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The Duke of Edinburgh's reputation for plain speaking often led to controversy.

Public elements of the final farewell to the Queen’s consort will not be able to take place in their original form.

"Andrew Neil having a full on gammon attack about the use of the word gammon is elite level gammon well done," one person said.

Philip, 99, was the longest-serving consort in British history.

The scenes were described as "nothing short of child abuse" by justice minister Naomi Long.

It comes as travel firms hit out at measures to force holidaymakers returning from low-risk destinations to take an ‘unnecessary’ Covid-19 test.

The former political adviser was admitted to hospital in March last year with coronavirus symptoms.

After calls for calm, violence again flared up on the streets of west Belfast last night amid rising tensions in the area.

"I've grown up not knowing what the generation before me knew. Which was guns being pointed at you, bombs going off during school assemblies.”