he was a pillar of strength behind the british mondarchy,arh prince philip's 99 years of life, mourningoved husband of 73 years. >> this is absolutely devastating nor the queen. this is the love of her life, this was the man by her side for decades. >> he fell in love with the queen and chose to a take on a life of not only being her husband, but also serving the crown. >> prince charles visited his mother this afternoon as the royal pafamily plans for a funeral, prince harry and meghan markle paying tribute from afar on their foundation's website and prince william and his wife catherine, honoring the duke on instagram. prince philip, a stallwart of the british monarchy, handsome and full of full of full of they met in 1939, elizabeth visiting a naval college and meeting prince philip in the british royal navy. >> he been very dashing as a young man. and i think that is why the queen was so madly in love with him. >> even from the first encounter there was a spark between them. >> philip was born a prince but it was far from a fairytale childhood. his family fleeing war and revolution