Queen Elizabeth marks late husband Prince Philip's 100th birthday by planting a new rose named after him

Queen Elizabeth II spent Thursday honoring her late husband, Prince Philip, on what would have been his 100th birthday. To commemorate the occasion, the queen planted a rose, bred and named for Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. 

The pink rose, named "Duke of Edinburgh Rose," was bred by Harkness Roses and gifted by the Royal Horticultural Society, of which the queen is patron, last week, Buckingham Palace announced Thursday. It honors "all the marvelous things that he did over his lifetime and for everyone to remember so much that he did," the society's president told the queen. The flower is described as having a "deep pink color dappled with white lines" and a "delicate fragrance." The queen said that the flower "looks lovely."