The duke and the Queen were married for more than 70 years and Philip dedicated decades of his life to royal duty, serving the nation at the monarch’s side.
Many of those visits were to Lancashire, and here we look back fondly at some of the times we hosted the royal couple.
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The Queen watches as Prince Philip signs a visitors book during her visit to Myerscough College in Bilsborow, Preston.
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Thomas M Nutbrown, managing director of the Blackpool utensils manufacturing firm of the same name, with the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh at the Ideal Home Exhibition , London in 1957
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