Tributes and condolences from all over the world have gone to Queen Elizabeth and the royal family, following the death of Prince Philip.
Flags were lowered at half-staff across institutions and bells rang 99 times at Westminster Abbey, in honor of the Queen's husband, who passed away Friday morning at Winsdor Castle.
As a sign of respect, political parties banned campaign activities for the May elections while TV channels canceled scheduled programs to cover live homage and any other information on the event that occupied the media around the world yesterday.
Given the pandemic situation, the British government has urged people not to gather around the royal premises. The kings themselves, on the other hand, have asked people to donate something symbolic to charity instead of laying flowers.
Today (Saturday, April 10) gunfire in the sky will bid farewell to Prince Philip. The show of gunfire (as tradition would have it) will be broadcast in the media and people have been asked to watch it on TV.
Six guns, the same ones fired for Prince Philip and Queen's wedding and pulled from 36 horses will be fired today simultaneously in honor of the Tower of London, Hillsborough Castle in Belfast, Edinburgh Castle, Cardiff Castle and elsewhere in Gibraltar.
Prince Charles, in an earlier interview with the BBC, said of his father: "I think he would like to be remembered as an individual who had his rights."
Prince Philip relinquished any royal duties in 2017 due to physical problems which worsened over time.
Source: The Guardian
