New Zealand remembers Prince Philip at national service

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A man who made memorable appearances on the first season of New Zealand’s The Bachelorette as well as Heartbreak Island has passed away.

coronavirus. The band’s tour finale on Saturday night was billed as the largest concert in the world since the pandemic began.Equally momentous for a band which met while playing rugby at university was getting to play the first concert ever held at the storied Eden Park rugby stadium.

Six60, who recently played one of the world’s largest gigs since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, will tour the UK and Europe this winter.The pop-rock band made international headlines earlier this month after playing a show to 50,000 people without social distancing in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Prince Harry is said to have been “barely acknowledged” by Princess Anne, Prince Edward and his wife Sophie, Countess of Wessex during Prince Philip’s funeral.The Duke of Sussex, 36, was publicly reunited with the Royal Family for the first time after his explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey to lay his grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh, to rest at the weekend.

Prince Philip passed away aged 99 on April 9, 2021. The Duke of Edinburgh was laid to rest at St George's Chapel on April 16 with several members of the royal family in attendance.

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British TV icon Sir David Attenborough has remembered his friend Prince Philip at the head of the BBC’s coverage of the Duke’s funeral.

The first season of Amazon Studios’ sprawling The Lord Of the Rings series will cost $465 million to produce. The figure was revealed Friday when New Zealand, where the series is shooting, announced that the rebate for the series from the country’s Screen Production Grant is being increased from 20% to 25% ($116 million).

Prince Philip will be laid to rest in a private ceremony on Saturday at St George’s Chapel in the grounds of Windsor Castle after he passed away aged 99.The Duke of Edinburgh was born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark on June 10 1921 to Princess Alice of Battenberg and Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark.The Queen’s late husband was the youngest of five and had four sisters named Princess Cecilie, Princess Margarita, Princess Sophie and Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark.

Following the tragic passing of Prince Philip on Friday 9 March, his son Prince Edward, daughter-in-law Sophie Wessex and grandaughter Lady Louise Windsor viewed the tributes that have been left for him.Thousands of flowers have been left for the Duke of Ediburgh at Windsor Castle after he died aged 99 on 9 April.The Earl of Wessex, 57, Countess of Wessex, 56, and their daughter Louise, 17, visited the tribute site outside St George's Chapel and took time to read the notes left for Prince

Meghan Markle will reportedly be making ‘special arrangements’ to honour the late Prince Philip after she was advised by her doctor not to fly to the UK due to being in the late stages of her pregnancy. The 39-year-old, who is currently pregnant with her second child with Prince Harry, is remaining in California with their son Archie after she reportedly made ‘every effort’ to travel to the UK following the death of the Duke of Edinburgh on Friday 9 April.

Prince Philip, remembering his wit, sense of duty and barbecue skills.The brothers, who are at the center of a royal family rift, issued separate statements about Philip, who died last week at 99.William, who is second in line to the throne, pledged “to get on with the job’’ of serving Queen Elizabeth II as he and his brother became the latest family members to honor Philip's service to the nation and the monarch.“My grandfather was an extraordinary man and part of an extraordinary generation,’’