England remembers Prince Philip with gun salutes and flowers

London. Military salvos recalled Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, across Britain, in Gibraltar and at sea on Saturday. In addition, the English laid flowers in memory of the Duke of Edinburgh, the surviving consort of the British monarchy, who died Friday at the age of 99.

The Ministry of Defense announced that 41 shots would be fired from 12 noon in cities such as London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast, in addition to Gibraltar – a British territory located in the south of the Iberian Peninsula – and on warships of the British Navy. .

The same military honor followed the death of Queen Victoria in 1901 and that of former Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1965.

The authorities have asked the population to follow the military greetings via the Internet or on television from home because of the coronavirus pandemic, which has hit the country hard.

In addition, some citizens returned on Saturday to lay flowers in front of Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, the site of his death.

Small groups of people gathered outside Buckingham’s main gate in the morning, in central London, where the flag was flying at half mast.

In the old days, workers had removed the flowers that had been left the day before. Royal Household officials asked not to visit either of the two sites due to the pandemic.