Despite loss of husband, little sign Queen Elizabeth will abdicate


  • World
  • Friday, 09 Apr 2021

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Queen Elizabeth II stands on the balcony with Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace for the Trooping the Colour ceremony to honour her official birthday June 16, 2001. Reuters/

LONDON (Reuters) - Despite the death of her husband Prince Philip, her partner and confidante during a record-breaking reign, there is little chance that 94-year-old Queen Elizabeth will abdicate, royal watchers believe.

Philip, Elizabeth's husband for more than seven decades and the longest-serving consort in British history, died on Friday aged 99.

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