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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021), was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II.
Jul 9, 2024 · Prince Philip, duke of Edinburgh, waving goodbye as he and Queen Elizabeth II return to their ship from Home Island, Cocos Islands, 1954. (more) On February 28, 1947, Philip became a British subject, renouncing his right to the Greek and Danish thrones and taking his mother’s surname, Mountbatten.
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- Prince Philip was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and the father of Charles, who became king in 2022. Philip was also known...
- Prince Philip was born into the Greek and Danish royal families and gained greater fame when he married his distant cousin Elizabeth (later Queen E...
- Reared chiefly in Great Britain, Philip was educated at Gordonstoun School, near Elgin, Moray, Scotland, and at the Royal Naval College in Dartmout...
- Philip was born to Prince Andrew, a son of King George I of Greece, and Princess Alice. When he was an infant, his family was exiled, and it later...
- Prince Philip did not have the title of king because of British royal tradition whereby a man marrying into the royal family does not assume the ma...
Apr 9, 2021 · The longest-serving royal consort in British history and the husband of Queen Elizabeth died on April 9, 2021. He was a guiding force for the House of Windsor and a patron of many Canadian organizations.
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Apr 9, 2021 · Philip, the lifelong companion of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, died at Windsor Castle on Friday morning, following a recent stay in the hospital. Tributes pour in: The Duke of Edinburgh was ...
Apr 9, 2021 · The BBC News pays tribute to the duke of Edinburgh, who died in 2021, as a man who lived through the 20th Century and shaped Britain's modernisation. It explores his childhood, naval career, royal role, passions and legacy.
Apr 9, 2021 · The BBC reports the death of Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II's husband, on 9 April 2021. He was the longest-serving royal consort in British history and received tributes from political leaders, members of the public and world figures.
Apr 9, 2021 · Prince Philip, the lifelong companion of Queen Elizabeth II and the longest-serving consort in British history, died at the age of 99 on Friday.
