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The prince who wouldn’t be king
Messages and floral tributes are pictured outside Windsor Castle in Windsor, west of London, following the April 9 death of Britain’s Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. AFP PHOTO
Rudyard Kipling’s novella The Man Who Would Be King tells the story of David Dravot and Peachy Carnahan, two British ex-soldiers in India when it was under British rule. They decide that the country is too small for them, so they head off to Kafiristan in order to become kings in their own right.
This week my subject is Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who passed on last week, just three months shy of his 100th birthday. The prince gave up everything, including a promising career in the navy, to be with his Queen, the love of his life. He was a constant presence at the side of Queen Elizabeth II and was the longest-serving consort to a monarch in British history. The Prince who would not be King.
