Moment This Morning is ended as Prince Philip's death is announced on ITV

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This Morning was forced to end its live broadcast as the sad news was announced that Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, had passed away.

The 99-year-old passed away peacefully on the morning of April 9 at Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace said with a statement issued on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen.

Strict potocol in the event of the duke's death meant that the announcement was made to the Press Association and the BBC first.

As the news broke, Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford had to cut from an interview with Coronation Street Alan Halsall into live news coverage from the ITV news team. "Alan, sorry, I'm going to have to interrupt you for some very, very important news," Eamonn said. "We now viewers have to end This Morning and go