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6 days ago · 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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Jun 10, 2024 · 1. Philip was born on 10 June 1921 as Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark. 2. He was born on the island of Corfu, at the palatial villa of Mon Repos. 3. It was the summer retreat of the Greek Royal Family. 4. At the time of his birth, he was sixth in line to the Greek throne. 5.
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1 day ago · Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (22 January 1872 – 8 February 1938), of the Glücksburg branch of the House of Oldenburg, was the fourth child and third son of George I, King of the Hellenes, and of Queen Olga.
Jun 11, 2024 · Born on a kitchen table in Corfu on June 10, 1921, Philip was the fifth child and only son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg. Despite his title, Philip had no Greek blood, yet his early years were steeped in the turbulence of Greek history.
3 days ago · In 1885, Prince Valdemar of Denmark married Marie of Orléans, a French princess. Together, they had five children who were nicknamed the "naughty children from the Yellow Palace ". Nevertheless, both Valdemar and Marie were very popular in Denmark.
1 day ago · A member of the House of Glücksburg, Philip was a prince of both Greece and Denmark by virtue of his patrilineal descent from George I of Greece and George's father, Christian IX of Denmark; he was from birth in the line of succession to both thrones.
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