Duke of Edinburgh praises Prince Philip as ‘extraordinary thoughts’
The Duke of Edinburgh has praised Prince Philip as an ‘extraordinary thoughts’ as he shared his favorite recollections of his father in a uncommon interview to mark his sixtieth birthday.
Prince Edward additionally revealed his spouse Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, is his ‘rock’ as he sat down with gardening knowledgeable Alan Titchmarsh on ITV‘s Love Your Weekend programme.
He stated his late father – who died in April 2021 aged 99 – was ‘good with individuals’ even when it typically ‘did not essentially come throughout that method’.
‘He was all the time, all the time encouraging all people,’ the Duke of Edinburgh stated. ‘You type of wanted to get to know him.
‘He was simply a unprecedented man. He was the Prince Albert of our age. He had a unprecedented thoughts. He beloved design, he beloved innovation.’
The Duke of Edinburgh has praised Prince Philip as an ‘extraordinary thoughts’ as he shared his favorite recollections of his father in a uncommon interview to mark his sixtieth birthday
Edward stated his late father – who died in April 2021 aged 99 – was ‘good with individuals’ even when it typically ‘did not essentially come throughout that method’
Prince Edward, who turns 60 on March 10, revealed a few of his lasting recollections of his father, together with educating his daughter Lady Louise, 20, to drive a carriage.
He stated: ‘It was solely off her personal bat… he took her out with the staff and I feel it was solely the second time, he was driving alongside and he stated, “Do you want to have a go?” and he or she did not have time to even reply the query, he simply handed the reins throughout.
‘We’re very fortunate, we have got two, of what we’d suppose are notably good youngsters, who’re forging such totally different paths for themselves.
‘I feel that is additionally equally fascinating.’
During his dialog with Titchmarsh, Prince Edward additionally paid tribute to his spouse Sophie, who he described as his ‘rock’.
He stated: ‘I’m extremely fortunate that I discovered Sophie and that she discovered me.’
He and Sophie, 59, have been married since 1999 having met at a promotion shoot for the Prince Edward Summer Challenge two years earlier.
The couple have two youngsters collectively: Lady Louise and James, Earl of Wessex.
Prince Edward, who turns 60 on March 10, revealed a few of his lasting recollections of his father, together with educating his daughter Lady Louise, 20, to drive a carriage
Prince Edward seen with the late Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, in July 2005
Queen Elizabeth with Prince Edward at Windsor in Berkshire, 1965
Asked about adjusting to his new title of Duke of Edinburgh, Edward stated it had been a ‘enormous privilege’ however had additionally bestowed ‘various weight of expectation as nicely’.
‘I imply, there’s an terrible lot of legacy that got here with that title and all the things that my father had completed,’ he continued.
‘Especially while you’re not inheriting it, this can be a alternative… that comes with all of the expectations that folks have.
‘It’s simply the weirdest and strangest feeling. You stroll right into a room and, notably nonetheless right this moment, there are title locations on a card and I nonetheless go searching going “Yes, but where am I sitting?”.’
The duke carried out a collection of engagements with the Duchess of Edinburgh earlier this week, forward of his milestone birthday.
He was offered with a Leeds Rhinos rugby shirt with ‘HRH 60’ on the again to mark the date, throughout a go to to Headingley Stadium in Leeds on Friday.
Asked on the programme about Mothering Sunday, Edward stated it was ‘all the time an necessary occasion’ when he was rising up
During his dialog with Titchmarsh, Prince Edward additionally paid tribute to his spouse Sophie, who he described as his ‘rock’
Sophie and Prince Edward are pictured holding their new son James in December 2007
Asked on the programme about Mothering Sunday, Edward stated it was ‘all the time an necessary occasion’ when he was rising up.
‘Those days had been, and lately are actually necessary to recollect some very, very particular individuals in our lives,’ he stated.
‘There must be a number of occasions within the yr once we make a particular type of effort and Mothering Sunday was very a lot a kind of the place you made a particular effort simply to say “thank you”.’
Watch the total interview with Prince Edward, The Duke of Edinburgh on Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh on Sunday March 10 at 9:30am on ITV1 and ITVX.
