Funny video of Prince Philip surprising TV reporter goes viral

Fans of the British royal family sent love and prayers to Prince Philip who turned 99th Wednesday.

On his birthday which was a private event due to the coronavirus pandemic, social media users expressed their love by circulating a funny video of the Duke of Edinburgh.

The old video of the prince surprising a TV reporter went viral within hours.

Prince Philip, the husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth for more than seven decades, celebrated his 99th birthday on Wednesday, although there was a little public fanfare to mark the occasion.

Philip spent the day privately at Windsor Castle, west of London, where he and the 94-year-old monarch have been staying during Britain’s coronavirus lockdown.

The rest of the royal family had to send their best wishes to him by video calls.

Traditionally, the prince’s birthday would be celebrated with gun salutes in London but with social gatherings banned, the queen felt it would be inappropriate for such royal ceremonies to go ahead and cancelled such tributes for her own birthday in April for the first time in her 68-year reign.