this is the prince philip movement — a religious sect in vanuatu, who revere prince philip asa god.d their existence, and spent decades rehearsing dances for his visits to the island. i've been speaking to kirk huffman who is an expert on the prince philip movement group. i asked him how they have reaqcted to the death of prince philip. the prince philip movement people are restricted to the people are restricted to the people in the interior of the south—western part of the island in southern vanuatu. there are several hundred followers of the movement, and they were having meetings, i think it was yesterday, with their chiefs to decide how they will commemorate the funerary rituals for prince philip, and i think those rituals will possibly be taking place tomorrow their time, i possibly be taking place tomorrow theirtime, i imagine there will be a number of ritual dances, possibly a procession with objects that they have because it was prince philip since the late 1970s who has been writing to them, they have letters from him, photographs of him, which they have, some of them are

this is the prince philip movement, a religious sect in vanuatu, who revere prince philip asa god.er to have recognised their existence, and spent decades rehearsing dances for his visits to the island. kirk huffman is a research associate for the australian museum at sydney university, and expert on the prince philip movemennt group thank you very much for coming on the programme. mr; thank you very much for coming on the programme. my pleasure. could ou on the programme. my pleasure. could you start _ on the programme. my pleasure. could you start by _ on the programme. my pleasure. could you start by telling - on the programme. my pleasure. could you start by telling us - could you start by telling us how people there will be reacting to this sad news? the prince philip _ reacting to this sad news? tue: prince philip movement reacting to this sad news? tte: prince philip movement peoples are restricted to people in the interior of the south—western part of the island in southern vanuatu, where there are several hundred followers of the movement, and they were having meetings, it

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