Words of the week

HE was, without doubt, the father of the nation. He will surely be missed and impossible to replace. – Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the House of Commons, on Prince Philip’s devotion to duty.

IT was that willingness to put himself second and to serve, to understand the importance of duty and to exercise it day in, day out, that will be his true lasting legacy. – Former PM Theresa May’s tribute.

IT takes a remarkable man to be a leader, but an even more remarkable man to support a woman leader, and that is what Prince Philip did. – Labour MP Harriet Harman.

THE mind cannot absorb what the backside cannot endure. – What the Duke of Edinburgh told Ian Blackford, the SNP leader in the House of Commons, on the length of speeches.

THE Duke of Edinburgh could do public service with a sense of humour. – Huddersfield MP Barry Sheerman.

MY father has been my teacher, my supporter and my critic, but mostly it is his example of a life well lived and service freely given that I most wanted to emulate. – The Princess Royal.

HOW would I know what you thought? – What Prince Philip wrote to Norman Lamont, the former Chancellor, in 1994 over the future of the Royal yacht Britannia.

I FEEL lucky to have not just had his example to guide me, but his enduring presence well into my own adult life, both through good times and the hardest days. –

The Duke of Cambridge remembers his grandfather.

HE was my grandpa: master of the barbecue, legend of banter, and cheeky right ’til the end. – Prince Harry’s tribute.

WHO managed to get you into this terrible job? – The Duke of Edinburgh when he met Dr Alan Billings, South Yorkshire’s crime commissioner, at a Maundy Thursday service in Sheffield in 2015.

IT was right for him. It was so gentle. It was just like somebody took him by the hand and off he went. Very, very peaceful and that’s all you want for somebody isn’t it? – Sophie, Countess of Wessex, on Prince Philip’s final moments.