UPrince oneminyaka engama-99 uFiliphu, unkosikazi weNdlovukazi u-Elizabeth II, wangeniswa esibhedlela eLondon. Lokhu kwabikwa yinkonzo yabezindaba ye-Buckingham Palace. UPhilip waphuthunyiswa esibhedlela iKing Eduard VII ngefona. Kuze kube manje, akukho lutho olwaziwa ngezizathu zenhlala-kahle yenhlala-kahle. Muva nje, indlovukazi nomngane wakhe womshado yanikezwa ekuthelelekeni kweCoronavirus. Manje lo mbhangqwana uhlala eWindsor Castle ngenxa yobhubhane. Hlobo luni lokugomela olusetshenziselwa ukugoma uPhilip no-Elizabeth, alucacisiwe.
Njengoba bekulindelekile, i-Duke of Edinburgh izohanjelwa kungakapheli izinsuku ezimbalwa. Isinqumo sokulaliswa esibhedlela sathathwa 'ngokuqapha okukhulu', iNdlovukazi eneminyaka engama-94 yaqhubeka i-Windsor Castle futhi namuhla yaqhubeka nokufeza imisebenzi yayo. Manje amaphoyisa aqapha umtholampilo ngokucophelela lapho uPhilip etholakala khona. Isibhedlela sesikhulu asithathwa njengezimo eziphuthumayo. UMat Hancock Health Wezempilo wasekela le-Duke: "Kuyahawukela ukuzwa ukuthi ubungqabavu bakhe basebukhosini uDuke Edinburgh usesibhedlela. Ngimnika izifiso zami ezinhle zokululama ngokushesha. "
UFiliphu, owaqeda ukufeza imisebenzi yakhe ngonyaka we-2017, uyaqhubeka nokufunda, ukubhala nokudweba, futhi ngo-Ephreli 2020 kushicilelwe isitatimende somhlalaphansi esingavamile (kuqala kusukela ngosuku lokuthatha umhlalaphansi), lapho edumisa abasebenzi abaphambili nalabo ababuka izinsizakalo eziphambili uqhubeke nokusebenza ngesikhathi sobhubhane.