On her 95th birthday, Queen Elizabeth II says she is "deeply touched" by Prince Philip tributes
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Queen Elizabeth is celebrating her 95th birthday on Wednesday. But what would normally be a momentous occasion has been muted as the royal family continues to mourn the recent death of the queen's husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.
The duke died earlier this month at the age of 99, following a months-long hospital stay. The royal family gathered for a private, COVID-safe funeral on Saturday. On Wednesday, the queen released a birthday message, thanking her supporters for their tributes to the late prince. She said that she and her family are "deeply touched" by the "support and kindness" they've been shown in the wake of her husband's death.Noumea — France's president held a flurry of meetings with local representatives in the restive Pacific territory of New Caledonia on Thursday, urging calm after deadly rioting, and vowing thousands of military reinforcements will stay in place to quell what he called an "unprecedented insurrection."
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