Queen says 'one familiar laugh is missing' in first Christmas speech since Philip's death
dailystar.co.ukQueen has made her first traditional Christmas speech today without the Duke of Edinburgh as she used it to pay tribute to “my beloved Philip”.The late Prince Philip passed away in April this year and meant the Queen is spending her first Christmas without him.Her Majesty spoke about the “great comfort” she has had from tributes to Philip and the work he did around the country, the Commonwealth and the world.The Queen said: “His sense of service, intellectual curiosity and capacity to squeeze fun out of any situation – were all irrepressible.“That mischievous, enquiring twinkle was as bright at the end as when I first set eyes on him.“But life, of course, consists of final partings as well as first meetings – and as much as I and my family.
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