Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, suffered from pancreatic cancer, which is one of the most dangerous types of cancer. Despite this, he lived with him for about eight years before his death. This was stated in a book recently published by Buckingham Palace.
In the book Queen Elizabeth II, biographer Hugo Vickers revealed that the Duke of Edinburgh was diagnosed with inoperable cancer in June 2013. The prince died at Windsor Castle in April 2021, just two months before his 100th birthday, with the word “old age” listed on his death certificate instead of cancer.
On the last night of his life, he managed to get away from the nurses and walked down the castle corridor to his Zimmer building, where he poured himself a glass of beer and drank it in the living room. Vickers adds that the prince got up the next morning, took a shower and said he was not feeling well, and then “quietly left.”
At the time, he had been living with pancreatic cancer for about eight years, much longer than the average survival time after receiving that diagnosis. Doctors estimate that this is the most dangerous form of cancer: only up to 12 percent of patients survive even the second stage, which is also difficult to diagnose. Queen Elizabeth was not present when her husband of 73 years of marriage died.
In December 2011, Philip was admitted to hospital due to a blocked coronary artery, and in 2013 he was treated at a private clinic in London. Doctors found a mark on his pancreas and performed exploratory surgery. Four years later, the prince resigned from his royal duties. According to the biographer, in 2019 there were “very serious rumours” about Philip’s health. Meanwhile, plans were made to postpone the British general election in the event of his death. However, he “suddenly regained his energy,” he says.Russian newspaper».
Even years after the Duke’s death, extraordinary details from his life continue to emerge. For example, it is known that Prince Philip wanted to see an “alien” named Janus. Director Mark Christopher Lee said that one day Prince Philip learned about the mysterious Janus, who told him through the groom that he had arrived from another planet. The uninvited guest assured that people are gradually destroying the Earth and something must be done about it as soon as possible. However, Lee himself suggests that Janus may be a Russian spy.