As you've probably heard, Buckingham Palace announced earlier today that the Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip has died at the age of 99.
Back in 2000, the Duke told the Daily Telegraph he 'couldn't imagine anything worse' than reaching the age of 100 and had 'no desire whatsoever' to see the milestone.
While his views might have changed in the intervening years, Prince Philip told the newspaper he wasn't at all interested in such longevity.
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He said: "I can't imagine anything worse.
"Bits of me are falling off already."
Prince Philip's death was announced on Friday 9 April by Buckingham Palace, who said: "It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen announces the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
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"His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle.
"Further announcements will be made in due course. The Royal Family join with people around the world in mourning his loss."
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson joined many from around the world in offering his condolences to the family, as well as detailing Prince Philip's life in a statement delivered outside 10 Downing Street.
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Johnson said: "It was with great sadness that a short time ago I received word from Buckingham Palace that HRH The Duke of Edinburgh has died at the age of 99.
"He was the longest serving consort in history, one of the last surviving people in this country to have served in the second world war at Cape McIntyre where he was mentioned in dispatches for bravery, and in the invasion of Sicily, where he saved his ship by his quick thinking.
"From that conflict he took an ethic of service that he applied throughout the unprecedented changes of the post-war era.
"He helped to steer the royal family and the monarchy so that it remains an institution indisputably vital to the balance and happiness of our national life."
He continued: "He was an environmentalist and a champion of the natural world long before it was fashionable.
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"With his Duke of Edinburgh award scheme he shaped and inspired the lives of countless young people and at literally tens of thousands of events he fostered their hopes and encouraged their ambitions.
"We remember the Duke for all of this and above all his steadfast support for Her Majesty The Queen.
"Not just as her consort, by her side every day of her reign, but as her husband, her strength and stay of more than 70 years.
"It is to Her Majesty and her family that our nation's thoughts must turn today, because they have lost not just a much-loved and highly-respected public figure, but a devoted husband and a proud and loving father, grandfather and - in recent year - a great-grandfather."
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