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This change seems to have caught Elizabeth off guard. Though his health had been failing for some time, she had no idea it was imminent. When her father died, she and Prince Philip were in Kenya.
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In fact, the couple spent the night at the Treetops Hotel located in Aberdare National Park. According to Time, Elizabeth had been “in high spirits over her ‘tremendous experience’” at the time and “vowed to come again soon with her father.” Talking about the place, she mentioned her father would “love it.”
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