{"id":126955,"date":"2021-04-09T07:11:07","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T11:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=126955"},"modified":"2021-04-09T07:14:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T11:14:17","slug":"breaking-buckingham-announces-death-of-the-duke-of-edinburgh-at-age-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/breaking-buckingham-announces-death-of-the-duke-of-edinburgh-at-age-99\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Buckingham announces death of the Duke of Edinburgh, at age 99"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-1047845801\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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