A look at Prince Philip's trips to B.C. over his lifetime
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh made 12 official visits to Canada's westernmost province
Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and husband of Queen Elizabeth II, died on Friday at Windsor Castle in England at the age of 99.
He was the longest-serving royal consort in British history, having been married to the Queen for 73 years.
The royal couple visited Canada several times over the decades. Prince Philip visited British Columbia 12 times over seven decades — both by the Queen's side for seven official tours and on his own.
Here are some highlights from some of those visits.
1951
Princess Elizabeth, 25, and her new husband, Prince Philip, 30, made a month-long coast-to-coast tour of Canada in 1951. It was Princess Elizabeth's inaugural visit to Canada, then heir to the throne and standing in for her ailing father, King George VI.
The couple, who wed four years earlier in 1947, arrived in Vancouver by train.
They visited Victoria and Nanaimo, and had a private retreat in coastal Qualicum Beach.
There was a small security incident at a university football game in Vancouver: Prince Philip was asked to autograph a football but, before he could, security officers seized it. Only after rushing off with the ball, deflating, carefully inspecting and then re-inflating it, did they allow the autographing ceremony to go ahead.
1954
One year after the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip made a solo visit to several Canadian cities over 20 days in 1954. He opened the British Empire and Commonweath Games in Vancouver, visited Victoria and toured a smelter in Kitimat.
1959
The Queen and Prince Philip made a six-week tour of all provinces and territories in 1959. They journeyed through B.C. on the royal train, with stops including Golden, Revelstoke, Kamloops and the highway community of Spences Bridge, near Lytton.
1962
Prince Philip attended the Commonwealth Study Conference sessions in Vancouver. While there, he presented colours to the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada at the University of British Columbia.
1971
The Queen and Prince Philip returned to B.C. in 1971 to mark the province's centenary anniversary of joining Confederation. They brought their daughter, Princess Anne, then 20, along for the trip.
The royal visitors, along with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and his new wife, Margaret, sailed under blue skies across the Strait of Georgia to Victoria on the Royal Yacht Britannia after their arrival on May 3.
The family would visit a number of cities in B.C., from the east coast of Vancouver Island to the Okanagan and North Coast.
1983
The Queen and Prince Philip toured Vancouver, Nanaimo, Vernon and New Westminster over three days in 1983. Prince Philip visited Kamloops solo.
The visit marked two milestones in B.C., according to the province: the beginning of the construction of Canada Place for the upcoming Expo 86 in Vancouver, as well as the completion of the restoration work throughout the Parliament Buildings in Victoria.
1994
The Queen and Prince Philip attended the Commonwealth Games in Victoria. The Duke of Edinburgh also flew north to tour the Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary, north of Prince Rupert, on Aug. 17.
2002
The Queen and Prince Philip made an 11-day visit to Canada on the last leg of their Commonwealth Golden Jubilee tour, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Queen's coronation. In B.C., they visited Victoria, where the Queen unveiled a stained-glass window in the B.C. Parliament Buildings and dropped the puck at an NHL exhibition game in Vancouver.
It would be Prince Philip's final visit to British Columbia. He retired from royal duties in 2017.
With files from The Canadian Press and CBC Archives