clock eastern my name is heather hiscox and you are watching now on cbc news network and as well across the country on cbc television we have special breaking coverage for you this morning of the death of prince philip the duke of edinburgh passing away overnight at the age of 99 just shy of his 100th birthday this june passing away peacefully according to a royal statement at windsor castle in the overnight hours the official word from buckingham palace just that that the queen announces the passing of her husband of more than 73 years we begin special extended coverage for you this morning with renee phillipone the life of prince philip who with his hands between the hands of the queen becomes her liege man of life and lynn for britain's longest reigning monarch he was the one constant witness and kisses for more than seven decades prince philip kept watch as elizabeth transformed from princess to queen grew from young bride to great-grandmother and the world's longest reigning living monarch along the way he too broke records he is the longest serving british royal consort for the queen a near constant shadow and though always a step behind his access and insight were unrivaled in some ways he was born to play that role the young prince philip was brought up in a royal household born on a greek island and in line to the greek throne but then the monarchy was overthrown his family was rescued by a royal navy ship sent by george v at age seven his parents separated and his mother was sent to a psychiatric clinic he was shuffled between relatives and boarding schools and from the loneliness he learned to care for himself so all of that i think made him a very independent person and a man who had to very much live on his on his wits he did well in the navy which gave him the stability he craved at that time i was virtually stateless i think i had a danish passport but i the navy said that they'd accept me and so i went into the navy i think certainly at the at the instigation of my uncle uh north mountbatten phillip as a young man was popular it was his uncle lord louis mountbatten who introduced him to his third cousin elizabeth for her the prince would give up his greek title and church in 1947 as a new british citizen the prince had successfully wooed the princess and the nation again and again the people called for elizabeth with the coronation there was more to give up this time his navy career he would devote his life to supporting the british monarch he was perfectly able to cope with that and although people always said how difficult it must have been for him to walk a step behind the queen i don't think that concerned him one bit early on he established the duke of edinburgh award for youth thousands participated in the uk and in canada and the popular award became his most important solo accomplishments even as a new husband there were rumors of affairs certainly many a night out rumors of a marital rift were never confirmed as a father he was loving but tough early on he had a strained relationship with his firstborn prince charles who was far meeker than his father i think he's always been hoping to you know earn his father's uh admiration in fact i don't think that mr charles ever quite sort of you know his parents never quite got it right with him for the monarchy the duke of attenborough was a modernizing influence he also fell into the role of advisor for other newcomers like princess diana especially when her own marriage was falling apart when she was killed in a paris car crash he advised his grandchildren prince william was really not terribly keen to walk in the procession because he was so fed up with the shenanigans of the press and you know not unreasonably blamed them for his mother's death and prince philip took the long view and he said to him i think when you're older you'd very much regret not walking behind your mother's coffin and i'll walk with you as a husband prince philip was perhaps the only royal who could say anything to the queen he was often unpredictable in public making widely reported sexist and racist remarks like describing chinese people as slitty-eyed and bluntly telling british business leaders they were lazy i've just done what i think is my best i can't suddenly change my whole way of doing things i can't change my interests i can't change my the way in which i react to things it's it's it's part of that's somebody's style and i'm just too bad he's not one to hide his opinion says this biographer who has interviewed him with one particular book i was doing his answers were so good that i couldn't use half of them because they were libelous for the queen his council and company were indispensable they cut a figure of unity and stability in a family where marriages failed too often he is someone who doesn't take easily to compliments but he has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years i think it was um you know it's fair to say that queen victoria lost prince albert who was her great support at a very young age and you know the queen was very lucky to have had him all those years in his early 90s the prince started to battle the effects of old age he was in and out of hospital with chest infections a hip replacement there were constant concerns about his health but he kept bouncing back not long after the marriage of william and kate prince philip announced he was scaling back [Music] after more than 22 000 solo engagements he felt he had done his bit he officially wrapped up his royal career with an event with the royal marines in 2017 now officially away from the spotlight he was still supporting the queen and his growing family the fiercely independent prince still made headlines behind the wheel he was in a car crash and had to hand over his license in the years before his death the once powerful voice in the royal family fading into the background occasionally spotted enjoying his private time he was the oldest male british royal to ever live and this monarchy's chief eyewitness after the queen herself renee filiponi cbc news london as we look live at buckingham palace as people begin to congregate and the flag is lowered as it will be throughout the united kingdom you see the union jack there tessa arcelia is with us and tessa just before we get to some of the reaction that we are getting just going over with you the statement that we got this morning from buckingham palace the official word it is with deep sorrow that her majesty the queen announces the death of her beloved husband his royal highness the prince philip duke of edinburgh his royal highness passed away peacefully this morning at windsor castle further announcements will be made in due course the royal family joined with people around the world in mourning his loss his loss at the age of 99 really just shy of his 100th birthday and tessa the tributes as expected coming in from public figures from various organizations he was affiliated with so many politicians as well what is some of the early reaction that you're getting there in london indeed heather the reactions have started coming in of course we have already heard from the british prime minister boris johnson who paid tribute to the kind of service that prince philip has offered to the country and the commonwealth and referring to the kind of personality and the strength that he gave the queen let's take a listen to what he said a little earlier like the expert carriage driver that he was he helped to steer the royal family and the monarchy so that it remains an institution indisputably vital to the balance and happiness of our national life he was an environmentalist and a champion of the national world natural world long before it was fashionable with his duke of edinburgh awards scheme he shaped and inspired the lives of countless young people and literally tens of thousands of events he fostered their hopes and encouraged their ambitions we remember the duke for all of this and above all for his steadfast support for her majesty the queen not just as her consort by her side every day of her reign but as her husband her strength and stay of more than 70 years and it is to her majesty and her family that our nation's thoughts must turn today the longest serving uh concert there in british history a heather with more than 20 000 royal engagements a lot of the attributes and acknowledgement of prince philip's life centers around the kind of service that he has given we heard from the archbishop of canterbury as well today and he said he consid he prince philip consistently put the interest of others ahead of his own and he thanked prince philip as well for his contribution we heard from the mayor of london who extended his deepest sympathies to her majesty the queen and the entire royal family and he said there is no doubt that the legacy of the duke of edinburgh's positive impact on london britain and the lives of so many will live on for many years to come we also heard from the head of the labour party kier starmer he said the uk has lost one extraordinary public servant now of course what we are waiting for are details of what will happen next you know of course as you have been talking about this morning there are protocols in place but because of covet restrictions those protocols might be subject to change but what we do understand is that a lot of it will center around windsor castle where his uh he is at the moment and where he passed away uh this morning heather tessa thank you very much let us go to live pictures now we are getting more perspectives from the city of london this is the flag atop westminster the british parliament it too already lowered in tribute to prince philip who has passed away at the age of 99. buckingham palace the flag is flying at half's mast and also we know that not just throughout the uk throughout the commonwealth as well we're getting word that it is lowered over parliament hill on the peace tower and we'll be looking at that for you as well and people are beginning to gather in front of buckingham palace when that shot returns we will show you those live pictures people beginning to pay tribute and again as tessa was indicating we do expect that the pandemic will have an impact on what we're going to see in the days to come certainly all of this had been organized and rehearsed in minute detail operation fourth bridge the plans for the death and funeral of prince philip but the pandemic has certainly played an impact there are reports coming out of london that we can tell you that yes indeed it is still expected to be televised as tessa was mentioning at st george's chapel windsor castle of course we were there most recently covering the wedding of prince harry and meghan markle but in that chapel at windsor it is beautiful that is where the funeral will be held the public elements they will not transpire as had been planned flags being lowered all over i'm not sure if we can go back to that live picture but that is another standard at buckingham palace where we're seeing on our camera the flags being lowered there watching in tribute to prince philip and again as we continue to look at what is coming in the days to come they certainly organizers do not want to have anything that would gather people by the thousands and that certainly would have been the case for the big military procession that had been envisaged in tribute to his long military service windsor castle where he passed away peacefully expected to be the focal point likely no military procession right now we know that in england funerals are only allowed to have 30 people in attendance so we're not sure what the rules will be for this if any alterations are allowed but this would mean even selecting members from within the royal family and potentially all of the social distancing and masking protocols that would come with that these are details that we will get in due course right now again looking at live pictures as that camera flies over buckingham palace and people gather and flags are lower we continue to bring you reaction to the breaking news of the passing of prince philip the duke of edinburgh joining me now and i'm very glad that we can get this is one of our initial reactions our former anchor of the national and our former chief correspondent so active now with his own podcast called the bridge peter mansbridge is with me i'm so glad to see you peter thanks for making some time well thank you heather it's uh you know it's one of those days that one will always remember about you know somebody who has been a part of our lives so much of part of our lives for all of our lives i'm no spring chicken i'm in my 70s and yet it's prince philip who i remember standing next to the queen for almost all of my life now you know a number of things that you touched upon and uh tessa touched upon and renee touched upon on her piece um all resonate around prince philip perhaps the key one is that quote of the queens where you know she called philip her her strength and stay and boris johnson referred to that as well in his remarks and it's so true because when you think of it this man for the last 75 years there's been one thing in his life that has been the most important job he's had which is to stand by the monarchy and stand by the queen and that he has done he's got a you know he had a quite the independent streak as you well know heather but it was always came down to that point standing by the monarchy standing by the queen and in the execution of that royal duty which must have felt like a yoke at some time peter what do you think the it was the impact the greatest impact that he had well the very fact that he was there and he you know he was able to take his role and kind of you know he was always a step behind the queen so he knew where he stood in precedence but yet he was his own person at the same time and he stood for certain things and you know the duke of edinburgh awards is no small thing we kind of slough it off as if it just you know was another award thing but it was a big deal and an especially big deal to a lot of uh young canadians uh who were recipients of the duke of edinburgh awards um but he stood for as you know you heard the prime minister johnson talk about he's he stood for the environment he stood for a lot of different things that he made his own and he championed those causes while always being that you know one step behind uh he was a character you know i you know i never had a interview with him but you know what it's like on these royal tours you get an opportunity at certain times to kind of speak with the principals in a you know in in in a larger setting kind of a almost a cocktail party kind of thing and phillip was never shy about letting us know how he felt about where he might be visiting or what he might have seen he was always particularly good at that it's you know it's it's going to be very difficult for the queen now not surprisingly her husband her mate of 75 years um because if there were three people who were incredibly close to the queen they were the queen mother her sister margaret and philip now sure the kids were close but there was a certain distance there and still is but those three were very close yes and now all three are gone and the queen is you know in her mid-90s uh it's going to be a difficult time you know i was talking with anne mcmillan last hour peter about when we were all there covering the diamond jubilee and how he fell ill at that time and she had to go to the church service at st paul's alone and it was a moment where everybody stopped and paused because he wasn't with her at that time and now of course that is the permanent situation so we will certainly be looking to see the queen we don't have word when we will in fact get first look at her but many many people sharing their concern for her at this time in terms of covering him peter as you would have for many times john and i've been talking about the 70-plus visits to canada we can show you i think ottawa already the flag flying has been lowered atop the peace tower there it is in ottawa as it will be throughout the commonwealth as it is throughout the uk and just getting peter interestingly some reaction from former governor general david johnston on behalf of the rideau hall foundation and david johnson we share our deep sadness on the passing of his royal highness and some personal wishes sincere condolences from sharon and i from david johnston obviously meeting him on numerous occasions on the times or some of the times that he was in canada on those canadian visits as you covered him tell me a little bit about the connection here and what you thought if there was any particular affinity to canada well you you tend to think you know he only came to canada when he was doing the one step behind the queen but that's not the case he came to canada many times on his own as a result of the duke of edinburgh awards as a result of other invitations that he had and when he came here you know he he wasn't in his hotel room at 10 o'clock at night this is a guy who liked to get out he liked to see people he liked a good meal he liked the odd drink and he loved conversation and uh those kind of things you heard about often in terms of his visits to canada um as i said earlier he wasn't shy about letting people know how he felt about certain things you know he obviously had to meet the appropriate protocols of his position but nevertheless at the same time he was very much his own person can i tell you one thing that i that i'll always remember about him and it comes from my my last visit but before i do i'll have you got a moment to let me tell this story your lasting memory i definitely want to hear that peter yes okay um the last time i was at windsor castle was for the wedding um for uh for megan megan's wedding and um i got there for the wedding itself but i was also there about a month before as we were doing a documentary on on the royal family and the significance of this wedding and as a result i got access to uh the grounds of windsor uh castle and they're extensive and it's almost like in parts it's almost like a game park it's beautiful just spectacular and philip um was in some ways the kind of game warden you heard uh prime minister johnson talking about what an expert carriage driver he was and he used to go out and and and drive his carriage with his horse uh her horses around the windsor grounds um and we were out there didn't see him but the person who was taking us who had canadian connections actually said that's his favorite tree over there and i thought what do you mean why is this his favorite tree and it was a grand oak a huge oak a beautiful oak and he said it's his favorite tree because it's 1200 years old and i went oh come on it can't can't possibly be 1200 years old and they said no no it actually is 1200 years old and whenever philip comes out here he always goes by that tree and he'll park under it he'll stand next to it he'll touch it that tree was always extremely important to philip and so i've been thinking this morning of that tree because i know it's still standing there and in a way it'll be lonely without without philip two grand pieces of the british story the british tradition philip and that grand oak a 1200 year old oat he's going to be missed he's a very special guy and he will be especially missed obviously by the queen peter you always make it we understand it's so much better through your eyes and your context thank you so much really appreciate your time and uh and sharing those memories particularly that lasting one uh peter mansbridge as part of our coverage as you watch on cbc news network and we welcome you on cbc television as well across the country the live pictures coming in from london of flags lowered throughout the uk throughout the commonwealth at the passing of prince philip the duke of edinburgh according to the statement from buckingham palace the queen making the announcement with deep sorrow that her husband of 73 years passed away peacefully is the word the statement uses at windsor castle he and the queen had been there throughout the pandemic really having both had their vaccination trying to stay safe from covid19 and they had been at windsor castle and of course the health of prince philip had been very much a focus he had been taken to king edward the seventh hospital in london for treatment of an infection and we learned as well a pre-existing heart condition he was moved from that hospital to saint bartholomew's which is a cardiac specialty care facility for additional treatment and then back to king edward vii and we had live pictures on this program you may remember when he returned when he was driven back to windsor castle and it is there that he passed away peacefully this morning his wife of 73 years the queen making that announcement in terms of reaction again as we look at the pictures of buckingham palace and as expected people have begun to congregate there and will and we will watch over the next few days as official funeral proceedings really take off and we see all of the protocol that is planned at the passing of prince philip but we're also looking throughout the commonwealth in canada again if we can go back to that picture the flag at half-mast atop the peace tower in ottawa and from former governor general david johnston writing that sharon and i share and his wife wish to extend our sincerest condolences to her majesty the queen the entire royal family as well as his royal highnesses friends and colleagues in this most difficult time that is just one of many statements and tribute that we are getting from politicians and leaders of organizations political figures and john northcott is here with some of the further reaction john yeah indeed heather you talk about uh former politicians here we have from former u.s president george bush saying this uh laura and i are fortunate to have enjoyed the charm and wit of his company and we know how much he will be missed uh of course i've heard from boris johnson saying he earned the affection of generations from around the world here in britain across the commonwealth uh mentioning the expert carriage driver that he was he helped to steer the royal family and the monarchy so that it remains an institution indisputably vital to the balance and happiness of our national life a strange bit of arcanery here in that he was an actual expert carriage driver in fact resulted in the rebirth of carriage driving now what does that have to do with any of our lives we don't it's an anachronistic form of transport and yet for a man like that it represents the training the diligence to a certain extent the personal danger all of that that he put on the line right through his life uh so again something is arguably as obscure as being an expert carriage driver being remembered by boris johnson to use that as a metaphor for the life that this man led this really by any standard of recognition a remarkable life to be sure hearing from other leaders as as well including um for example we have uh locally here the mayor of uh markham frank scarpetti saying this i extend condolences to her majesty the queen on the passing of his royal highness the prince philip official flags the markham civic center will be lowered immediately in his honor we are forever grateful to his service to canada and you know it'll be worth noting that those flags will be lowered uh right around the world because of the 50-plus countries in the commonwealth the countries that he visited in those thousands of visits abroad to them where he is uh remembered for being uh the individual that he was and for the lifetime of service uh that that he had as well hearing from so many others and i'm just going to scroll through through some of these nicola sturgeon of course scottish leader saddened by news that the duke of edinburgh has died i send my personal and deepest condolences those of the government of scotland the people of scotland and to her majesty the queen and to her family and these are what we're going to be hearing throughout the day the the the dual uh streams of the comments that people are going to make and we're already receiving so many of them and it's fair to say that we will continue to see them in the same vein in terms of the recognition of what was a life of service and the personal touch the loss of a man who was uh the the father the grandfather the great grandfather to so many uh as well so we'll continue to watch the situation here um also looking later at his involvement in canada some 70 visits to this country where he was the patron of some 44 organizations the colonel in chief of six different military units in this country as well and of course maybe overall what he will be remembered for in this country and right around the world will be his involvement with the duke of edinburgh trust and the awards that encouraged young people to have a life of service to to develop grit and to test themselves half a million canadians alone there represented through that experienced that and paid tribute by him and encouraged by him on those numerous trips to canada as peter marinsbridge was saying uh he certainly traveled with her majesty the queen but he also traveled so much on his own very much an individual and coming to this country numerous times on his own coast to coast to coast as we continue to watch reaction come in here heather and john thank you for doing that and i also want to i will speak to you further about those canadian connections but my niece presently involved in the duke of edinburgh awards program over in london and very much enjoying all that it represents as you said that focus on on youth and the environment and achievement john in terms of the personal connection here i think we want to bring in canadians reaction to the passing of prince philip and invite you as you watch our coverage this morning to share your memories any personal conversations you've had any occasions you have met prince philip on those 70-plus occasions that john met when he visited our our country i have an email already you ready for this john rael is a friend of mine in london ontario and someone who sends us pictures recently or regularly and he sent me this email remembering 1985 when prince philip was receiving an honorary degree at alumni hall on western's campus and it's i mean it's kind of typical and you know sort of a bit salt well not salty but you know it's sort of typical of prince philip i would suppose sometime during the event real had to take a break uh and he was in the washroom and so was prince philip and there they were in the dignitary washroom and as they washed their hands they had a very polite conversation he said peter was talking about how uh how many occasions he just really loved to get out and meet people in all sorts of circumstances apparently and have conversations and and speak to what we're looking at there on the screen in terms of how we enjoy engaging canadians and people everywhere in conversation also talking about john how he often made those quips they became gaffes in many occasions as icebreakers ann macmillan was telling us that because people often intimidated and perhaps a little withdrawn at meeting the queen and meeting prince philip and he was known to be sort of forthcoming in that way to get to meet people and i had a personal experience with that because i met and we'll talk about yours in just a second when i was 17. and if you remember back in 1982 the repatriation of the constitution there was all sorts of ceremony of course attached to that but there was a big dinner for the queen and every mp was able to invite a young canadian it was a young achievers dinner and i was chosen from where i grew up and on sound grey bruce and so i met the queen and i met prince philip and i remember that you know really going out of his way to connect with young people to engage them in conversation to make them comfortable in the royal presence and to this day i remember it very very strongly you i know had the chance to be with them as you covered him as he made those many visits here to canada yeah i've i've covered a number of royal visits to this country but the most recent one was in 2010 uh where that was his penultimate visit to this country 2013 his last visit to this country but to see him in 2020 2010 in the height of summer see him at queen's park and a number of things associated with that first perhaps the most beautiful panama hat i've ever seen on anyone a standing ramrod straight you see he became a little stooped as he aged but my goodness i mean nine decades but there he on that day hands behind his back as he as he did uh so often and uh to see him move amongst the crowd and to see the reaction to the crowd truly genuine and from and really multinational in terms of all those that have come from the commonwealth and have chosen canada to live in from the caribbean from africa there to pay tribute to him but there's something else in what i'm hearing you say you say heather and it's remarkable in that there are few men who've devoted so much of their lives to duty to doing what was expected of them and yet at the same time someone who royal in the sense that his connection to the greek and and danish royal families but uh not really ever tapped to lead the role that he would eventually have to do and yet remained himself you talk about the comments he was not shy about making comments he was also not shy about pursuing his passions his carriage riding his flying that he undertook in so many ways uh shooting etc etc all the various sports and expressions of himself that he did not hold back on despite all the duties the thousands of appearances and the pressure as we all know on the royal family to do the right thing to behave and not to be caught in a way that was reflect negatively on the institution he managed to be himself with those sorts of comments and asides and his his manner despite fulfilling all that officialdom that was placed upon his shoulders duty loyalty responsibility as you suggest all words we associate with prince philip the duke of edinburgh has passed away this morning at the age of 99. now normally we wouldn't share our personal stories but it is part of the story of prince philip and his connection to canada on those dozens of visits that john is mentioning and for you if you've had an encounter with prince philip on a canadian trip on a canadian tour if you've had a conversation if you have a memory of him and a tribute perhaps to him on his passing we would love to hear from you this morning and include you in our special coverage you can reach our program morning live at cbc.ca that is email and on twitter as always at cbc morning live and as we talk about prince philip and those tours solo engagements numbering more than 22 000 over his years as the queen's husband 5 000. here's the specific number they've tallied it at buckingham palace 5 493 speeches let's listen to some of them as we listen to prince philip in his own words our way of doing things means that every citizen must feel a sense of personal responsibility for everything that goes on in the community you can't achieve any progress in civilization by passing the back or by indignant demands that the government should do something about it there is no dignity about the human individual unless he is concerned with the fate of his fellow individuals we've got to get away from the idea that it is possible or even desirable to tell people what is good for instead i believe we should set out to expose people particularly young people to as wide a variety of rewarding experiences as possible ignorance is the mother of bigotry and the only the narrow-minded find it possible to be bored now many of these animals that are in danger are in danger because they're being exploited but not in um in a practical way in other words that we're taking more than a sustainable yield but i ask you finally if if people are now coming forward at a point when it's really too late or are you an optimist well i i have to be an optimist i'm i wouldn't be if i thought all was lost i wouldn't be doing this job i'd quietly go off and shoot myself or something but i i believe that it's late there's no question about it it's very late indeed in the in the slippery slope to a really explosive situation but i think that we do have a chance but it's going to need a growth in public support if we can go on with that we may eventually well we may not put off a a disaster but i think we might put off a catastrophe as i was asked to start off uh the olympic games in melbourne where i made if i may say so the best speech of my life which is exactly five words britain is not just an old country of puffering ruins inhabited by idle roues in eyeglasses where yokel's quaff ale by the tankard outside rickety pubs and where all the soldiers are dressed in scarlet tunics and bare-skinned caps and spend that time marching up and down for the benefit of visitors from abroad the thing is the monarchies is part of the kind of fabric of the country and as the fabric alters so the monarchy in its people's relation to it alters now in 1953 the situation was coming totally different what it is now we were a great deal younger and i think uh young people a young queen and young family is infinitely more newsworthy and amusing and you know we're getting off of middle age and i dare say when we like really ancient there might be a bit more reverence again i don't know prince philip in his own words prince philip passed away early this morning peacefully according to the buckingham palace statement at windsor castle we have aerial live pictures coming in for you there and you can see on those standards the flags lowered to half mast atop buckingham palace atop westminster which is the british parliament throughout the uk and indeed throughout the commonwealth in tribute to prince philip 73 years as the strength and stay of queen elizabeth and her long-serving consort and there is the live picture from ottawa atop the peace tower again the flag lowered and we're going to bring you full statement and full reaction from canadians as well including former governor general david johnston coming up a little bit later on in our program as we bring you special coverage now of the passing of prince philip on cbc news network and on cbc television in terms of reaction from canada a statement on twitter from the canadian army from the canadian armed forces acknowledging the long-standing military service of prince philip with love from canada we send our deepest condolences to the royal family today further reaction rafe haidel manku is a royal historian and with the canadian royal heritage trust rafe i appreciate your joining us this morning can you hear me yes loud and clear and i can hear you and i appreciate that if i could just get your overall thoughts at hearing the news this morning of the passing of prince philip at the age of 99 well what a life and what a life of dedication and service and really somebody i think that we can all look to as a great symbol of inspiration and someone's whose life surely should be one that we could only hope to emulate uh an unorthodox life i mean this was a a baby born on a on a kitchen table in greece who went on to sit on one of the royal thrones not only in westminster and buckingham palace but also in ottawa in in the parliament buildings the queen being queen of 16 realms what a a life that he led because we have to remember that whilst we always celebrate the the longevity of the queen's reign it was always with prince philip at her side a 73 year long marriage the longest serving consult male or female in british round indeed in european history and the longest royal marriage in british and canadian royal history and it was the success of that marriage it was the strength of that marriage that became the pillar and the rock that supported the queen so much and lies i think very much at the heart of the reason for the success of the crown throughout the latter part of the 20th century and indeed into the 21st century ray if it is perhaps the line that she used in tribute to her husband that he is her strength and her stay for those many years of married life that perhaps we'll keep coming back to most often over the course of this initial immediate coverage of his passing we remember that tribute that she paid to him and i'm wondering in terms of the impact on the family itself his loss that lost to the queen but also to the four children the grandchildren the great grandchildren he was such a dominant figure within the royal family exactly it was one of the agreements made between princess elizabeth at the time and prince philip that um he was to be the authority the main uh the main you know figure in the in the household running family life and he was a great support not only to existing members of the royal family but people don't actually understand what i think or probably appreciate the degree to which he was a great support to members of the royal family who were marrying in those people who like himself had been outsiders he was treated very much as an outsider he may have been the queen's third cousin and they shared a common descent from queen victoria but he was treated very much at the time of their wedding uh as somebody who was a foreigner with german links very difficult to become accepted by a very closed british establishment of the 1940s and 1950s and he very much had to work hard and it was by by the sweat of his brow that he proved himself but he was able to use that experience to help and encourage and guide other members of the royal family when they actually did marry into the firm in terms of his legacy which we will be examining closely today and in the days to come rafe what do you look to i think many might think it is the duke of edinburgh awards themselves the duke of edinburgh awards scheme i think is the thing that he's most remembered for and quite rightly so something like four million people around the world have benefited from this award scheme which really gave people of uh young people including in canada opportunities for experiences and uh and other opportunities that they would never otherwise have had in their lives and it was founded in 1956 but in canada it didn't actually come into being until 1963 but since then over half a million canadians young canadians under 25 have benefited from this and it's made a huge difference to their lives as well as to the lives of of local communities but more than that even you know he was one of the very first conservationists or early environmentalists and people forget his pivotal role he played in the early days of the world wildlife fund and that's one of the reasons that his association with canada has always been so strong because of canada's great wilderness and wildlife and and countryside uh activities he's made more trips as i think probably has been said many times he made more trips to canada than any other member of the royal family and it was the place he visited most 20 times with the queen he visited and over 40 times he visited canada on his own personal visits and much of that was to involve himself with the with the 40 odd canadian associations of which he was the royal patron yes many of these were actually environmentally uh minded or a wilderness minded everything from you know the south saskatchewan wildlife association to uh to a porcupine club rod and gun clubs and so forth so he really loved that aspect of canada so it's his it's his legacy not only in terms of the logic of the duke of edinburgh's award scheme but his title support for canadian causes and as someone very involved with those canadian visits with the royal heritage trust i was mentioning being involved in those having the opportunity to meet him although i understand not in recent years but to share some stories if you would rafe in terms of personal connection well i had the honor to be in his presence on many occasions and only got to meet him on a couple of times the last occasion i was hoping to have met him was in 2012 when he was um supposed to visit canada house here in london canada's great uh great emperor and high commission uh for the diamond jubilee and to uh present a bust of himself that had been commissioned to one of his canadian regiments the the royal canadian regiment and there unfortunately he couldn't come the drink of ken came instead but every other time that you met him what everyone noticed was his immediate ability to put people at ease and that was a striking quality he had and something even you would see within within his own household it's remarkable to realize how long members of his own staff had served with him i don't think any other member of the royal family had staff who had served for so many decades for one person showing the walk of that and his ability to actually engage engage with people on an individual basis i think really stands as a testament to in contrast to the stereotype i think sometimes people have with him as being rather a gruff individual you know i was just talking about that with my colleague here john northcott because i had the opportunity to meet him when i was just 17. and that putting at ease of young people is very much what i remember of that brief conversation and encounter with prince philip at least on a personal level rafe you know when we talk about legacy it's interesting obviously we're looking back at things he has said himself over the years and famous or infamous quotes from prince philip but asked about legacy and in particular when related to the duke of edinburgh awards he kind of you know sort of sniffed legacy has nothing to do with me it's there for people to use i couldn't care less about a legacy is that something that you will keep in mind as you think of him it wasn't so much for any sort of accolades these were just things that were relevant to him that he felt were important as part of the execution of his of his duty in in the role that he served this was a man who didn't suffer fools gladly and had little time for pomp and circumstance and and that the trappings of power and and legacy as you say in that sense he certainly would be very was very concerned with the legacy of his foundations that he established of the trick of award scheme but that was separate to his own personal legacy he had no none of that desire to be go down in history as one of the great consults of all time he had a job to do and he did it and he didn't have time for over self over reflection or self indulgence in terms of analyzing one's own character and personality and one's contributions and achievements and indeed many of the uh journalists and news reporters who had the opportunity to interview him learned that in in in no time at all when they tried to poke him on these subjects rafe i greatly appreciate your time and remembrances with us this morning thank you very much greatel joining us from london on the passing of prince philip passing away peacefully at windsor castle at the age of 99. windsor castle of course one of the official royal residences but we are looking from the air at buckingham palace and if that camera zooms in obviously we're not controlling that for you this morning but you will see the crowd has begun to gather and there are in fact already many bouquets of flowers now placed in front of the fence in front of buckingham palace and we will watch that over the days to come as that is likely to grow and people to gather and pay tribute to prince philip interesting rafe was just mentioning how he didn't suffer fools uh lightly but also how not a man for pomp and indeed as we look to what we will see over the next couple of days prince philip himself did not want a state funeral as he would have been entitled to his wishes for a royal ceremonial funeral because he didn't want what he called the fuss of lying in state for a full state funeral he wanted a more nonsense kind of remembrance the pandemic has changed that and we are looking at details that we are learning too of how prince philip will be remembered and the official protocol that we will see play out over the next couple of days we'll bring you those details as well looking at those live pictures the tributes we are bringing you reaction to the passing of prince philip the duke of edinburgh this was the prime minister of britain boris johnson the first to react in full outside 10 downing street let's listen to that again together this morning it was with great sadness that a short time ago i received word from buckingham palace that his royal highness the duke of edinburgh has passed away at the age of 99. prince philip earned the affection of generations here in the united kingdom across the commonwealth and around the world he was the longest serving consort in history one of the last surviving people in this country to have served in the second world war at cape matapan where he was mentioned in dispatches for bravery and in the invasion of sicily where he saved his ship by his quick thinking and from that conflict he took an ethic of service that he applied throughout the unprecedented changes of the post-war era like the expert carriage driver that he was he helped to steer the royal family and the monarchy so that it remains an institution indisputably vital to the balance and happiness of our national life he was an environmentalist and a champion of the national world natural world long before it was fashionable with his duke of edinburgh awards scheme he shaped and inspired the lives of countless young people and at literally tens of thousands of events he fostered their hopes and encouraged their ambitions we remember the duke for all of this and above all for his steadfast support for her majesty the queen not just as her consort by her side every day of her reign but as her husband her strength and stay of more than 70 years and it is to her majesty and her family that our nation's thoughts must turn today because they have lost not just a much loved and highly respected public figure but a devoted husband and a proud and loving father grandfather and in recent years great grandfather speaking on their golden wedding anniversary her majesty said that our country owed her husband a greater debt than he would ever claim or we shall ever know and i'm sure that estimate is correct so we mourn today with her majesty the queen we offer our condolences to her and to all her family and we give thanks as a nation and a kingdom for the extraordinary life and work of prince philip duke of edinburgh boris johnson the prime minister of the united kingdom as he paid tribute to prince philip earlier this morning and as we look at some of the images coming in from london here is the screen atop the bt tower prince philip may you rest in peace sir one of countless tributes and a photo to him as well prince philip the duke of edinburgh passing away this morning at the age of 99 peacefully according to the statement from the palace we want to show you as well continuing to show you the flowers that are growing now in front of buckingham palace security there and they will be working to ensure there are no large gatherings in this time of the pandemic they certainly don't want this to be a super spreader event but the flowers have already begun to appear and that will continue over the days to come as we bring you reaction from around the world from international political figures and politicians world leaders people in canada who had either an official connection to prince philip people who met him personally we're sharing all of your thoughts this morning john fraser is with me now journalist author of the secret of the crown canada's affair with royalty also long time head of massey college john i'm glad to see you this morning particularly on this occasion a sad occasion for anyone who loves the monarchy and certainly has watched prince philip these many years thank you for being here with us today an honor to be here uh as you see those tributes growing people are remembering this extraordinary life as boris johnson called it what are your initial thoughts on his passing i thought johnson's statement that it was an epic of service was actually wonderful it was um it's hard it's hard to sum up such such a life you know uh i can i i can remember him very vividly um uh as as a very live human being but it strikes me extraordinary that this man at the apex of the british establishment actually began life and his earliest life experiences were a poverty of insecurity of of of of a mother that was mentally unstable but but a terrific person someone who who harbored jews in the wartime at the risk of her life um and who was basically an international orphan um and then came to this extraordinary life that he had of service but his his earliest memories would be of incredible insecurity and then how then did that shape him that sort of formation that foundation how did that shape his approach to being suddenly the royal consort and his life of extraordinary privilege that followed yeah i think it gave him a strong sense of the of the frailty of of life and i don't think he ever lost that um he and it was it's his message if you listen to any of his speeches and the causes that he went to he was there was always a sense that that this was a fleeting world because it's something to say about someone who lived just about a century but but he's had so much experience i mean it's an extraordinary life i'm hearing some of his wartime exploits i mean who who's left alive um uh up from the second world war that was active in it that sort of thing but he he he was um he was a great friend of canada he one of his best friends was our first canadian-born governor general vincent massey and he often visited massey at battlewood in port hope and at rideau hall when mr massey was the governor general and he came to toronto specifically to lead the cornerstone for massey college in the university of toronto and during the golden jubilee jubilee year he came back and he was made the college's first honorary senior fellow um there's only two others the other one is the chancellor of oxford lord patton and and the chief uh stacey laform of the mississaugas of the new credit um and he was very very proud he was a spectacular guest um one of my fondest memories uh because it really feeds into the notion of his slightly edgy humor and his strong views he he was not he was not a great admirer of our profession either he really of journalists journalists and uh you know massey has these uh uh famous southern journalism fellows and i was i took him around after the ceremony uh of him being made an anonymous senior fellow and he's wearing the college gown we're going around and there were the southern fellows all together in one group with professor rosteen who was the senior southern fellow and i said well sir here are the journalists and he just stopped and looked at them with that sort of critical and he said what do they do and i said well they you know they're they're midterm mid-career journalists who get a wonderful year off from from their normal work and they get to study anything they want and they get trips and he nodded his head and he was still moving he wasn't going to engage them and he said a bit of a holiday then is it chaps and they all nodded enthusiastically and as he walked off he turned to me and he said bit of a holiday for all their victims too i suppose oh my goodness these are fantastic give me one give me more stories john we have an abbreviated conversation time this morning so brother my question is you just tell me more story give me another story of your personal connection to him he my personal connection was was bad i mean it was yes it was connected to to officialdom um but i saw him once also at a birthday party for um uh hillary weston the former lieutenant governor of ontario and she she and her husband rented the house from the queen and and prince philip called um uh it was near windsor castle and when she had her uh no it is um it's actually the homework king edward the the eighth signed the abdication um and it's called fort before belvedere and um so the queen there was a big party there and the queen of prince philip came and he was mrs weston had all the canadians in one in one room at the beginning to meet the queen of prince philip and uh um he he was he made the rounds and i happened to be um near um uh conrad black who who was there this was this was before his troubles but his troubles were looming right and um he was and um and he said uh he just went by he said how's it going and there was some grump or something he said well keep strong just kept going it didn't linger um but he he he um was um a real human being at the center of that there's no question in my mind is that he he was the mainstay of the monarchy he was the one that dragged it into the real 20th and 21st century um and uh he he had a sense of of what it could do and what it couldn't do curiously the one episode of the of the crown the the fictional series built around the royal family that resonated about him the most powerfully was was his his deep sense of um faith his spirituality and i think that was born from his troubles in his early years and they showed him a true story about him coming to terms with with um the the frailty of of human nature with with that with an institution on the grounds of windsor castle that supported anglican clergy it was a very interesting and moving episode in the crown and i think it was actually very honest john i appreciate this so much i could listen to your stories all morning thank you for sharing them with us on this day with special coverage as we remember the life and the many canadian connections of prince philip the duke of edinburgh again the statement from buckingham palace as we look live at the aerial views of london the statement that prince philip duke of edinburgh passed away peacefully this morning at windsor castle that statement announced with deep sorrow by her majesty the queen we have not yet seen the queen and we do not know when we will but of course we will be bringing you further statements for the reaction to the passing of prince philip both around the world and here in canada you are watching special coverage on cbc television and on cbc news network [Music] good morning it's nine o'clock eastern you are watching cbc news network you are as well exceptionally this morning watching cbc television my name is heather hiscox and for the foreseeable future i am with you as we bring you special coverage of the passing of prince philip the duke of edinburgh the statement from buckingham palace coming out this morning just about two hours ago it is with deep sorrow that her majesty the queen announces the death of her beloved husband his royal highness the prince philip duke of edinburgh his royal highness passed away peacefully this morning at windsor castle further announcements will be made in due course the statement continues the royal family joined with people around the world in mourning his loss and this morning and through this day and for the days to come on cbc news network and on cbc television we will indeed be covering the outpouring of sadness at the death of prince philip his legacy his countless achievements and the many connections for us in canada to this country more than 70 visits more than any other royal to this country now as we look at these pictures of prince philip from various moments in his life and his 73 years married to queen elizabeth the longest consort in royal and british royal history in european history as a matter of fact we look at the archives we look at the scenes from london this morning live pictures from across the city as we see flags lowered to half-mast atop buckingham palace atop westminster atop the peace tower in ottawa we'll get to that in a moment but here is the scene in ottawa as we look at the peace tower and it too at half mass but if we could just go back to the scene at buckingham palace people have begun to congregate of course in this time of pandemic they are not encouraging large gatherings but we are seeing people arriving to pay tribute there and to leave flowers the beginning of a memorial that is to play out over the next few days and the pandemic is in fact going to be affecting what we see in terms of state funeral royal ceremonial funeral all of the protocol to come things are going to be affected by that we'll talk about that in the next hour but beginning now with a look back at 99 years of life and the legacy of prince philip here is renee phillipone who with his hands between the hands of the queen becomes her liege man of life and limb for britain's longest reigning monarch he was the one constant witness for more than seven decades prince philip kept watch as elizabeth transformed from princess to queen grew from young bride to great-grandmother and the world's longest reigning living monarch along the way he too broke records he is the longest serving british royal consort for the queen a near constant shadow and though always a step behind his access and insight were unrivaled in some ways he was born to play that role the young prince philip was brought up in a royal household born on a greek island and in line to the greek throne but then the monarchy was overthrown his family was rescued by a royal navy ship sent by george v at age seven his parents separated and his mother was sent to a psychiatric clinic he was shuffled between relatives and boarding schools and from the loneliness he learned to care for himself so all of that i think made him a very independent person and a man who had to very much live on his on his wits he did well in the navy which gave him the stability he craved at that time i was virtually stateless i think i had a danish passport but the navy said that they'd accept me and so i went into the navy i think certainly at the at the instigation of my uncle uh north mountbatten phillip as a young man was popular it was his uncle lord louis mountbatten who introduced him to his third cousin elizabeth for her the prince would give up his greek title and church in 1947 as a new british citizen the prince had successfully wooed the princess and the nation again and again the people called for elizabeth with the coronation there was more to give up this time his navy career he would devote his life to supporting the british monarch he was perfectly able to cope with that and although people always said how difficult it must have been for him to walk a step behind the queen i don't think that concerned him one bit early on he established the duke of edinburgh award for youth thousands participated in the uk and in canada and the popular award became his most important solo accomplishments even as a new husband there were rumors of affairs certainly many a night out rumors of a marital rift were never confirmed as a father he was loving but tough early on he had a strained relationship with his firstborn prince charles who was far meeker than his father i think he's always been hoping to you know earn his father's uh admiration in fact i don't think that mr charles ever quite sort of you know his parents never quite got it right with him for the monarchy the duke of attenborough was a modernizing influence he also fell into the role of advisor for other newcomers like princess diana especially when her own marriage was falling apart when she was killed in a paris car crash he advised his grandchildren prince william was really not terribly keen to walk in the procession because he was so fed up with the shenanigans of the press and not unreasonably blamed them for his mother's death and prince philip took the long view and he said to him i think when you're older you'd very much regret not walking behind your mother's coffin and i'll walk with you as a husband prince philip was perhaps the only royal who could say anything to the queen he was often unpredictable in public making widely reported sexist and racist remarks like describing chinese people as slitty-eyed and bluntly telling british business leaders they were lazy i've just done what i think is my best i can't suddenly change my whole way of doing things i can't change my interests i can't change my the way in which i react to things it's it's it's part of that's somebody's style and i'm just too bad he's not one to hide his opinion says this biographer who has interviewed him with one particular book i was doing his answers were so good that i couldn't use half of them because they were libelous for the queen his council and company were indispensable they cut a figure of unity and stability in a family where marriages failed too often he is someone who doesn't take easily the compliments but he has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years i think it was um you know it's fair to say that queen victoria lost prince albert who was her great support at a very young age and you know the queen was very lucky to have had him all those years in his early 90s the prince started to battle the effects of old age he was in and out of hospital with chest infections a hip replacement there were constant concerns about his health but he kept bouncing back not long after the marriage of william and kate prince philip announced he was scaling back after more than 22 000 solo engagements he felt he had done his bit he officially wrapped up his royal career with an event with the royal marines in 2017 now officially away from the spotlight he was still supporting the queen and his growing family the fiercely independent prince still made headlines behind the wheel he was in a car crash and had to hand over his license in the years before his death the once powerful voice in the royal family fading into the background occasionally spotted enjoying his private time he was the oldest male british royal to ever live and this monarchy's chief eyewitness after the queen herself renee filipponi cbc news london [Music] [Music] you're looking there and listening as live pictures come in from ottawa this morning looking atop the peace tower where the canadian flag is of course lowered in tribute to prince philip and what you're listening is there andrea mcrady who's with the dominion carolinas from canada and she is tolling there the borden the largest of the bells in the peace tower it is tolling 99 times for prince philip the duke of edinburgh who passed away peacefully this morning at the age of 99. he would have celebrated his 100th birthday in june of this year and as we continue to look at those live pictures we are showing you scenes from across the uk and across the commonwealth and of course here at home and bringing you reaction to word of prince philip's passing janice mcgregor is with me in ottawa now and janna's official reaction from both the prime minister which we will get to but also canada's acting governor general that's right heather uh you know first the very kind of symbolic sights and sounds of canada's respects for prince philip now uh coming in words richard wagner is the chief justice of canada's supreme court but also the acting governor general the queen's representative in canada his official statement out first this morning i'll read it to you in full heather he said throughout his long life his royal highness the duke of edinburgh devoted himself to the people of the commonwealth and of canada he stood by her majesty the queen for more than six decades a constant and reassuring presence he valued community duty and service he believed in wildlife conservation volunteerism and supporting young people a tireless world traveler he showed that canada had a special place in his heart by visiting this country more than any other the duke of edinburgh leaves a legacy that has touched so many especially the hundreds of thousands of young participants in the duke of edinburgh's award program this program which he established in canada more than 50 years ago has celebrated and encouraged service and excellence among young people across the country and around the world israel highness understood we must offer the next generations opportunities to succeed and he believed in the power of youth to change the world for the better and the statement from rideau hall continues as a sign of our enduring respect his royal highness was made the very first extraordinary companion of the order of canada in 2013 a fitting tribute for an extraordinary man he was also invested as commander of the order of military merit an honor that speaks directly to his own military past and his commitment to our women and men in uniform and finally wagner says his royal highness devoted his life and his family to fulfilling his unique role in our constitutional monarchy and he talked about how whether he was speaking with young canadians or reviewing troops at military bases he would constantly showed his commitment to canada wagner calling him a great friend of this country and said he will be deeply missed and offering his deepest condolences and just on the military front heather i'll say the acting chief of the defense staff in canada has also uh this morning already reached out to extend uh the deepest sympathies uh on behalf of the serving members of canada's armed forces show you now a statement from justin trudeau the prime minister of canada on behalf of people uh mr trudeau saying is with deep sadness that he learned of the passing of the duke of edinburgh called him a man of great service to others first as a decorated naval officer and later as a dedicated leader in the areas of community engagement and philanthropy uh prime minister trudeau also talking about how the duke always sought out the best in people and challenged them to strive for greater heights he said prince philip maintained a special relationship with the canadian armed forces and over the years became colonel in chief of six canadian units and he talked about how in 2011 he was named honorary general of the canadian army and the royal canadian air force israel as well as honorary admiral of the royal canadian navy and the prime minister also talked about the duke of edinburgh's award saying it helped empower millions of young people from all backgrounds to realize their greatest potential he mentioned that he was a patron of more than 40 organizations in canada including the outward bound trust the outdoors very important to the duke and mentioned that during his last visit again he was made an extraordinary companion of the order of canada just read in full though the ending of prime minister trudeau's statement he said prince philip was a man of great purpose and conviction who was motivated by a sense of duty to others he will be fondly remain remembered as a constant in the life of our queen a lifelong companion always at her side offering unfailing support as she carried out her duties he said a family has lost a beloved husband father grandfather great-grandfather and the thoughts of canadians are with queen elizabeth ii and the members of the royal family as they mourn a significant loss heather janice i thank you very much for that janice mcgregor with the official reaction there the statement from the prime minister of canada we're going to go back to live pictures now as we look at buckingham palace and they're atop the palace you see the flag lowered as it is throughout the uk and throughout the commonwealth and that includes of course canada and looking at people as they begin to gather buckingham palace prince philip's home for the 73 years much of the 73 years he was married to queen elizabeth but they had many castles together and a favorite was windsor castle where he passed away peacefully this morning i want to bring in from the national adrian arsenault as part of our coverage and adrian what a pleasure to have you joining us and we're going to carry on together on cbc news network and cbc television but looking at what is happening at buckingham palace i've been thinking what we witnessed together in may of 2018 when we were both at windsor castle to cover the marriage of prince harry and meghan markle at the time and what i was thinking about from prince philip from that moment was he had just had a hip replacement he was in his late 80s at that time but he had that hip replacement so he could walk up those stairs into st george's chapel for that wedding unaided and that spoke to his strengths and that fierce independence talk a little bit about the character of the man the personality about the man well how much time do we have heather because i think this is you know there is i think this is a man that that the world has spent a lifetime trying to psychoanalyze you know and and trying to understand i what an extraordinary day that was i remember the heat of that day i remember lots of people worrying about him but as always he sort of showed up a man of extraordinary genes frankly you know the the month he spent in hospital most recently was certainly the longest he'd ever spent in hospital yes he marched into into that chapel for that wedding that was extremely important to to harry and extremely important to him and i'm as we're looking at pictures of him as a little one i'm also keeping an eye on on the bbc which is doing something similar and i can't help but wonder if if at some point today that the queen is looking at television because as we talk about a man that most canadians know is a very old man this this day is sort of a whole tapestry of him as a as a dashing young man and and i think those those memories for her must be the most acute and and people who know him will will say that his whole life has been you know a contradiction this is a man who was an environmentalist and yet he once shot a tiger you know this is a man who was was born to a royal family was a great grandson of queen victoria as was the queen and and yet his his role was wasn't a role his role was simply to support a monarch to be a father to a king a grandfather to a future king and to carve out something for himself you know here's a man who who is a nomad he uh he he was once asked by of course the bbc once asked by a journalist what language do you speak at home because you grew up with danish and german and french and his answer was what do you mean by home so this is a man who who traveled the world continued to do so as as prince consort to the queen and yet he he was made to stay put and and was was kept within the confines of the royal family and you have this impression of him sort of trying to burst through the walls of those protocols we know you've been talking about it uh so eloquently all morning how inelogen eloquent he was at times his fans will always say that he spoke his mind and that's that's why he was endearing to them his critics will always say that in the act of speaking his mind he was deeply offensive he he was absolutely well aware of how often he put his foot in it i think there is no question he sort of enjoyed it in uh you know in the 70s if we can find the clip at some point he talked about it was inevitable that he would uh smash into a sacred cow and step on a precious flower and fall into a political booby trap and he knew it would happen and and frankly he didn't mind at all but as as as the weeks go on or the week goes on and and we look at at remembrances to him at the core of it will always be the love story and i i sent up to the control room a picture this morning that is one of my favorite pictures of the queen and prince philip and i don't know if we have there it is so this is the queen having a little laugh um she was of course reviewing the troops and wanders by and who should be sneakily dressed up but that is prince phillip there so a little moment of them having a little laugh i suspect from everything i've read and everyone i've spoken to this private relationship that they had was very special was very funny uh and i think for a woman who has seen so much and lost so much this is gonna be a really hard day i love that photo what a choice adrian because we've been hearing this morning that that was one of the things of course we the public don't see very often but he made her laugh and that was one of the things that as you suggest was most endearing and a hallmark of those 73 years of married life thank you adrian arsenault you'll be back in and through our special coverage and of course we'll be leading so much of it over the days to come and there will be days to come of special protocol and we'll be talking about that with you in just a couple of minutes but we want to show you some more live pictures on flagpoles across the uk those flags have been lowered and we're looking at some of them and looking at buckingham palace the flag lowered of course across the uk and in front of the palace there are people beginning to gather london has had tremendous troubles with covid19 of course but through a very aggressive vaccination program beginning to emerge and monday of this week ahead those restrictions are set to ease but here we have on a moment and an event that is gathering all sorts of people and i'm sure people watching it with concern for some reason because of that as we look we don't have control of this camera i'll just keep reminding you we're focused on the flag as they lower it but in buckingham palace as all of these people gather of course that's also something that you keep in the back of your mind tessa arcelia is with us from just in front of buckingham palace moving from our bureau in tessa wonderful we'll be speaking to you now for the foreseeable future as you tell us about the scene and talk to people as they gather just give us the overview of what is happening at the palace now well uh heather as you can see probably from live pictures and i can see behind me there are a lot of people now gathering in front of buckingham palace i don't think covet restrictions are stopping anyone from trying to get near lay flowers pay tribute or just see what is going on or catch a glimpse of of someone or anyone within the palace now they have been out here for the last couple of hours helicopters in the air and of course the world's media converging here heather this is a you know this is prince philip is an individual that is globally recognized and people from all over the world as you were saying earlier are here um you know speaking to to some of them they just really want to pay their tribute to prince philip they know the longest serving uh concert of the queen now we've also had reactions of course from the uk first and foremost from the british prime minister let's take a listen to what boris johnson said this morning like the expert carriage driver that he was he helped to steer the royal family and the monarchy so that it remains an institution indisputably vital to the balance and happiness of our national life he was an environmentalist and a champion of the national world natural world long before it was fashionable with his duke of edinburgh awards scheme he shaped and inspired the lives of countless young people and at literally tens of thousands of events he fostered their hopes and encouraged their ambitions we remember the duke for all of this and above all for his steadfast support for her majesty the queen not just as her consort by her side every day of her reign but as her husband her strength and stay of more than 70 years and it is to her majesty and her family that our nation's thoughts must turn today it is quite an incredible atmosphere here heather of course this is just a fraction of what we could expect if there were no coveted restrictions if covet was not here i want to bring up just a few more reactions to former prime ministers tony blair said our whole nation is united in sadness he will be naturally most recognized as a remarkable and steadfast support for the queen john major said it is impossible to exaggerate the role that the duke played in this in his lifetime and he epitomized the british spirit a lot of those reactions still coming in heather not just from the uk of course from around the world which we here at cbc are keeping a close eye on heather tessa i appreciate it thank you and tessa we should just let our viewers know has just arrived there at the palace and i'm looking forward to tessa if you can speaking to people their initial reactions to the passing of prince philip again there are live pictures with the lowered flags and we are seeing across london across the uk here in canada those flags lowered in tribute prince philip passing away peacefully this morning at windsor castle 99 years of age was to be celebrating his 100th birthday in june of this year with us now is charles anson who's a former press secretary to the queen from the years 1990 to 1997. he's in brighton england for us this morning charles thank you for being part of our special coverage good morning my name is heather good morning to you thank you i i really interested in your years in the palace dealing with prince philip closely and the queen of course but i'd like your initial reaction if we could to his passing the word the announcement from the queen that her husband of 73 years passed away this morning it's a very sad day uh he is someone who has made such a remarkable contribution to public life in this country in the commonwealth and in countries like canada so we all remember him for his steadfast support of the queen but also as a man of distinction in his own right who made huge contributions to different parts of public life all over the world let's before we get to the support of the queen let's focus on his own personal contributions as you say what do you think were the greatest of those well i think what he's done for young people with the duke of edinburgh's award scheme his early support of uh protection of the environment and wildlife his interest in engineering and design and industry it's this very broad range of interests plus a huge uh voracious interest in ideas he really was a polymath a renaissance man a man of ideas but also a man of action but with all that his first duty which he performed so spectacularly as the queen recognized publicly at their golden wedding his first and foremost task was to support the queen in all the public duties and also to encourage and help his members of his family not only his children but his grandchildren and great-grandchildren so a remarkable life spread over all sorts of fields of public life and also personal the relationship from your years there at the palace you would have seen that up close and you allude to the comments she made at that anniversary celebration of his being her strength and her stay but the job that he had that extraordinary of job of number one of you know first and last duty to the queen never let her down how did you see that play out as you saw the relationship up close well i was press secretary to the queen and prince philip and the royal family from 1990 to 97 so anna cerebilis and really a very difficult decade and prince philip was always there whether it was the fire at windsor he came straight back from a long overseas tour in the middle of the night to helping his children his daughters-in-law princess diana and sarah ferguson a man who was very gentle and sympathetic to the difficulties of younger members of royal family adapting to royal life but with that a very sort of firm and tough way of going about life setting his own very high standards and challenging other people he had a great ability to challenge other people in a way that led to change and led to constructive change and a very curious mixture of being a man of ideas a man of action and someone who could be occasionally quite clipped in his uh way of talking to people he had a lovely sense of humor he would light up a room which was often rather stiff as the queen as her majesty as head of state walked into a room prince philip had the great gift of being able to make a little chance for a mark and uh a little bit of a joke of things and this was a lovely quality to see alongside the dignified reserve of the monarch a wonderful thing we've been looking at a beautiful picture of them as he made her laugh and that has been one that we've come back to to really indicate uh one of the aspects of the relationship you mentioned anna ceribalus and i'm thinking back to when we last spoke i don't know if you remember it but it was in windsor and it was at the wedding of prince harry and meghan markle and it has been in some ways another anna's herbalist for the queen and for prince philip with that rift within the royal family and there were reports just recently about how upset prince philip was with what had been happening with his grandson prince harry and of course now he has passed away how do you think that dynamic is going to be played out or what will we see of that in the days to come how do you think that that may affect things well i hope that prince philip was spared the anxiety of that in in these last few weeks of uh but he was very close to his grandchildren and to his first grandsons um and i think uh his own life has been a commitment to public duty and therefore you know a sadness that um prince harry with all his gifts uh chose to give up the life of public duty to to choose another life in in the united states but right from the start i think both prince philip and the queen tried to take as compassionate of you as possible their commitment to public duty but equally they are they're they are family as well so to try and be as compassionate as possible in resolving problems and i think in that respect he was a great support to the queen um in bringing up the children as well as contributing so spectacularly in so many areas of public life charles thank you i'd love to continue our conversation but i know there are others there who have questions for you and you must go to other interviews but thank you for the time as part of our coverage this morning good to see you i look forward to talking to you again i hope so thank you charles anson the former press secretary to the queen in brighton england this morning as we look at again some of the archives in the live pictures from buckingham palace as tessa arcelia is there we'll be hearing from tessa as she speaks to people as she indicated covet protocol not keeping people away as they continue to gather and place flowers in tribute to prince philip in terms of reaction i'm going to bring in john northcott i don't know john if you're a fan of the crown but i've been watching it lately i'm late to the crown i i fully acknowledge this but one of the characters i've come to enjoy most both of the actors who've played prince philip in the crown and actually that show and the makers of the drama have said they are deeply saddened by news of the death of the duke in edinburgh our thoughts are with the royal family at this sad time people have perhaps come to know him at least in a fictional way by watching this very successful very popular series and certainly his character looms large and this is just one of many tributes it's coming in from the fictionalized people of course from the uh from the production people from television in hollywood but is also coming in from other realms politics charitable organizations what's some of the latest reaction you're gathering yeah absolutely heather uh we're going to start off with the latest in that we're hearing this is from former british prime minister tony blair and he says this our whole nation will be united in sadness with the passing of prince philip he'll naturally be recognized as a remarkable and steadfast supporter of the queen over so many years however he should also be remembered and celebrated in his own right as a man of foresight determination and courage heather you mentioned the crown even from the creator's point of view they say it is many parts of it a work of fiction but still one that i think it's fair to say the spirit of his independence and his strong personality uh his arguably thoughtfulness comes through that and his various personal passions as well uh we're also hearing from the president of the eu uh i'm saddened to hear the passing of his royal highness prince philip i would like to extend my sincere sympathy to her majesty the queen the royal family and the people of the united kingdom on this very sad day one of the first to hear from was nicholas sturgeon the leader of scotland i was saddened by news the duke of edinburgh has died i send my personal and deepest condolences to those of this government of scotland and the people of scotland to her majesty the queen and to her family also hearing from mark carney of course the former governor of the bank of canada but also of course the former head of britain's bank as well and coming out and saying this prince philip dedicated his life to the service of others he was a true friend of canada and he will be greatly missed there of course from the head of the former governor of the bank of england and we're also hearing from former u.s president george bush saying he represented the united kingdom with dignity and brought boundless strength and support to the sovereign laura and i are fortunate to have enjoyed the charm and wit of his company and we know how much he will be missed of course over the years the royal family did visit several white houses and met several presidents and their families as well and again one of the very first to come out and speak at the podium there set up outside 10 downing street british prime minister boris johnson let's hear from him her majesty said that our country owed her husband a greater debt than he would ever claim or we shall ever know and i'm sure that estimate is correct so we mourn today with her majesty the queen we offer our condolences to her and to all her family one final comment i'm going to pass along from the archbishop of canterbury and speaking a very human reaction to who prince philip was talking about his obvious joy of life his inquiring mind and his ability to communicate with people or from to people from every uh background and walk of life and it is certainly someone who uh certainly did not in many respects choose the life that was his uh war and family strife separation uh all of which but an individual who uh meeting the queen when she was very young she was still effectively a teenager there in his naval uniform and someone who carried on that relationship and grew into the role and in many respects as we're hearing this morning credited with bringing the royal family forwards into what was the latter half of the 20th century and into the new century as well the idea of televising events and the ability to reach out to people and to remain relevant and that is certainly something that the family as it has perhaps struggled with in recent years is something that was very top of his mind with his duke of edinburgh awards with his multiple trips abroad often uh by himself with his involvement in so many charities and communities worth pointing out 44 of them in canada that he's a patron of someone who despite the separation that his role and the elevated aspect of the royal family might interfere with at the same time someone who did try to remain relevant and did try to reach out to people and is being remembered as much for the person he was as for the role that he fulfilled heather john thank you very much and john come back if you would with further reaction is continuing to come in from across this country we'll bring you more of that in a moment but as we look live once again at buckingham palace as people continue to gather and pay tribute to prince philip we know that over the days to come we are going to see much of the british pomp and the british ceremony that of course we've come to know over these years none of this is random everything is planned in minute detail for the passing of a royal and has been in place for the passing of prince philip for some time one would anticipate we know it's not going to be a state funeral those were his wishes a royal ceremonial funeral let me bring back the nationals adrian arsenault looking ahead to what this event this sad event adrian has triggered it even has a name does it not operation fourth bridge that's exactly right operation fourth bridge it's you know that is a dusty book heather that has been passed through newsrooms in the united kingdom uh people have spent their entire careers handing over this book from one to another because it outlines particularly in the united kingdom with with precise with precision exactly the music that is supposed to be played in the uk the time things are supposed to be announced the way it is supposed to unfold uh and of course the duke of edinburgh would have been across all of those details you know time changes uh the era moves technology shifts uh and so some things have changed but the fundamentals are are clear that uh he did not he was very very specific he did not want a ceremonial funeral he did not want to lie in state that is likely it is likely that will not happen at all he will get those wishes so there is a very strict list of of protocols that need to be followed uh for the national morning of prince philip yes we know the flags are lowered to half mass across the uk we don't yet know when we will see the queen but when members of the royal family emerge they will all dawn dark colors and armbands mps will also wear black armbands and black ties sometime soon we think prince phillips coffin will move to saint james palace it will rest in the chapel royal so what's interesting about that is that that is the place where um diana remains rested as well as the queen moms the queen when the queen mum died by the way in 2002 that was the last time that there was a large state funeral uh in the uk so his body will stay there for about a week then seven days after the date of his death his coffin moves to queen's chapel there will be a vigil that will be mounted by his children the day after that the duke of edinburgh will be laid to rest so a gun carriage procession will wind from the chapel past buckingham palace to wellington arch from there it will make the journey through windsor to st george's chapel that's where megan and harry were married if you recall prince philip uh as we've said you know he is eligible for a full state funeral but in typical form he asked for very little fuss so it will be something akin to a royal ceremonial service that will honor his place his life that will that will happen probably in the afternoon and remember we talk about anticipating heather you know the crowds but time marches on this is an era of covid there are very clear restrictions about crowds in the uk right now funerals are limited to 30 people so how the royals will navigate this one not entirely clear it will be a very small invitation list and from everything we understand about prince philip that would suit him just fine he did not bus as he explicitly stated adrian just as we continue to look at archives in buckingham palace just a little bit of detail for the two of us to look at coming out of the guardian the reports are that the pandemic is very much going to affect things that they'd been planning for this and had been hoping that he would not pass away during the height of the pandemic of course because they don't want people to gather and they also knew that the large military procession for example that would have been held to honor his distinguished naval service would be impossible so you're quite right you were talking about funerals i believe it's 30 people that's all that is allowed for uh current rules in funerals and one would imagine that may if they're forced to adhere to those that may force some very difficult choices on which members of the royal family attend absolutely and you know this is something again if we go back to to the queen and prince philip as a couple um it's interesting heather to think that that covet has clearly affected them as well they they were in isolation for a long time now living in this is not a hardship right they were living largely in windsor castle and they were well cared for there was a team a smaller team of people who were there to protect them during covet and they were but they were fundamentally kept from their children their grandchildren friends uh it was described as as quite a lonely time for the queen and prince philip and then for him to go into hospital it was especially lonely for the queen you saw you saw in the last few weeks some shifts prince prince charles showed up a little bit more prince william showed up more there was an effort to talk more about the family this was happening of course as the megan and harry interview was unfolding but at when you think of it as a family like a lot of families around the world during kova they were kept apart so this has been very difficult for them and there has been lots of time for him for them to think about what to do we know that one thing buckingham palace is pretty good at is offering explicit details and explicit plans so we fully anticipate that the palace will provide us a very clear update on funeral plans and that they will likely be reduced from what was already a reduced plan it was you know he made it clear he didn't want to fuss covet enters the story and so now what operation 4th bridge had planned will probably have an asterisk next next to it and it will be trimmed down even further as soon as that briefing happens we will let you know we don't expect an update on that today today will be at the palace rightly identifies a day to consider the full measure of the man what to do uh for the funeral will probably come in the days to come perhaps even as early as tomorrow likely the indications are confined to the grounds of windsor castle as you suggest but full details yes coming from the palace at some moment in the near future adrian thank you very much for all of that the nationals adrian arsenault as we continue with special coverage both here on cbc news network and on cbc television as well and as you look live at buckingham palace and at the crowd that continues to gather you'll notice the flag has been lowered as it is in ottawa we want to take you to the nation's capital here for the scene but also for the sound [Music] 99 times 99 that bell was told in the peace tower the largest bell in the peace tower by the famed carolina andrew mcrady as she paid tribute there on behalf of this country to prince philip and you see the flag lowered atop the peace tower as well the canadian reaction has been very rapid and very thorough as you might expect and our chief political correspondent rosemary barton is part of our special coverage as well thank you for coming in on all of this rosemary really appreciate it we should start as matter of protocol with the acting governor general what are we hearing from him yeah that's right because there is a lot of protocol in these kinds of events as you can imagine heather and so that's who we did hear from first uh the acting governor general is none other than our chief justice richard wagner let me tell you a little bit about what he had to say about prince philip he says throughout his long life his royal highness the duke of edinburgh devoted himself to the people of the commonwealth and of canada he stood by her majesty the queen for more than six decades a constant and reassuring presence he valued community duty and service he believed in wildlife conservation volunteerism and supporting young people a tireless world traveler he showed that canada held a special place in his heart by visiting this country more than any other he goes on to say that he leaves a legacy that has touched so many especially the hundreds of thousands of young participants in the duke of ambrose awards program the program which he established in canada more than 50 years ago has celebrated and encouraged service and excellence among young people across this country and around the world his royal highness understood we must offer the next generations opportunities to succeed and he believed in the power of youth to change the world for the better after hearing from of course the acting governor general it was then the prime minister's turn to offer his condolences to the queen and and to the country he talked about the deep sadness that he felt learning of this passing how he was a man of great service both a naval officer and a dedicated leader he talked to about the duke of edinburgh's awards program which which helped many many young people um but he it was just at the end of the prime minister's statement where it became a little more personal and he reflected a little bit more and he said the following quote prince philip was a man of great purpose and conviction who was motivated by a sense of duty to others he will be fondly remembered as a constant in the life of our queen a lifelong companion who was always at her side offering unfailing support as she carried out her duties a family has lost a beloved husband father grandfather and great-grandfather the thoughts of canadians are with queen elizabeth ii and the members of the royal family as they mourn such a significant loss and and you heard in both those statements about prince philip's uh the fact that he visited this country so often in fact more than 70 times he came here both with the queen and on his own and of course in moments like this it is probably worth reflecting on the fact that our prime minister's father had also a relationship with the queen and prince philip i i went back to look at that famous picture of um pierre trudeau senior pirouetting behind the queen as they went to dinner at the g7 and indeed prince philip you can spot him on the edge of that photo too um i was there when the prime minister went to have his first audience with the queen when he first became prime minister in in 2015. they have a very amicable relationship quite close i should say when they had their first audience together the prince was not there at the time but we also know that the duke of edinburgh was very interested in politics and he did keep an eye on canadian politics to the extent uh in particular at a time when sovereignty seemed a real possibility in quebec and he was very concerned about how the impression of the monarchy in quebec was going to affect canada's relationship with the royals of course none of that came to pass in terms of a referendum and separation some of those those feelings are are lingering in parts of canada and parts of quebec and so it was something that he kept an eye on and and talked to the queen about time and again um as it flared up um but i think it's fair to say that that he too had a sort of a special relationship with this country and the fact that he came here so often for so many different things and was awarded various honors um with both our military and from our governors general speaks to canada's fondness for him as well rosie thank you i very much appreciate that we'll speak again rosemary barton our chief political correspondent she is in ottawa this morning as we look at buckingham palace and not just reaction from from ottawa from federal politicians we're hearing word from premiers as well in canada's provinces including a statement from dennis king who's the premier of prince edward island and as part of his statement he writes that his royal highness uh we've been pleased to welcome his royal highness to prince edward island numerous times since 1951 when he first visited with princess elizabeth prior to her ascension to the throne 1951 we've been talking that the first official visit he had come as part of naval duties in 41 but in 51 his first official visit when she was princess elizabeth and this is the time when as the premier of prince edward island reminds us they were really kind of the william and will and kate of their day they were this dashing glamorous young royal couple he made his first speeches in canada during that time in 1951 and fond memories of all of those moments and also obviously reciprocally from the places that hosted him including prince edward island and i happened to be in prince edward island when will and kate made their first visit there so it's a bit of a first circle moment as we talk about the island and its many royal ties dennis king one of the premiers reacting we will continue to bring you full reaction here in canada and internationally to the death of prince philip at the age of 99. connie miller is with me now and connie is the executive director of the nova scotia division of the duke of edinburgh international awards connie i'm just delighted to welcome you this morning thank you very much from nova scotia upper hou can it cook or is it connect cook i've forgotten i'm sorry i lived in the province i've forgotten it's it's ken cook thank you well listen i'm very glad to have you here connie thank you very much um your thoughts today we've been mentioning already in our special coverage many times that much of the world looks at the duke of edinburgh awards as prince philip's greatest legacy what is your sense of it i i would have to agree with that sentiment of course um the impact that he's had since 1956 around the world on millions of youth uh well over 10 million of youth who've achieved this award uh it's just astounding and it it's it's still as effective uh and impactful today as it was when it began um maybe even more so um you know feeling that need for youth tell me a little bit about i mean we've all heard the phrase the duke of edinburgh awards but maybe not everybody is aware of what it exactly encompasses so tell me that many many this is very detailed this is very intense at a certain point to reach this level oh yes yeah that this isn't this is something that youth must achieve they must work for it's not given to them um because they would like to have it if you know what i mean this is a a framework it's an experiential learning framework where youth can earn bronze silver and gold awards um but for each award it becomes more challenging and they must be challenged in four aspects of their life so they must be involved in physical activity in volunteering in learning new skills or enhancing skills so they continue to learn and then they must be involved in the environment by by working in teams and exploring the the outdoor going on adventurous journeys and they become more and more challenging as they they go up through the levels they dedicate to get these levels they dedicate you know three to five years minimally of their life to to being able to achieve these awards i was mentioning earlier in our broadcast one of my nieces who lives in london is presently enrolled in the duke of edinburgh program there in london england and i've been so impressed to learn what it involves what do you think the young people who emerge from it with those gold silver or bronze categories what what have they developed as a result of prince philip's vision they've developed self-confidence resilience a passion um persistence all of the soft skills like this experiential learning model that we have is a great um a companion to the formal education that that youth receive but in in the experiential learning they must challenge themselves to take on uh things they may not normally be be thinking of doing or that is prescribed to them through a curriculum correct you know they they find they must find things that they're passionate about to to volunteer to to learn to grow um and and they must be challenging so they they they learn how to to persevere and they come away with a sense of confidence that is is unmatched really and and it's they do the work themselves they are mentored by leaders and other adults in the communities but they give back into the communities in canada for example last year alone uh close to a hundred thousand hours were given back to communities just in volunteering by award achievers amazing you know i was reviewing some of his comments about his awards because he was asked about it specifically and was asked pointedly whether this was what he considered to be his greatest legacy and in typical prince philip fashion you kind of slough that off as a legacy you know it doesn't matter to me this is what's relevant this is what's you know relevant that's why i'm doing it not for accolades or legacy or anything like that this is relevant to the youth of today that kind of how he perceived it uh how does that strike you yeah i would say that that's very much the way he would perceive it and i think that's very much the way the award is perceived like this is this isn't about prestige this is about developing youth right and he was passionate about about that about seeing the best in youth and helping them see the best in themselves so that's truly the legacy and that's why this framework that was so fitting for the youth of 1956 is still so important for the youth of 2021 because it is about them in their world and developing their own passion and desires and place in our societies and they truly do give back and they truly do develop this sense of purpose dare say maybe even more relevant today perhaps yes have you had occasion to meet him personally at all connie i have not met prince philip personally no no i have not had the pleasure but certainly obviously inspired by him and all that he's brought with the award um what do you think within canada within the many branches the yours is nova scotia's what will you be doing if anything in terms of acknowledgement or tribute or or anything to uh to your your namesake yeah we we certainly will it's the early stages of course um um and also he you know his birthday was pending you know in june so of course we were you know we've been been thinking about him and how we can celebrate his his legacy so things will be unfolding um you know in the in the in the new in the days and and weeks to come for sure but but he will be commend commemorated through this award well we'll be back in touch with you to look ahead to that maybe a last word from you if i could connie again you've spoken so eloquently of what this award stands for but again a closing thought on what uh prince philip has meant to the impact really i suppose globally through this award it really is astounding it's hard to put it in words but it truly is an example of a living legacy you know this this legacy is going to live on well beyond prince philip and well beyond any of us who are working in the award today it's it's it's grounded in this um you know giving back to youth and the youth um adopt this program and they give back to their communities it lives beyond him it's a living legacy and although today is a day that the award family is saddened it's also a day of great reflection for us and gratitude um to the man and his vision connie i very much appreciate your joining us in this part of the legacy of prince philip thank you very much connie is with us from nova scotia i appreciate that the executive director of the nova scotia division of the duke of edinburgh's international award and again as we look live at buckingham palace if you are just joining us we have special coverage and will for the foreseeable future it is a major breaking story announced early this morning by the palace the passing of prince philip and the statement came out from the palace announcing that the queen has uh in great sadness announced the passing of her husband her beloved husband prince philip the duke of edinburgh the statement goes on to say that he passed away peacefully this morning at windsor castle that further announcements will be made in due course we do understand that there will be no detail today on his funeral or any ways in which the pandemic may have changed the plans for that commemoration but today is a day for reflection on his life and legacy as adrian arsenault summed up the measure of the man and that is what the world is doing right now but in due course we will learn about the protocol that we will witness play out for the next couple of days and the final statement from the buckingham palace communications on behalf of the queen the royal family joined with people around the world in mourning his loss we are bringing you reaction from here in canada from around the world we invite your participation in all of this john northcott's been telling us about the 70 plus canadian trips prince philip made and perhaps you have an encounter that you want to share with us a memory a tribute to him we welcome that this morning we are at cbc morning live if you want to tweet us on cbc morning live at cbc.ca again as we look live at buckingham palace the flag is lowered the crowd is gathering the tributes in terms of bouquets of flowers they are piling up there in front of the palace gates and we will be live to bring you ongoing special coverage here on cbc news network and on cbc television [Music] good morning you're watching special coverage on cbc television and on cbc news network prince philip the husband of queen elizabeth ii has passed away at the age of 99. i'm heather hiscox and with me this morning from the national cbc senior correspondent as well adrian arsenault adrian good morning heather well as we know news of philip's death came to us this morning as we knew it would in a statement from buckingham palace which read it is with deep sorrow that her majesty the queen announces the death of her beloved husband his royal highness the prince philip duke of edinburgh his royal highness passed away peacefully this morning at windsor castle so prince philip as we know was 99 he would have celebrated his 100th birthday and i suppose that letter from the queen this june that's right and i posted a personal message just handed to him perhaps yes and that is an element of the additional sadness of course that the family will not get to celebrate that milestone 100 years in june but first in the tributes to prince philip we look at his life and legacy the words of the queen from their golden wedding ceremony we go back to their anniversary ceremony in 1997 you'll remember the famous statement from the queen as she called her husband her strength and stay for all these years adding how she her family and the country the nation owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim or we shall ever know he was royal concert for 73 years the longest serving in british royal history and so you know obviously this is a man who who traveled collected a lot of air miles for royal but is being remembered as a very good friend to canada he he once joked that they you know he and the queen did not come to canada for their health they thought of they had other ways to enjoy themselves but they spend a stunning amount of time in this country uh secretly we all think they quite liked it so let's take a live look now at parliament hill because he was so important to this country that of course is the canadian flag on the peace tower at half mast we understand that it will stay at half mass from now until sunset on the day of the funeral or the memorial service so last hour at 9 00 a.m eastern the largest bell in peace tower in parliament hill told 99 times in tribute [Music] there will be time in the days to come to learn more about the details of the funeral of the memorial services however they can happen in this era of kovid but today is a day for talking about the man so throughout his long life his royal highness the duke of edinburgh we know devoted himself to the people of the commonwealth and of canada he stood by her majesty the queen for more than six decades seven decades a constant a reassuring presence he she called him her rock we know he valued community duty and service he believed in wildlife conservation volunteerism and supporting young people this is a statement by the way from the acting governor general who describes him as a tireless world traveler he showed that canada held a special place in his heart by visiting this country more than any other the duke of edinburgh leaves a legacy that has touched so many especially the hundreds of thousands of young participants in the duke of edin edinburgh awards program this program which he established in canada more than 50 years ago has celebrated and encouraged service and excellence among young people across the country and around the world his role highness understood we must offer the next generations opportunities to succeed and he believed in the power of youth to change the world for the better as a sign of our enduring respect his royal highness was made the very first extraordinary companion of the order of canada in 2013 a fitting tribute for an extraordinary man he was also invested as commander of the order of military merit that's an honor that speaks directly to his own military past and his commitment to our women and men in uniform so his royal highness devoted his life and his to his family and to fulfilling his unique role in our constitutional monarchy again this continues to be the statement from the acting governor general whether speaking with young canadians about their hopes and dreams presenting colors and meeting troops at military bases and events or representing the crown at state occasions prince philip constantly showed his commitment to canada he was a great friend of this country and he will be dearly missed on behalf of all canadians richard wagner says i offer my deepest condolences to the members of the royal family adrian we're going to look next live at london and the scene at buckingham palace and you can see there is a crowd that has gathered we've seen the numbers increase over the course of the morning the flag also lowered there and we've been seeing people place flowers in tribute to prince philip in the hour since news of his death was first announced earlier this morning we're going to bring you reaction from those people who are gathered outside the palace we have our reporter tessa arcelia there in position of course for canadians and for people the world over prince philip was one of the most recognized symbols of the monarchy he was always it seemed at queen's elizabeth's side barely a time when you can't remember when they were not together or he a step behind her hands behind his back as was his way and that compelling look on his face here is renee phillipone with a look back who with his hands between the hands of the queen becomes her liege man of life and lynn for britain's longest reigning monarch he was the one constant witness and kisses over more than seven decades prince philip kept watch as elizabeth transformed from princess to queen grew from young bride to great grandmother and the world's longest reigning living monarch he is the longest surviving british royal consort in some ways he was born to play that role the young prince philip was brought up in a royal household born on a greek island and in line to the greek throne but when the monarchy was overthrown his family left and after his parents separated he was virtually on his own so all of that i think made him a very independent person and a man who had to very much live on his on his wits he met the future queen while serving in the navy and then by 1947 the prince had successfully wooed the princess and the nation with the coronation he gave up his navy career and devoted his life to supporting the british monarch his most important solo accomplishment establishing the duke of edinburgh award for youth first in the uk and in canada as a husband prince philip was perhaps the only royal who could say anything to the queen he was often unpredictable in public making widely reported sexist and racist remarks i can't suddenly change my whole way of doing things i can't change my interests i can't change my way in which i react to things it's it's it's part of that's somebody's style in his early 90s the prince started to battle the effects of old age he was in and out of hospital concerns about his health were constant but he kept bouncing back [Music] then at the age of 96 after more than 22 000 solo engagements he felt he had done his bit and retired from his royal career out of the spotlight he was still there for his growing family even stirring up concern with a car crash that saw him lose his license for good for the queen his counsel and company were indispensable he has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years he was the oldest male british royal to ever live and this monarchy's chief eyewitness after the queen herself renee filipponi cbc news london now as we look once again at the peace tower and the lowered flag where it will continue to fly at half mast until the day of the memorial or the tribute and we listened in as the bell tolled 99 times for the 99 years of life of prince philip the duke of edinburgh for the reaction from ottawa and again we bring back our chief political correspondent rosemary barton rosemary adrian was sharing with us the acting governor general's statement a fulsome one and we know that we have also from the prime minister can you share some further reaction from canadian leaders yes and the prime minister obviously will have met prince philip and the game so his reaction might be um a little different i should point out to people that the prime minister's uh regular friday coveted uh press conference will go ahead at 11 30 and obviously we would expect him to make uh some comments off the top so we can wait for that but in the meantime i can share some of his statement with you pointing out too as we talked about the extensive relationship between the royals uh prince philip in this country that in 2011 he was awarded the honorary uh general of canada um for the army and the royal canadian air force uh he was also the first ever extraordinary companion of the order of canada which is the the top of the top if you want to be in the order of canada he was the first one to receive that honor but let me share with you some of what the prime minister justin trudeau had to say this morning learning of this death obviously expressing deep sadness learning of the passing of the duke of edinburgh he talks about his philanthropy his public service his service in the military he said that canada maintained a special relationship with the canadian armed forces and over the years became colonel in chief of six canadian units and as i mentioned there in 2011 was named honorary general of the canadian army the royal canadian air force as well as honorary admiral of the royal canadian navy he goes on to say the following the global program that bears his title the one that you've been talking about so much this morning the duke of edinburgh's award has helped empower millions of young people from all backgrounds to realize their greatest potential and is but one example of his contributions to the social fabric of this country and the world he was also the patron of more than 40 organizations in canada including the canadian aeronautics and space institute the outward bound trust and during his last visit to canada in 2013 april of 2013 the duke was named as i said the first extraordinary companion of the order of canada he goes on to say prince philip was a man of great purpose and conviction who was motivated by a sense of duty to others he will be fondly remembered as a constant in the life of our queen a lifelong companion who was always at her side offering unfailing support as she carried out her duties a family has lost a beloved husband father grandfather and great-grandfather the thoughts of canadians are with queen elizabeth ii and members of the royal family as they mourn such a significant loss we've also heard tweets from various premiers there was a reaction as well from the leader of the official opposition aaron o'toole so everyone weighing in with their condolences for the royal family i'll point out that the last time the prime minister had to sort of weigh in on canada's relationship with the royal family came after the fallout from the megan markel interview with oprah when there were questions about whether there were issues of racism or indeed even systemic racism inside the royal family obviously the prime minister didn't want to get involved in that conversation but he did reaffirm uh the the mona the monarchy's importance in in in our life in in in the country's life and didn't think that it was the time to start a conversation about whether that role needed to be redefined so um he himself certainly committed to that relationship still has a close uh relationship i would say with the queen be interesting to see if he has any personal reflections about his encounters with prince philip or indeed his his father's many encounters with prince philip and the queen uh during his time as prime minister but again heather we will hear directly from the prime minister at around 11 30 eastern you're absolutely right you mentioned last time you remember that famous pirouette photo of pierre trudeau behind the back of the queen and i immediately went there mentally to rosemary so perhaps we'll have some recollections from the current prime minister on those many connections thank you rosemary barton our chief political correspondent now as we continue to bring you further reaction to the passing of prince philip looking there again live at buckingham palace so much of the focal point right now as you see people gather and place flowers we do know that much of the attention is going to shift to windsor castle we would expect in terms of protocol and funeral commemorations to come let's get some of those details in reaction generally from andrew pierce who's a royal commentator with the daily mail he is in london if you've been a long time watcher i've had the great privilege of talking many times to andrew at various royal occasions i'm sorry it's a sad moment andrew but i'm always happy to welcome you back to our program good morning good morning to you heather it's a very very sad but um no surprise 99 a great initiative well i was exactly where i was going to begin we can't be shocked 99 and in failing health we covered his month in hospital just a couple of weeks ago and yet still a vitality and strength of personality it is a somber a somber moment yeah look this is this is the longest royal marriage in the history in history uh he's with the queen for 73 years what a remarkable remarkable marriage a very happy marriage not the easiest of marriages but heather you know when we saw that photograph of the duke of edinburgh in the car leaving the hospital going back to windsor castle actually wrote at the time and said at the time i think and i fear that's the last time we see prince philip in public because he was very sick by then and he was going back to winter castle to spend his last days he knew he didn't have much time left with her majesty the queen who'd been with him since they got married in 1947. so in it fitting in the end a man who had to spend so much of his public life in the public eye in the end had quiet time with the woman who we adored what kind of a void does this then leave not just in her own life her majesty's life but really right at the heart of the monarchy andrew um it's huge actually because you've got to think about this there are two families here there is the royal family of which he was a stellar performer a a a stalwart consort to the queen a man who she referred to in one of her speeches as my guide he guided her in many many ways through many many complicated and difficult decisions but he was also head of her family and he took those responsibilities very seriously and we know stuff now that we didn't know at the time behind the scenes how involved he was in trying to protect princess diana when she was going through her very difficult phases in the marriage with charles that the compassionate speak he showed to her and to sarah ferguson when their marriages ran into difficulties because he knew how difficult it was for him marrying into the royal family back in 1947 and remember he was a prince he was a he was prince philip of greece and denmark so he had to change his name he became a mountbatten which was the mature which was the surname of his maternal grandparents and then discover to his horror that his children would not take his name but they would be windsors that really was a difficult moment for him but with everything else there he accepted it following the end i think was about 10 years later there was a compromise and they became known as windsor mountbatten windsor the children but he's been an extraordinary source of inspiration and advice to the queen my concern talking today is that it will be such a blow to the queen we may see much less of a now in public and prince charles and camilla will step up and take on even more responsibilities i've been reflecting on that and wondering those very questions myself you know when you when you speak with the queen and i know that we have done so when we've had interviews in london andrew we've talked about duty that seems to be the word that people use first and foremost in relation to queen elizabeth her sense of duty and yet prince philip in many ways equally exemplified that trait because they became she became queen much earlier than they'd expected their life upended by things he's always had to walk of course as we famously say those that one step behind and yet duty and responsibility and loyalty those are words that we've come to associate with him it was almost uh a dual reign uh and uh on when prince when there was a service for the queen i i think we get there have been so many jubilees the jubilee where he was taken into hospital and they spent too much time on the river thames and he got very cold as she walked down the nave of westminster abbey or some paul's cathedral she walked in her usual place leaving a space for prince philip who was in hospital it was incredibly moving it's because she spent her entire life with that man that close to her in the same position and it never occurred to her to move more into the center of the nave as she walked to her seat she was leaving that space for prince philip and it's going to be so difficult and has been so difficult for her on big state occasions not to have him there but she completely understood his wish to step back from public life because by god he's given us decades and decades of service and he hasn't been very well actually for a very long time how about personal collect connections andrew did you ever meet prince philip i did it's never easy meeting prince philip i like to not as a journalist not as a royal commentator i bet no well you know you like to think that we've got a way with talking to people i can remember the very first time i met him i was a very young reporter on the times of london i was in the isle of wight there was a big boating festival called the cows festival he's very much into water likes his sport he was there with prince edward who i think actually will become the next duke of edinburgh by the way uh and we were following him with a cat photographer he wheeled round and fixed me with that gimlet glare of his and said how many more photographs does your bloody newspaper need of me and my family and as ever with royals i wilted and then there was an even better occasion heather it was we were in windsor castle a special reception for the media because a certain young journalist i think that might have been me had been writing mischievous pieces suggesting that the country hadn't really been gearing up for the queen's golden wedding anniversary there were very few street parties planned so the queen and princeton held a reception prince philip as you know always regarded journalists as a problem they have to he had to deal with them with the act builders he would rather not he came barging up to a group of journalists one of whom worked for a newspaper which has republican sympathies and said which newspaper do you work for and when this guy said i worked the independent he said but your paper doesn't support my family why are you here to which point this rather shell-shocked journalist said because you invited me saved but you didn't have to accept a bloody invitation and don't drink too much of our wine and off he went a classic prince philip moment a wonderful moment and nobody can forget it and even the most seasoned politicians and uh people in the public eye and journalists when they met him um were always he he could put you at his ease but he could also be very intimidating because he was very clever very well read and incredibly direct andrew let me ask you finally and i hope you don't mind i'm just citing one of your fellow reporters in london this is a reporter who works for sky news just putting up something on twitter that the funeral for prince philip will be held at st george's chapel in windsor and the public has been asked not to attend because of the pandemic i'm wondering if you have any information obviously coven 19 is going to change what we normally would have expected to see the military procession and whatnot but what information do you have well what the original plan um there's always a code name for royal funerals his was operation 4th bridge a bridge up in scotland and it would be what you call a royal ceremonial funeral at once below a state funeral he for instance he did not want his body to lie in states in westminster hall which is what happened to the queen mother it would have been more on the level of mrs thatcher but he wanted no fuss whatsoever so the pandemic has played into his hands as he approached his last days he may spend some time in a chaplain james's palace in london but i suspect not so he will be in uh the service will be in windsor castle there will be no public invited it will almost be a private service the rules in this country are only 30 people during the pandemic can attend a funeral so it could even mean the prime minister won't be there it will be the queen her immediate family that probably includes prince harry too although i suspect the duchess of sussex won't come good excuse there she's pregnant uh and and we will see very little of it that exactly is what prince philip will be chuckling as he reaches the great uh royal uh heaven in the sky wherever they go he'll be chuckling thinking i got my way in the end because he wanted no fuss it sums up his whole view so it'll be a very small funeral in windsor castle uh and we all see very little of it isn't that interesting yes that's such a good point in keeping with the no fuss request on his behalf when do you think andrew maybe you can instruct us in some protocol when white me see or hear anything more from the queen beyond the statement we got this morning well um all we've been told is there will be statements to be released in due course she will be at church on sunday of course at the chapel probably where the funeral is to be held uh we'll see her then um i suspect we won't hear very much now until er maybe on monday the country goes into eight days of national mourning i suspect the funeral will be if they haven't fixed the date already uh a week tomorrow and and then she will disappear from public view for a while but i'm told that she's determined that the show will continue she's been doing more and more public duties here you know the pandemic is we've got this great vaccine roll out here so the country is beginning to ease out of lockdown on monday it's only in a very limited way but it won't be enough for a big public funeral so we won't hear much from her i don't think for a few days yet and let's not forget one thing heather she was married to that guy for 73 years she fell wildly madly in love with him when she met him when she was 13 he was 18 or 19 on an official engagement she had a crush on it she got her way she married him the royal family didn't want her to marry him because he had no money he was foreign his mother had been in and out of a mental hospital and his father was a gambler he was from a really colorful background but she got her way and she married him and it's desperate for her to think the husband that she loves her 73 years is no longer with her what a blow for her andrew pierce as always it is just wonderful to have you on our program thank you very much for bringing all of that insight and experience to our special coverage today andrew pearce from london we are getting confirmation as andrew was indicating that we will get funeral details confirmed tomorrow so we'll have full coverage here on cbc news network as part of our weekend programming now as we look live there at buckingham palace where the flag remains lowered and where the crowds are gathering the flowers are also being placed in tribute to prince philip our tessa arcelia has been live outside the palace for the last hour or so talking to people why they have been drawn there good morning tessa tell us the latest you're hearing good morning heather yes people are still gathering here despite you know the government now has said that they're discouraging people from going to royal residences but you can see behind me the crowd is still right in front of buckingham palace they say they want to pay tribute they want to just see what's going on but you know they're also expressing some sort of status but at the same time not shock he is 99 he was 99 years old but we are hearing that they will soon be starting to clear the area i was already seeing some movement you know trying to to close off some parts of the area so i think we can expect that this might thin out as the hours go by i did manage to speak to some of the people who were here let's take a listen to some of those i'll just have a point i thought you know welcome down pay a little bit of respects to you know where he'd been a part of my life really and from when i was a younger a young age i did the duke of edmonds award i did this the bronze silver and gold which um which most probably put me in good stead for my future years because it was quite an achievement very very sad um it's very unfortunate that he didn't make the hundreds but he wasn't well he looks so unwell when we've seen him on tv and yeah it must be very difficult for the family now very sad he's been a grand grand gentleman and a real character and both my children have got duke of edinburgh's award so they both met him which was a wonderful experience so yeah we're all very sad about what's happened but you know at that age i suppose it was it was expected really wasn't it i mean we were talking about the duke of edinburgh horse throughout the coverage of his legacy and it seems you know the people that i've spoken to uh were you know had taken part in that uh so as far as reactions here in the uk as well we know that the parliament had been recalled on monday so that the ease of parliamentarians can pay their tribute as well we also of course heard from the british prime minister earlier today he paid tribute and recognized the contribution of prince philip let's take a listen to him like the expert carriage driver that he was he helped to steer the royal family and the monarchy so that it remains an institution indisputably vital to the balance and happiness of our national life he was an environmentalist and a champion of the national world natural world long before it was fashionable with his duke of edinburgh awards scheme he shaped and inspired the lives of countless young people and literally tens of thousands of events he fostered their hopes and encouraged their ambitions we remember the duke for all of this and above all for his steadfast support for her majesty the queen not just as her consort by her side every day of her reign but as her husband her strength and stay of more than 70 years and it is to her majesty and her family that our nation's thoughts must turn today we also heard from other former prime ministers tony blair said our whole nation is united in sadness he will be naturally most recognized as a remarkable and steadfast support for the queen we also heard from john major he said it's impossible to exaggerate the role that a duke played in his lifetime and he epitomizes the british spirit and i have to say heather just the atmosphere here it is it feels like something big is happening you have helicopters in the air of course people gathering and the world's media gathered here he is one of the most recognizable figures he was that is in the world heather tessa thank you very much and you'll be there for us in our ongoing coverage through the day here on cbc news network there is a tessa arcelia and as we look live at buckingham palace again just reminding you of the story that tess and i have been covering for some time the fact that prince philip was in hospital for a month the longest time he'd been in hospital for all 99 years of his life we knew he was not there for covid reasons he was there for treatment for an infection and a pre-existing heart condition we learned he was moved from one hospital to another saint bartholomew's which is a specialized facility for cardiac care and then returned to king edward vii and then as we just heard from andrew pierce we were live as he was driven back from that hospital to windsor castle where he passed away peacefully this morning and as andrew indicated he had the impression that it might be the last time he was seeing prince philip alive and adrian arsenault i dare say that thought crossed my mind too as we aired those pictures on that morning looking at that location as people gather and pay tribute to someone really i mean the image of the queen for more than 70 years he has been alongside and these people are paying tribute and feeling some considerable sadness today what do we know about official remembrances and funeral details for prince philip well i would say a couple things heather we have heard from the palace this morning that as expected that the actual details will come out tomorrow uh not today that that was always going to be the case covet or otherwise that this day would be reserved for acknowledging him uh the day after would be observed you know reserved for trying to figure out what to do next of course the added complication of covet changes everything i was in london in 2002 when the queen mum died and i i can't help but but think what it you know yes that was a really long time ago was 19 years ago but what a very different feeling you know most people only knew her as a very old woman and and didn't have a a sense of her there were lots of stories of of her grit during the war but but this is different you know it will obviously not be a huge event because of covid but also by design operation fourth bridge which he oversaw as you heard there from um from andrew pierce was very clear that that uh that he didn't want to fuss i can tell you effectively yes so let's start with the flags are are being lowered to half mass across the uk we don't yet know when we will see the queen but what tends to happen is that when members of the royal family emerge you will see them dawning dark colors and armbands you'll also see those black armbands of black ties on members of parliament sometime soon in the next few days phillips coffin will be moved to saint james palace it will then rest in the chapel royal and so we we understand it will stay there for about of a week and precisely seven days after the date of his death today so next friday his coffin will then move to the queen's chapel that will be for a vigil that will be mounted by his children so the day after that the duke of edinburgh will officially be laid to rest so we're talking at this point it looks like next saturday that means a gun carriage procession will wind from the chapel it will go past buckingham palace to wellington arch from there it will then make the journey through windsor to st george's chapel you'll remember that that's where megan and harry got married um we know prince philip we've said this before he is eligible for a full state funeral it's not what he ever wanted so it will be a hybrid it will be a royal ceremonial service to honor his life it will take place that afternoon how many people will be there heather uh well officially in the in the uk right now funerals are restricted to 30 people we know it will be small by necessity it will be small by design and it will be designed around giving the queen some comfort in the sense that she has lost the love of her life you heard andrew pearce so beautifully in his such an andrew pierce way talk about how she had a crush on him from the first time she saw him they actually met as kids i think she was eight and he was 13. but then they met again when she was a teenager and uh she according to her cousin was red-faced and immediately thought he looked like a viking and fell in love and when they they continued you know an exchange of letters announced their engagement and four months later they were doing exactly what you're seeing on the screen there which is getting married uh so it was a very quick courtship uh they thought that they would have many years together to to form their marriage but as you know when when the queen's father died so suddenly in the 50s this very young couple were thrust into a position neither of them were really ready for uh and then they have spent the next 73 years together him always a few steps behind um as was his role and he knew his place and that leaves her today without the love of her life without her mom without her sister um and you know it does i think it doesn't matter how old you are when you realize at some point that you've lost your parents and you've lost a sibling and you've lost your husband it's a really hard place for her you know she in the last couple months in particular heather is because of covet has been isolated from her grandchildren who and you know by all descriptions she adores them and adores her great-grandchildren and hasn't been able to see them and she has watched the decline of her beloved um and so this everything that happens in the next few days will be designed to give her give her some comfort yes as you quite rightly point out adrian um andrew pierce giving us some insight as he would as a long-time royal commentator and saying he does expect that she will be at church on sunday but otherwise we're not likely to see her and indeed he said with a certain sense of foreboding he thinks we'll see less and less of her in public now as we look to the future i think i think heather you have seen a hint of that in the last month or so it was striking to see the role of prince charles stepping up a little bit more visually he went to see his father in hospital then we saw him with the queen a few photographs of him emerging with the queen um going to various events we hadn't seen much of that before you see prince william and and kate uh stepping up as well there was this soft signaling if you were uh that that a role would have to be big shoes would have to be filled indeed details to be confirmed tomorrow and of course we'll have full coverage on cbc news network and cbc television thank you adrian and certainly we'll be back to you as our coverage continues want to look again live at buckingham palace and keeping our watch on the crowds and the tributes and the flowers to prince philip and the flag that is lowered as it is in ottawa as it is throughout the commonwealth we have live pictures of manitoba as we bring you reaction from within this country a statement coming out from premier brian pallister about how saddened he is to learn of the death of prince philip a statement quite expansive but at the end he does indicate there's an online book of condolence if anyone is interested in signing any manitobans and the statement particularly highlights the 10 separate royal visits and tours the duke of edinburgh visiting communities across the province officially opening the pan am games in 1967 canada centennial year celebrating manitoba centennial in 1970 the presentation of the duke of edinburgh gold awards in thompson in 84 churchill a visit in 92 and touring parts of southern manitoba after the floods there in 1997 and as the statement says the duke of edinburgh connected directly with thousands of manitobans so one of the provincial tributes to prince philip and i use manitoba specifically because we know who's from there hello rosemary barton there you go my introduction to you you're going to pick up from the provincial and move to federal reaction yeah so we are standing by again to hear from the prime minister at 11 30. i should point out this was his regularly scheduled pandemic briefing um because that's of critical news as well but he will uh surely off the top of that talk about uh his relationship with the monarchy the queen and indeed prince philip he also put out a statement early this morning after the acting governor general who is currently the chief justice of the supreme court i won't go through it all but he talks about his deep sadness of learning of the passing he talks about prince philip's extensive service to others whether it be in his role as as the royal consort whether it be his commitment to the military to the navy which is where he started his various roles that he played honorary titles that he had in canada and as well as as you've been talking about extensively through the mourning his own duke of westborough awards which also benefited so many canadian children i'll skip ahead to the end of his statement where the prime minister says the following quote prince philip was a man of great purpose and conviction who was motivated by a sense of duty to others he will be fondly remembered as a constant in the life of our queen a lifelong companion who was always at her side offering unfailing support as she carried out her duties a family has lost a beloved husband father grandfather and great-grandfather the thoughts of canadians are with the queen elizabeth ii and members of the royal family as they mourn such a significant loss of course the prime minister is is himself in an interesting position to comment um on the royal family because his family has had a long relationship with this queen and prince philip looking through some photos of uh that many times that prince philip has come to canada more than 70 times there's a photo of prince philip and and justin trudeau's mother sitting off to the side as the spouses of of two important people there's another photo of prince philip standing at the door of 24 sussex with justin trudeau's father pierre trudeau so we'll see whether he has any um good memories from his childhood and beyond as prime minister of meeting prince philip um in our research there are some you know controversial moments that the prince had uh during his visits here in canada he was at times particularly in the the late 60s and 70s quite concerned about uh whether quebec would in fact separate from canada and so he sort of reached out at one point to suggest that that separation should be amicable he was he was worried about how that would affect canada's relationship with the monarchy and the other story that i i didn't know but i i laughed very hard at he once um went to calgary and as you know in calgary they they tend to give honored guests those white cowboy hats um and to which uh prince philip said oh no not another one uh and offered to say that he would use it as a flower pot or to carry water so that seemed like the prince phillip that i have heard of but just to say that yes he visited ken a lot of times but maybe he wasn't always thrilled with what he was receiving and his experiences here i do want to end with the premier of ontario he tweeted this morning his reaction on behalf of all ontarians we send our deepest condolences to her majesty the queen and the entire royal family prince philip was a devoted husband father war hero and public servant and he will be missed by many around the world doug ford actually got his first uh vaccination this morning of astrazeneca after previously criticizing uh whether astrazeneca should be used he did get jab this morning and i'll also just update people on where ontario stands with covid cases today because we have hit a record a number of cases today 4227 which is the last you know the last highest number we got was back in january but this sets um a new record in terms of one one-time cases and so we'll expect the prime minister to talk about that soon too heather we should probably just talk about that for a moment more 4000 on the way potentially according to projections rosemary maybe 8 000 cases we could see and we're already talking before this breaking news of prince philip about how uh in in ontario they are now ordering as of monday all hospitals with the exception of those in the north of the province to stop all non-emergency surgeries and to all non-emergency procedures so they can make room in their icus for covet patients so lots to come on that i would imagine from the prime minister today yeah and i would just point out of course those numbers how they represent our actions ontarian's actions from two weeks ago they do not reflect what might have happened over the easter long weekend if people did not follow public health rules you're right we could see those numbers much much worse in just a matter of days ontario under a state of emergency the third since the pandemic began and under a full province-wide stay-at-home order so rosemary thank you there are many important stories going on and i know you'll bring them to us rosemary hosting for you as of 11 o'clock eastern and leading up to that prime minister's briefing at 11 30 a.m eastern time from scenes of buckingham palace and talking about canadian reaction there is a look at windsor palace windsor castle and that is where our margaret evans is she has traveled from london just that 40 minutes or so away to be right there windsor castle where prince philip passed away this morning and margaret good morning thank you for joining this part of our special coverage set the scene for us what is happening in windsor it's well you know windsor well heather and you know that for most royal uh occasions sad or happy um the streets here would normally be crowded they're not crowded there are growing numbers of people arriving arriving but it's a very kind of quiet gentle scene obviously the united kingdom like the rest of the world in the midst of a pandemic about to come out of a pandemic on monday or out of lockdown in any case and that of course is changing the way in which the funeral arrangements for prince philip would be handled but here right now we're seeing really quiet scenes i'm just standing in front of henry viii gate people have been laying flowers there but police have since been directing them to the long walk potentially worried about traffic in and out but of course they're also worried about big crowd scenes because of the pandemic margaret when you mention as you were that that is where the funeral is going to be held and we don't have the details confirmed just yet we expect a full accounting of things tomorrow but we are getting indication that the funeral will be held right there at st george's chapel at windsor that is where the statement tells us and we know that he passed away and that is where the queen and prince philip had really spent the better part of the last year correct that's right they've kind of been in what royal officials would call a bubble base bubble hq has been here at windsor castle a reduced staff caring for the queen and prince philip they both received their vaccinations back in january but normally you would see the queen and prince philip having spent a bit more time apart he tended to spend more time at sandringham as you know he retired from public duties back in 2017 so we haven't seen as much of him but that might be one of the small blessings if you can call it that of the pandemic in that the queen and prince philip actually spent a much greater part of the past year together here at windsor castle margaret thank you very much i really appreciate we'll be hearing from you i know as our coverage continues margaret evans at windsor castle and i see that backdrop and think of 2018 in may of that year as prince philip underwent a hip replacement operation in order to be able to walk into that saint george's chapel unaided to attend and participate in the wedding of his grandson prince harry and we think of that joyous moment for the royal family in may of 2018 it will be the scene for prince philip's funeral we would expect one week from tomorrow but again as i say details to be confirmed tomorrow today is a day of reflection and looking at the legacy and the impact of prince philip and the void he leaves in the monarchy in the royal family allison eastwood is with us she's the editor-in-chief of hello canada she's in toronto this morning and allison it's good to welcome you back to the program we often turn to you on matters royal and uh it's a sad one but really i'm looking forward to this conversation because i don't know if there's a magazine with more photos of the royal family over the years than hello magazine so your thoughts number one on on the passing of prince philip well heather i guess as you can imagine this is the day one of the days that we've been dreading and um we were very much hoping of course that prince philip would make it to his 100th birthday on june the 10th um you know all signs were pointing to him being on the road to recovery as much as a 99 year old could be i'm sure the queen is very much hoping for that um i guess the overwhelming feeling right now is just a huge amount of sadness for the queen to lose the man who's been by her side um really since she was a teenager and um you know i just i can't imagine what she's going through right now as well as the rest of her her family you know his children his grandchildren um so that's sort of you know the way that i'm looking at it from a personal standpoint when you say yes at the time i mean the glint in her eye from the earliest time in her life really when she laid eyes on prince philip 73 years married the relationship as you perceived it allison so yeah they've had quite an extraordinary love story um you know we've seen snippets of it as portrayed on the crown although prince philip is not was not exactly as he was portrayed there uh by either actor but uh yes they first met at the royal naval college back in 1939 um when she was on a visit there with her parents she was just 13 years old and she was instantly smitten by him and the fact that he could eat a huge heaping plate of shrimp apparently at dinner and she left a big impression they were the third cousins um as i'm sure you've discussed um related they were both great-great-grandchildren of queen victoria so just just distance distant enough for it to be okay and um really um although she did have quite a lot of suitors contrary to popular belief that he was her one and only true love and uh he felt very similarly toward her as well you know they corresponded avidly during the war you know he was a much decorated navy lieutenant um and um even more blue-blooded than she was actually being related to royalty on two sides and um you know they were just very steadfast right from the get-go um you know things really solidified when she was 17 and he came to windsor castle for christmas i i mean you know just think of that she's 95 now almost uh you know he was 99 and um uh you know there's really that's that's the thing to to focus on on top of everything else is is just like that legacy of love that they left yeah and um and also a great deal for for their children their grandchildren and of course their great-grandchildren of which they have ten now can i pause there on the children because i want to come back you raised the crown allison so i'm going to go there because i was mentioning earlier the the cast and the production crew behind the crown such a successful series have already paid tribute and expressed their sadness at the passing of prince philip i am someone who came to the crown late but i have been loving every season of course and i've been in tran i'm enthralled by the character of of prince philip and you say he was not he's not what he as he was portrayed on that series so anybody who's followed along as so many have i suppose how is it different well i think the predominant difference is really in terms of how his his rakish nature was portrayed in the early season um you know certainly he um as one of the queen's biographers said he always had an eye for a pretty girl but actually he uh he was devoted to elizabeth and um you know was not it was not in any way unfaithful to her um he you know he was very much a pragmatist actually and he described himself as such but when it came to his relationship with the queen there was uh you know there was definitely a softer side uh to him some of the things you saw on the crown were you know definitely based in fact um he you know he was a little harder on prince charles growing up you know they have very different personalities he was very close to anne you know she has already said that her life will be unimaginably different without him in it they um you know they have very similar personality types and we did see that portrayed in the crown and also the sense of you know what am i gonna do when i have to give up my career for the woman i love now what that was very much grounded in reality even anne said that they really hadn't thought through what the role of a royal consul would be in that day and age but we know what it became over the course of 73 years you mentioned the children in that special relationship with ann in terms of his place in the family with the extended family alison the grandchildren and now the great-grandchildren what was his role and what was his relationship with them he had a very i mean as often happens i think that you know they both he and the queen had a close and loving relationship with all of their grandchildren um you know they all live valley close by prince william famously used to go and visit his grandparents on weekends when he was eaten college when he was a teenager you know they have a much more probably sort of an easier relationship than maybe charles did certainly with philip growing up you know we know that philip came from a very fractured fragmented household he you know his family had to flee grease when he was just a baby they smuggled him out in an orange crate he never had that sense of stability and he really i think craved that and really appreciated that like all of his life allison i'm wondering i mean we focus with you and and quite rightly on the personal and on the relationships and on the family and prince philip's role really at the center at the heart of that royal family as far as broader impact maybe a closing thought on on how he should be remembered and legacy i think his legacy will be bringing helping to bring the monarchy into the 21st century no doubt about it he was a galvanizing force and um you know we have him too thankful really how relatively progressive the monarchy has been um over the years and it is it's only it's only recently that he's taken a back seat and um you know we can the queen has a lot to thank him for but he certainly had everything to thank her for as well thank you very much i appreciate it allison eastwood is the editor-in-chief at hello cat will you be one quickie are you going to be doing a special tribute edition do you think alison yes we're doing a special tribute edition it will be on newsstands starting next thursday i expected as much thank you allison nice to have you back on this morning i appreciate it allison eastwood again a look at buckingham palace as the mourners arrive to pay tribute to prince philip and remember him you know that tessa arcilla is there our reporter bringing us comments and here's some more of what the people are telling her in terms of why they are coming there to buckingham palace and what they're remembering about prince philip oh the prince philip was a wonderful father and a real asset to british life and i'm sure the queen is grieving terribly my wishes to her and as much support as i can offer and the nation can offer very sad news he's a lovely guy um very sad for the monarchy oh it's really sad you know he's part of the monarchy it's the royal family you know that him and the queen had been married for over 70 years and 70 years and it's just a really sad moment you know we know he'd been ill for quite a long time and it's just really sad and we're just really sorry to the royal family for their sad news some of the reaction from london at the death this morning of prince philip the duke of edinburgh at the age of 99 his 100th birthday was in june passing away this morning peacefully as the statement from the palace tells us now we're looking live at ottawa in terms of reaction coming in the senate issuing a formal statement that i will share with you now mourning the passing of his royal highness and celebrating as the senate describes it his long and remarkable life boris johnson called it an extraordinary life a similar theme long and remarkable life the century of his lifespan was marked by significant change both in canada and around the world the death of the duke of edinburgh marks the end of an era and then it goes on to highlight his successful naval career how he was the longest-serving british consort and how he traveled so extensively throughout canada and the commonwealth and also launched the duke and every awards in 1956 we've already paid tribute to that today the senate offering its deepest sympathies in joining in sorrow so that is the latest statement from canada we'll hear more in terms of canadian reaction from rosemary barton our chief political correspondent who's going to be in and taking over our special coverage from here at 11 o'clock eastern we look at buckingham palace and can tell you that again the only word thus far from the queen and the palace is the statement that came out this morning about four hours ago announcing the death peacefully at windsor castle of prince philip at the age of 99 and we do know that we expect to hear details tomorrow as far as a funeral it will be held at st george's chapel at windsor castle likely one week from tomorrow a much scaled down affair owing to covet protocol but again we will have full details tomorrow today a day to remember the legacy the mark of the man and to hear him in his own words we've got to get away from the idea that it is possible even desirable to tell people what is good for instead i believe we should set out to expose people particularly young people to as wide a variety of rewarding experiences as possible ignorance is the mother of bigotry and the only find it possible to be bored now many of these animals that are in danger are in danger because they're being exploited but not in um in a practical way in other words that we're taking more than a sustainable yield can i ask you finally if if people are now coming forward at a point when it's really too late or are you an optimist i believe that it's late there's no question about it it's very late indeed in the in the in the slippery slope to to a really explosive situation but i think that we do have a chance but it's going to need a growth in public support if we can go on with that we may eventually well we may not put off a a disaster but i think we might put off a catastrophe as i was asked to start off the olympic games in melbourne where i made if i may say so the best speech of my life which is exactly five words [Music] britain is not just an old country of pottery ruins inhabited by idle roues in eyeglasses where yokels quaff ale by the tankard outside rickety pubs the thing of the monarchy is is part of the kind of fabric of the country and as the fabric alters so the monarchy and its people's relation to it alters now in 1953 the the situation has come it was totally different what it is now we were a great deal younger and i think uh young people a young queen and young family is infinitely more newsworthy and amusing than you know by getting off a middle age and i dare say when we are really ancient there might be a bit more reverence again i don't know [Music] you

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