“His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle.”

“Further announcements will made in due course.”

“The royal family join with people around the world in mourning his loss.”

Boris Johnson said he “inspired the lives of countless young people”.

The duke had suffered failing health in recent years, and retired from royal duties in 2017.

In March, the Duke of Edinburgh left hospital after a month-long stay for treatment.

He underwent a procedure for a pre-existing heart condition at another London hospital – St Bartholomew’s.

The prince married Princess Elizabeth in 1947, five years before she became Queen, and was the longest-serving royal consort in British history.

Prince Philip and the Queen had four children, eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Their first son, the Prince of Wales, Prince Charles, was born in 1948, followed by his sister, the Princess Royal, Princess Anne, in 1950, the Duke of York, Prince Andrew, in 1960 and the Earl of Wessex, Prince Edward, in 1964.

Prince Philip was born on the Greek island of Corfu on 10 June 1921.

His father was Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, a younger son of King George I of the Hellenes.

His mother, Princess Alice, was a daughter of Lord Louis Mountbatten and a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria.

source: BBC, ABC News

1921: Prince Philip of Greece, the fifth child of Prince Andrew of Greece and Princess Alice of Battenberg, is born on 10 June in Corfu.

1922: After Prince Philip’s father is banished from Greece the family relocates to Paris.

1928-39: Prince Philip goes to live with his Mountbatten relatives in England and attends school in Surrey. Later he attends Gordonstoun School in Scotland.

1939: As World War II looms, Prince Philip leaves Gordonstoun to become a cadet at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. While there he escorts the young princesses Elizabeth and Margaret during a royal tour of the college.

1940-45:War service.He is mentioned in despatches for his part in the Battle of Cape Matapan. Promoted to lieutenants in 1942.

1946: Prince Philip asks King George VI for his daughter Princess Elizabeth’s hand in marriage. Philip renounces his Greek title, becomes a British citizen and takes his mother’s anglicised name, Mountbatten. His engagement to Princess Elizabeth is officially announced on 9 July.

1947: On 19 November, King George VI bestows the title of His Royal Highness on Philip. On his wedding morning he is made Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich. Philip marries Princess Elizabeth in Westminster Abbey, and the couple move to Malta, where he is posted by the Navy.

1952: Philip is promoted to the rank of commander but has to give up his command to begin a tour of the Commonwealth with Princess Elizabeth. In February, he had to tell his wife that the King had died and she is now the Queen.

1956: He founds the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme.

1957: The Queen makes her husband a prince of the United Kingdom. He will be known as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

1961-96: Prince Philip is appointed first president of the World Wide Fund for Nature – a position he holds until 1982.

2009: The Duke of Edinburgh becomes the longest-serving royal consort in British history.

2010: It is announced Prince Philip will step down as president or patron of more than a dozen organisations when he turns 90.

2011: The prince celebrates his 90th birthday.