A FAMILY MAN
WHO|April 26, 2021
THE PROUD DAD BELIEVED HIS GREATEST LEGACY IS THE CHILDREN HE LEAVES BEHIND MAN
Kylie Walters
A FAMILY MAN

Despite his incredible life of service, the Duke of Edinburgh’s greatest legacy lies with the four children, eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren he leaves behind. And the prince, who counted himself first and foremost as a family man, proudly boasted that raising daughter Anne, 70, and sons Charles, 72, Andrew, 61, and Edward, 57, with the Queen was his proudest achievement.

“I am, naturally, somewhat biased, but I think our children have all done rather well under very difficult and demanding circumstances and I hope I can be forgiven for feeling proud of them,” he gushed during a speech at his golden wedding celebrations in 1997.

This story is from the April 26, 2021 edition of WHO.

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