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11/04/2021 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Tributes flow in for Prince Philip

Prince Charles pays tribute to his father, the Duke of Edinburgh

Prince Charles pays tribute to his father, the Duke of Edinburgh.

Prince Charles, heir to the throne of England has said the royal family are deeply grateful for the messages of support from around the world after the death of his father, the Duke of Edinburgh. 

Also in the programme: We look into the reasons behind rare blood clots linked to the AstraZeneca jab and vaccine misinformation in Germany.

Joining Paul Henley to discuss these and other stories are Rosamund Urwin, media and technology correspondent for the Sunday Times magazine in the UK and Kai Kupferschmidt, a contributing correspondent for Science magazine in Berlin.

(Photo: The Duke of Edinburgh in summer 2020. Credit: Getty Images)

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