{"id":68523,"date":"2017-08-02T10:32:24","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T09:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/?p=68523"},"modified":"2017-08-02T10:32:24","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T09:32:24","slug":"britains-prince-philip-set-final-solo-appearance-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/britains-prince-philip-set-final-solo-appearance-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain\u2019s Prince Philip set for final solo appearance before retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"
Prince Philip, the 96-year-old husband of Britain\u2019s Queen Elizabeth, will make his final solo appearance at an official engagement on Wednesday before he retires from active public life.<\/p>\n
Philip will attend a parade of Royal Marines at Buckingham Palace after more than 22,000 solo appearances over the last 65 years.<\/p>\n
He is the Captain General of the Royal Marines.<\/p>\n
Philip married Elizabeth at Westminster Abbey in 1947, and the couple are due to celebrate their platinum, or 70th, wedding anniversary in November.<\/p>\n
Buckingham Palace has said that Philip, who is also known as the Duke of Edinburgh, may choose to accompany Elizabeth at certain events in the future.<\/p>\n
Elizabeth has described Philip as her \u201cstrength and stay\u201d during her reign, despite his reputation for stray comments and headline grabbing gaffes.<\/p>\n
The queen, the world\u2019s longest-reigning living monarch who celebrated her 91st birthday in April, will continue to carry out a full programme of official engagements. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Prince Philip, the 96-year-old husband of Britain\u2019s Queen Elizabeth, will make his final solo appearance at an official engagement on Wednesday before he retires from active public life. Philip will attend a parade of Royal Marines at Buckingham Palace after more than 22,000 solo appearances over the last 65 years. He is the Captain General […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":68524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,2],"tags":[12156,17599,36191,38500],"yoast_head":"\n