Prince Philip could not hide his true feelings when told the Queen's father had died 70 years ago. When George VI died on February 6, 1952, his 25-year-old daughter Elizabeth was in Kenya at the beginning of a huge royal tour of the Commonwealth.
Her Majesty ascended to the Crown and has since become the country's longest-reigning monarch but it was left to Philip to break the news to her.
Without today's technology for instant international communication, it was some time before the sad news reached the royal party.
The Queen's aides were the first to learn of George VI's passing and decided to speak to Philip and let him tell his wife, the Mirror reports.
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