On her 95th birthday, monarch makes first public statement since her husband’s death

The royal family was heartened by the tributes to Prince Philip, the Queen has said, as she used the occasion of her 95th birthday to issue her first public statement since the death of her husband.

The monarch and other members of the family gathered for the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral at St George’s Chapel in Windsor on Saturday. He died on 9 April.

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