The Queen and Prince Philip Seem to Be Relishing Their Lockdown Lifestyle
This week, Prince Philip celebrated his 99th birthday, with a photograph of himself alongside the queen.
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For most married couples, to wish that the twilight of their years will be spent quietly pottering about the house in each other’s company is, longevity permitting, a modest ambition.
For the queen and Prince Philip, however, a joint retirement had never been the expectation. Instead, it had always been understood that Philip, who turned 99 this week, would live out his last few years at Wood Farm in Sandringham. His wife would be on the estate for three or four months of the year, but, for the rest of the time, they would be separated.