From Queen Elizabeth planting a Duke of Edinburgh Rose to Jill Biden’s thoughtful tweet and William and Kate’s Instagram tribute – remembering Prince Philip on what would have been his 100th birthday

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Jun 11 , 2021

The Queen remembering Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who would have turned 100 this month. Photo: Instagram @kensingtonroyal

Prince Philip would have celebrated a centenary on June 10, but Prince Edward says he ‘wouldn’t have wanted the hassle of celebrating turning 100’

Tributes from his family ranged from TV interviews reminiscing about the duke’s famous ‘barbecue trailer’, to photos of him looking dapper in the 1950s

The royal family has paid tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh on the day he would have turned 100, June 10.

Prince Philip, the nation’s longest serving consort, died on April 9, just nine weeks before the milestone centenary of his birth.

Princess Eugenie wrote on Instagram: “Thinking of Grandpa on what would have been his 100th birthday.”

The princess shared an image of her grandparents, Philip and Queen Elizabeth, together at her 2018 wedding, smiling outside St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle.

Clarence House posted a black and white archive photograph of a two-year-old Charles holding his father’s hand as Philip, wearing a dapper double-breasted suit and sunglasses, greeted him after returning home from a trip to Malta in 1951.

Prince Philip with a young Prince Charles in 1951. Photo: @OfficialSMPak/Twitter

The young Charles, who had gone to the airport to meet his father, led Philip by the hand as they walked away from the Viking Aircraft of the King’s Flight. The duke had just handed over his command of the frigate, Magpie.

“Remembering The Duke of Edinburgh, on what would have been his 100th birthday,” the post on Charles and Camilla’s official Instagram account said.

It also included an image of Philip at Windsor in July 2020 after the ceremony to transfer his role as colonel-in-chief of The Rifles infantry regiment to Camilla.