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Prince Philip drank a beer in Windsor before his death; Queen said she was "absolutely furious" he left without saying goodbye
Excerpts from Hugo Vickers' book, published in the Daily Mail, say the duke of Edinburgh walked to the Oak Room at Windsor the night before he died on 9 April 2021 to drink a beer, and the queen later said she was "absolutely furious" he had left without saying goodbye.
Mar 30th 2026 · United Kingdom
Insights
- Prince Philip died on 9 April 2021 at age 99 in Windsor and his death was recorded as due to old age.
- Hugo Vickers, in a book excerpt published by the Daily Mail, reports that the duke got out of bed the night before his death, walked with a walker to the Oak Room and drank a beer.
- The queen was not at his bedside and was told he had died 20 minutes earlier, prompting her to say she was "absolutely furious because, as often happens in life, he left without saying goodbye."
- Doctors found a shadow on his pancreas when he was in his early 90s and he lived several more years with an inoperable pancreatic cancer diagnosis.
- Philip had a coronary angioplasty with stent in December 2011 and underwent heart surgery in March 2021, after which he returned to Windsor on 16 March and died 24 days later.
- He retired from public duties in 2017 after almost 70 years and about 22,219 public engagements.
- Philip's funeral on 17 April 2021 was limited to 30 guests because of pandemic restrictions, and Queen Elizabeth II, widowed by his death, died on 8 September 2022 at age 96.
Sources
- La muerte del infante Alfonso, hermano de Juan Carlos I: las versiones de aquella tragedia y la del propio rey emérito www.huffingtonpost.es
- El excurso del Rey y el desconcierto del españolito de a pie www.libertaddigital.com
- Se revela la sorprendente reacción de Isabel II al enterarse de la muerte de su marido, el duque de Edimburgo www.huffingtonpost.es