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Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed.
Prince Philip
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Prince Philip
Age: 99 †
Born: 1921
Born: June 10
Died: 2021
Died: April 9
Aristocrat
Military Officer
Politician
Polo Player
Royalty
Palaiopolis museum
Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark
Philip Mountbatten
Prince Philip
Duke of Edinburgh
The Prince Philip
Duke of Edinburgh
Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten
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Everybody
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