‘The only man who could say to the Queen ‘Shut Up”: World media mourns Prince Philip the ‘undisputed master of the royal household for more than seven decades’
- ‘A prince like a king,’ was the headline in Germany’s Die Welt,’ while Catalonia’s La Vanguardia honoured the 99-year-old duke with the words: ‘Goodbye to a century of British history’
- Spanish paper ABC carried a full-page picture of the duke doffing a bowler hat during his retirement from public duty in 2017, while The Weekend Australian showed Philip looking fondly at the Queen
- Italian paper Corriere della Sera chose a photo of the Queen and Philip riding together in a carriage with the headline: ‘Goodbye to Philip, always one step behind the Queen’
- Rome’s La Repubblica referred to him as ‘Queen’s shadow’, and the ‘only one who could tell her to “Shut Up”‘
- French papers Liberation and Le Figaro carried the death on their front pages, while Le Monde featured a column which suggested the duke could have had ‘Prince of Blunders’ added to his long list of honorary titles
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The world’s newspapers today mourned Prince Philip for his service to Britain and devotion to the Queen.
The Duke of Edinburgh’s death at Windsor Castle was announced by Her Majesty ‘with great sorrow’ on Friday, and as Britain began eight days of mourning, countries across the world paid homage to the steadfast prince.
‘A Prince like a King,’ was the headline in Germany’s Die Welt, while Catalonia’s La Vanguardia honoured the 99-year-old duke with the words: ‘Goodbye to a century of British history.’
Spanish paper ABC carried a full-page picture of the duke doffing a bowler hat during his retirement from public duty in 2017, while The Weekend Australian showed Philip standing beside the Queen, looking on her fondly.
Italian paper Corriere della Sera chose a photo of the Queen and Philip riding together in a carriage with the headline: ‘Goodbye to Philip, always one step behind the Queen.’
Rome’s La Repubblica referred to him as ‘the Queen’s discreet shadow’, and the ‘only one who could say to the Queen “Shut Up”‘.
A range of German local papers wrote: ‘He was always in the shadow of the Queen, as the royal of the second row was always loyal – and full of humour.’
French papers Liberation and Le Figaro carried the death on their front pages, while Le Monde featured a column which suggested the duke could have had ‘Prince of Blunders’ added to his long list of honorary titles.
A column by Philippe Bernard suggests Philip had ‘never ceased to feed a repertoire of blunders’, including ‘offbeat marks of affection, manifestations of British humour or frankly inappropriate or even stupid remarks’.
SPAIN: ABC carried a full-page picture of the duke doffing a bowler hat during his retirement from public duty in 2017, while Catalonia’s La Vanguardia honoured the 99-year-old duke with the words: ‘Goodbye to a century of British history’
FRANCE: French papers Liberation and Le Figaro carried the death on their front pages, ‘Philip of Edinburgh: The last outing of the prince consort’, and ‘Prince Philip, a life in service of the crown,’ were their respective headlines
SPAIN: El Pais and El Mundo featured photos of the young, handsome duke. El Pais’s frontpage showed him in black tie, while El Mundo, a picture of him with a young Queen Elizabeth
UNITED STATES: The Washington Post called him the ‘Queen’s most loyal supporter,’ while The New York Times referred to the ‘Royal Consort and Ardent Defender of the Crown’
UNITED STATES: The Wall Street Journal featured images of the duke in naval attire, remembering his wartime career, and another of him with then-Princess Elizabeth and two children, Charles and Anne, in 1951
FRANCE: Le Parisien went with the headline ‘The Queen loses her prince’
ITALY: Papers La Stampa and Il Messaggero featured the duke on their front pages
GERMANY: The duke and the Queen after the coronation featured on the frontpage of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, while Die Welt called him ‘A Prince, like a King’
Australian paper The Weekend Australian and Spanish paper La Razon both ran frontpages with the duke
Polish paper Dziennik Polski ran a picture of the edlerly duke on their frontpage, while Argentinian paper Clarin pictured Philip with the Queen
The Times of India and Polish paper Super Express both featured images of Prince Philip on their frontpages today
Italian paper Corriere della Sera chose a photo of the Queen and Philip riding together in a carriage with the headline: ‘Goodbye to Philip, always one step behind the Queen,’ while Turkish newspaper Miliyet showed the duke in his naval attire
Farewell to Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth’s discreet shadow for over 70 years. The only one who could say to the Queen “Shut up” – the headline on Italy’s La Repubblica
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