news editor alex forrest white. correspondent charles charles hill joins us from london but welcome both let's start with you there in london charlotte let's start 1st of all with some of the response that you're seeing back in the u.k. . when i was through a statement from the palace that we 1st learned of prince philip's pulsing they put out the announcement saying that his royal highness pasta way peacefully this morning when the consul the royal family joined with people around the world in mourning his loss and it was that very short sperry's combis statement then triggered an outpouring of responses prime minister boris johnson leading tributes he made a statement outside number 10 downing street today he was focusing particularly on prince philip's public service decades a public service he called him an x. but carriage drive a steering the royal family he said it remains an institution an interest peaceably by 2 for the balance and happiness of on national lives that was then followed by statements for him a

news editor alex forrest white d.w. correspondent charles charles joins us from london but welcome both let's start with you there in london charlotte let's start 1st of all with some of the response that you're seeing that in the u k. when i was through a statement from the palace that we 1st learned of prince philip's poncing they put out the announcement saying that his royal highness pasta way peacefully this morning when the consul the royal family joined with people around the world in mourning his loss and it was that very short very somber statement then triggered an outpouring of responses prime minister boris johnson leading tributes he made a statement outside number 10 downing street today he was focusing particularly on prince philip's public service decades of public service he called him an x. but carriage drive a steering the royal family he said it remains an institution an interest peaceably by to the balance and happiness of on national lives that was then followed by statements for him all for nation

joining me in the studio as did every reporter alex forrest watching alex prince philip a lifeless ordinary but nevertheless managed to win find his way into the public's heart how did you go about doing that yes rebecca he did and you get the sense of that in that report just with some of the comments about his his wit some of his perhaps not necessarily so. careful with some of the language in the jokes that he made but i think that did win him a lot of operation because he appeared very very human and you have to remember that prince philip was marriage to princess elizabeth they got married when they were very young she was only 27 when she became queen not just of england or of britain but also of the commonwealth and suddenly he had to give everything up he had heard often expect much earlier than expected when her father died he had to give everything up including his role in the royal navy and he had to be by has side consulate a steadfast presence all the time and i think he found that very difficult to begin with and had to learn how to play that role and so he threw himself into

news editor alex forrest white d.w. correspondent charles charles hill joins us from london but welcome both let's start with you there in london the shots let's start 1st of all with some of the response that you're seeing back in the u.k. . when i was through a statement from the palace that we 1st learned of prince philip's pulsing they put out the announcement saying that his royal highness pasta way peacefully this morning at windsor castle the royal family joins people around the world in mourning his loss and it was that very short very somber statement then triggered an outpouring of responses prime minister boris johnson leading tributes he made a statement outside number 10 downing street today he was focusing particularly on prince philip's public service decades of public service he called him an x. but carriage drive a steering the royal family he said it remains an institution an indisputable by to the balance and happiness of on national lives that was then followed by statements for him all for nations w

joining me in the studio as did every reporter alex forrest whiting alex prince philip led a life less ordinary but nevertheless managed to win find his way into the public's heart how did he go about doing that yes rebecca he did and you get the sense of that in that report just with some of the comments about his his wit some of his perhaps not necessarily so. careful with some of the language in the jokes that he made but i think that. did win him a lot of operation because he appeared very very human and you have to remember that prince philip was marriage to princess elizabeth they got married when they were very young she was only 27 when she became queen not just of england or of britain but also of the commonwealth and suddenly he had to give everything up he had good often expect much earlier than expected when her father died he had to give everything up including his role in the royal navy and he had to be by has side consulate a steadfast presence all the time and i think he found that very difficult to begin with and had to learn how to play that role and so he threw himse