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Dan Walker recalls offering Prince Philip spot on Football Focus: 'He politely declined'
Dan Walker took to social media last night to pay tribute to Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, who died yesterday at the age of 99.The Football Focus host recalled a meeting with the Duke of Edinburgh, hours after Buckingham Palace announced the news.“I’ve read some lovely tributes to the Duke Of Edinburgh today.“I had the pleasure of meeting him once at St James’ Palace,” he wrote on Instagram, in view of his 176,000 followers.Dan went on to recall his encounter with the royal.“It was a Thursday and Steve Bruce had just pulled out of Football Focus that weekend,” the 44-year-old began.“The Duke asked me what I did.