Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakawhiwhia ki a Te Rangatira o Edinburgh te tohu o tana rangatiratanga o Ahitereiria e te Kuini, hei whakanui i tana takoha ki te iwi o te Commonwealth. I whakawhiwhia a Prince Philip ki te tohu i te Wenerei e tana wahine, ahakoa te nui o te whakahe a te Pirimia o Ahitereiria a Tony Abbott whai muri i te panui i te Hanuere kua taunakihia e ia te Duke mo te honore. Ko te whakahua e mohio ana ki nga mahi roa a te Duke o Edinburgh 93-tau-tau ki te rangatiratanga o Ingarangi me te Commonwealth, me te taapiri: 'Kua mahi ia ki a Ahitereiria me te wehewehe, a he kaitautoko ia mo nga whakahaere 800 neke atu.' Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Kua whakawhiwhia te Duke o Edinburgh ki te tohu o tana rangatira o Ahitereiria e te Kuini. Ko te Duke o Edinburgh, i mahi i roto i te Royal Navy puta noa i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i mau i nga mētara 17 me nga whakapaipai i tana haerenga ki te tari hou o te SSAFA i te pokapū o Ranana i te marama o Noema 2013. 'Mo te toru hauwhā o te rau tau, kua mahi a Pirinihi Piripi ki te Karauna, me te Commonwealth whānui ake. I mahi ia i te timatanga hei rangatira i te Royal Navy, katahi ka noho hei mema o te Royal Family, 'e kii ana te korero. Ko te whakapuakitanga a Mr Abbott i te Ra o Ahitereiria - i whakanuihia i te Hanuere 26 - ka whakawhiwhia te hoa rangatira o te Kuini ki te tohu nui rawa atu o tona whenua i whakaoho i nga patai mo te whakaaro nui o te whakairi i tetahi rangatira o Ingarangi i te ra hei whakamaumahara i o raatau taangata. I tapaina e te pāpāho te whakatau ki te hanga i a Philip hei rangatira o te Order o Ahitereiria he 'roto kino', a ka whakaoho i te whakahe a te iwi i roto i nga kaitautoko o Mr Abbott me te Hoariri. 'E tū ana ahau ki te whakatau. E mārama ana ahau ki te take e kore ai ētahi tāngata e pai ki a ia,' i mea ia. 'E whakaute ana ahau ki to ratou tika ki te whakahe... a ka tango ahau i te kiore, ka tango ahau i te kiore,' i kii a Mr Abbott ki nga kairipoata i taua wa. Ko te Pirimia - nana nei i whakapumautia kaore ia i korero ki tana rangatira o te tari Peta Credlin - i kii ka nui ake te korero mo enei tohu i roto i te heke mai. I kii a Mr Abbott i roto i tana korero i te National Press Club tenei...
Kua whakawhiwhia te Duke o Edinburgh ki tana rangatiratanga o Ahitereiria. I whakawhiwhia e te Kuini ki a ia te tohu o te Rite o Ahitereiria. I kī te kīanga ko te Duke 'kua mahi ki a Ahitereiria me te wehewehe' He tautohetohe te whakatau a Tony Abbott ki te whakawhiwhi i te honore ki a ia. I whakahētia ia e ngā mema o tōna kāwanatanga me te iwi whānui.