PHILIP'S DYING WISH FOR ‘REGENT' CHARLES

Without her rock, the Queen is ready to step aside for her son

- Karleigh Smith

Prince Charles was able to see his father one last time over Easter, but it was while the “Iron Duke” languished in a London hospital the month before that the pair were able to clear the often-tense air between them.

Charles was spotted wiping tears from his face as he left the meeting at the King Edward VII hospital, where it’s believed Philip – who had been admitted with an ongoing heart complication and an infection – made his dying wish that his eldest son “look after your mother”.