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THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE

CELEBRATING HIS 98

th

BIRTHDAY

IS GIVEN A 21

st

–CENTURY SALUTE BY HIS

LOVING FAMILY ON SOCIAL MEDIA

THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF SUSSEX PRINCESS EUGENIE

hit

“Like”whenthe@SussexRoyal

Instagramaccountpostedits

birthdaymessage.“WishingHis

RoyalHighnessTheDukeof

Edinburgh,Sir,Grandpaa very

Happy98thBirthday!” wrote

newparentsPrinceHarryand

Meghan. It was accompanied by

a photo(topright)capturinga

special moment between

grandfather and grandson,

takenatthe 2015 RugbyWorld

Cup,togetherwitha charming

photograph(topleft)showing

PrincePhilipdancingwiththe

thenPrincess Elizabeth at a

navy ball in Malta in 1950.

WhenhewaschosentoplayPhilipin

TheCrown, actorMattSmithasked

theDukeofCambridgetodescribehis

grandfather.“Justoneword,”Prince

Williamreportedlyreplied.“Legend.”

TheCambridges’@KensingtonRoyal

Twitteraccount’sbirthdaypostread:

“Wishing a very Happy 98th Birthday

toHisRoyalHighnessTheDukeof

Edinburgh!”witha seriesofphotos

including one ofPhilipwith Kate

(above)atThePatron’sLunchin 2016,

tomarkthe90thbirthdayofQueen

(left,withtheDukeatthesameevent)

andonewithWilliamattheRugby

World Cup final in 2015 (above left).

“IthinkGrandpaisincredible,”

Eugeniesaidin thedocumentary

OurQueenatNinety. “Hereally

is strongand consistent... I

thinkhe’stherock,youknow,

forall of us.”Philip’snewlywed

granddaughter followedthat

tributewitha sweetInstagram

postforhisbirthda , writin :

“I found a coupleofclassic

photographsofGrandpaandI

onChristmasDayandTrooping

theColoura fewyearsagonow.”

Thephotosshowed a young

Eugenie with her family on

ChristmasDay,holdingherface

in herhandastheDukelovingly

patsherhead(left),plusthepair

togetheratherfirstTrooping the

Colour in 1998 (below).

Sharing heartfelt messagesand favouritephotographstocelebrate

the98th birthdayoftheDukeof Edinburghon 10 June, theroyal

familyledonline tributestotheloyal andlovinghusband, father,

grandfather andgreat-grandfather last week.Startingwiththe 1953

photo ofa young PrincePhilip in uniform(left), postedby theofficial

royal familyTwitter account,hereare thespecialtributes from the

younger generations of royals on his big day

PHOTOS: AVALON. GETTY IMAGES. HRH THE DUKE OF YORK. PA PHOTOS. REX FEATURES. SUSSEXROYAL

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