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I doubt that Philip is dead. they may have just mentioned Aurora since Sarah Bolger may have more availability. They could even use her in the first half if the story warranted it, since they did show her at Prince Neal's announcement/presentation/whatever you want to call that ceremony.

Julian Morris is working on other projects at the moment (though they are mostly guest roles), so does not have quite as much availability at the moment. That may or may not change for the second half arc.