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Coburg (dpa / lby) - On the death of Prince Philip, the flags were raised to half-mast in Coburg.
Mayor Dominik Sauerteig ordered the mourning flag in honor of the husband of the British Queen Elizabeth II, as the city announced on Friday.
"City and urban society have been closely linked to the House of Windsor for a good 200 years through the ducal family," emphasized the SPD politician.
"My condolences go out to the bereaved."
The family of Sachsen-Coburg and Gotha will also carry out mourning flags in front of Callenberg Castle, the press release said.
The ducal family and the city want to put out a joint book of condolence next week.
The Duke of Edinburgh died on Friday at the age of 99 at Windsor Castle.
As the hometown of Prince Albert, the great-great-grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II, Coburg feels connected to the British royal family.
The offspring of the ducal house of Saxony-Coburg and Gotha married his cousin, the British Queen Victoria, in 1840.
The British royal family hardly cultivated the ties to Germany because of the temporary proximity of the Coburg ducal house to the National Socialists.
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