A maverick and a family man: What The Crown taught us about Prince Philip 

— he didn't watch the series himself but knew "all about it"

The Crown: Tobias Menzies as Prince Philip

It is strange to mark from afar the death of someone you feel you know quite well yet have never met. And that is a sense many in Ireland will have of Prince Philip. Not because they are ardent monarchists – but because they’ve spent the last five years glued to Netflix’s The Crown.

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