Prince Filippo he did not give up his very British humor even on the verge of death. Witness a anecdote that Carlo he said moved during an interview for an extraordinary BBC documentary – Prince Philip: Memories of the Royal Family – which will be broadcast on Wednesday and in which the whole royal family (excluding the queen) recalled Philip, revealing the background and unpublished details.
In the documentary, Carlo reveals the last conversation he had with his father on April 8th, the day before the Duke of Edinburgh died.
The heir to the throne telephoned Philip, who had been discharged from the hospital a few days ago, and began to talk to him about the celebrations for his 100 years (he would have made them last June 10): “We are discussing your birthday, dad.” But Filippo, who heard little from us in the last few years, did not understand. So Carlo had to repeat in a louder voice: “We are preparing your birthday, dad!“. And Philip then replied: “Well, I’ll have to be alive to celebrate, right?“. The son, who knew him well, commented: “I knew you would say so.”
It is not the only exceptional testimony on Philip. In the documentary, as anticipated by the Daily Mail, the princess also speaks Anna, which recalls how the father always read fairy tales to his children before they fell asleep, while the princess Eugenie confirms that Philip was able to see his great grandson August Philip before expiring: “I told grandpa I called him after him. It was a beautiful moment ». Zara Tindall later confessed that Filippo «was getting older and older and he couldn’t stand it. He was the worst patient in the world! ‘
In the documentary there is also the contribution of the prince Harry who from California remembered his grandfather as “a unique person”, praising him for the way he always supported the queen Elisabetta over the decades. William instead he told an anecdote: years ago he was in Balmoral with Philip just in the days of the “Duke of Edinburgh Award”, the prize dedicated to the Duke of Edinburgh and dedicated to young talents. During a ride in the car, William and Philip stopped next to some boys who were supposed to participate in the demonstration. The Duke of Edinburgh rolled down the window and said amicably to the young men: “So, how are you doing?” And they: “Stop it, old man!” Philip: “Ah, the young people of today!”.
In another preview of the BBC documentary, then, we see Carlo who, always moved, praises the Duke of Edinburgh saying: “We have been very lucky to have him with us for nearly a century“. This is not the first time that, after Philip’s death, his eldest son remembers him publicly by showing an unprecedented tenderness towards the parent. Already on 10 April, the day after his death, Carlo had paid a heartfelt tribute to his “Dear Dad” with a video recorded from his residence in Gloucester. An intense video in which the Prince of Wales admitted: “My family and I miss my father a lot».
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