Prince Philip indulgent behaviour during final days laid bare

Prince Philip tricked Queen Elizabeth II into getting some personal time on his final days.

The former Duke of Edinburgh, who passed away in 2021 due to his COVID diagnosis, slipped away from his nurse to get some alcohol.

In book, Queen Elizabeth II: A Personal History, royal expert Hugo Vickers shared: “He went back to Windsor Castle on March 16 [after leaving hospital], his return considerably delayed by the need to find nurses 100 percent free of possible COVID-19 infection. He never emerged from the castle again."

Vickers continued: “However, during those last 24 days at Windsor, he was up and about. One lady-in-waiting, ringing in, was surprised to get him on the telephone."

Vickers shared: “On the last night of his life, he gave his nurses the slip, shuffled along the corridor on his [walking] frame, helped himself to a beer and drank it in the Oak Room."

"The following morning, he got up, had a bath, said he did not feel well, and quietly slipped away," Vickers explained.

"By this point, he had lived with pancreatic cancer for nearly eight years—far longer than the usual survival time from diagnosis,

"The Queen was not there when he died," Vickers wrote. "There had often been times in earlier days when she had asked the staff to let her know when Philip was leaving, only to be told, 'His Royal Highness left 20 minutes ago.'"