joining me now is the royal biographer and historian robert lacey. welcome again.king, i thought, that sophie wessex as she just drove past year a couple of hours ago said the queen is being amazing. because everybody�*s thoughts are with the queen today. i have been talking to people here, saying why are you here? they talk about a sense of history, time passing, they talk about the duke, but they all say we want to show our support for the queen. their neighbours here, they live around here, they see them. have told me, when i was in the park a few years ago with my children, suddenly the duke appeared. you have got lots of children, you look rather young to have so many children. he clearly is part of everybody�*s life here in an organic way. i have met several people who say he was the patron of our charity, and he would turn up to see us. all these things which, in his generation of the royal family, did not have a press release to go with it. hejust did did not have a press release to go with it. he just did these things. it was part of what he felt was his d

robert lacey there. robert lacey there.indsor, but he made thousands of official visits all around the country in support of the queen and many charities, including the duke of edinburgh awards scheme. since he died, people he met have been recalling the time that they spent with prince philip. our correspondent, danny savage, reports now on people's memories of the duke. this is the legacy the duke of edinburgh has left behind. right, girls, so it's your silver d of e training day. 0n the weekend of his funeral, young people are now facing the challenges of what they call their d of e. right, girls, are you ready? yes! let's go. these schoolgirls from manchester were in the peak district, participating in the duke of edinburgh award scheme, very much aware of the significance of the day. i think he was an amazing man, and he was really important to the queen. 73 years of marriage is obviously quite a long time, so he's left a humongous legacy behind. he was brilliant. i feel honoured to be able to take part in something th

robert lacey, the royal author and historian. osely with the duke of edinburgh. can i ask you for your personal reflections here today on this sad day? flit reflections here today on this sad da ? . ., , , ., reflections here today on this sad da? , day? of course it is a sad day but it is also an _ day? of course it is a sad day but it is also an opportunity - day? of course it is a sad day but it is also an opportunity to - day? of course it is a sad day but it is also an opportunity to pay i it is also an opportunity to pay tribute to a remarkable man and consort of the queen with such a wide range of interests. i was press secretary between 1990 and 1997, one of the more difficult periods in the queen's rain and prince philip was a steady presence of always with the queen through those quite difficult years. he was also someone interested in ideas and interested interested in ideas and interested in talking about how to make things better weather for young people in the award scheme or the environment or scientist, the award sc

robert lacey, historian and _ summing it up. robert lacey, historian and royal— summing it up.hot salute - why 41? a a1 shot salute - why al? normally, ou a a1 shot salute - why a1? normally, ou would a a1 shot salute - why a1? normally, you would see _ a a1 shot salute - why a1? normally, you would see the _ a a1 shot salute - why a1? normally, you would see the king's _ a a1 shot salute - why a1? normally, you would see the king's troop i a a1 shot salute - why a1? normally, | you would see the king's troop royal horse artillery coming riding on their horses, pulling the guns into hyde park and it would be a 21 gun salute. 0n special occasions, national occasions, they do fire a a1 gun salute. part of it is, you know, arcane procedures that go back to firing a1 gun salute in a walled fortress, for example, as you would describe the tower of london, or in a royal park, that you get that dispensation to do it, but i think clearly this is a most unusual event, and an important national event, and an important national event, and an important national event, and i think it tells

robert lacey. thank you very much forjoining us.s with so many facets to it that the duke of edinburgh managed to carve out when he became consort to the queen. like many peeple — he became consort to the queen. l «e: many people watching he he became consort to the queen. l «1e: many people watching he has he became consort to the queen. l «e many people watching he has been he became consort to the queen. l «1e: many people watching he has been a part of our life, hasn't he? and, you know, we must all be remembering and thinking now of the queen. of whose life he has been such an integral part. 0nly last night there was a programme on television about the queen about her emotional success and her public success and his historical success. it was not a secret, but it was prince philip, as nick was saying, from a very different background in some ways, but playing such a role in the life of the nation. i have been involved with the crown, the tv series. it was no accident that we decided to feature prince philip very strongly in the