Prince Philip Once Said He Had ‘No Desire’ to Live to 100: ‘I Can’t Imagine Anything Worse’

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Going out his way. Prince Philip died at the age of 99 on Friday, April 9, just two months shy of his 100th birthday, which is reportedly the way he wanted it.The Duke of Edinburgh, who was married to Queen Elizabeth II for more than 70 years before his passing, previously spoke to the Telegraph’s Gyles Brandeth about aging, saying he had no plans to make it to 100.

According to a piece published in 2019 from a 2000 interview, Brandeth recalled Philip telling him that he had “no desire whatsoever” to live to become a centenarian.“I can’t imagine anything worse,” the late prince said at the time, according to Brandreth. “Bits of me are falling off already.”The former British Royal Navy cadet lived for more than two decades after sitting down