‘His spirit lives on’: Vanuatu’s Tanna island mourns Prince Philip as its own

Villagers believe Duke of Edinburgh was born on Tanna and left it to woo and wed the Queen

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Days after the news of Prince Philip's death reverberated around the world, a young woman and her mother selling snacks in a marketplace on the Vanuatu island of Tanna heard it for the first time.

Sophie, who declined to provide a family name, visibly flinched as the information registered. She quickly recovered the reserved demeanour so common on the island but the news clearly touched her deeply.