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Apr 9, 2021 · A complex, clever, eternally restless man. His mother and father met at the funeral of Queen Victoria in 1901. At a time when all but four of Europe's nations were monarchies, his relatives...
Prince Philip was a stalwart pupil at Gordonstoun; characterful, good natured, committed and always loyal to the school. Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh was one of Gordonstoun’s first pupils, joining in 1934, the year the school was founded by German educationalist Kurt Hahn.
Apr 11, 2021 · He was a great-great grandson of Queen Victoria, making him his wife's third cousin. Along with being sixth in line to the Greek throne, he was also in the line of succession to the...
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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.
- Birth and Family
- Exile and Early Life
- Education
- Princess Elizabeth
- Second World War
- Courtship and Engagement
- Wedding
- Fatherhood
- First Official Visit to Canada
- Postwar Naval Career
Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark was born on the island of Corfu on 10 June 1921. He was the youngest child and only son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (1882–1944) and Princess Alice of Battenberg (1885–1969). Andrew’s father, King George I of Greece (1845–1913), was born Prince William of Denmark before being invited to become King of G...
When Philip was born, his uncle, King Constantine I, occupied an increasingly unstable Greek throne. Greece suffered immense losses and eventual defeat in the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–22. Philip’s father, Andrew, commanded the Second Army Corps at the Battle of Sakarya in 1921, and disobeyed the orders of his commanding general to avoid putting hi...
In 1927, Philip began his education at an American day school in Paris. The following year, he began boarding school at Cheam, which was then located just outside London, and spent time with his Mountbatten grandmother and uncles. In 1933, 12-year-old Philip left Cheam to attend the Salem School in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, which had been founded...
Philip and the future Queen Elizabeth II were distant cousins through their common descent from the British and Danish royal families. Philip’s uncle, Lord Louis Mountbatten, encouraged meetings between the two young people. In 1939, 18-year-old Philip escorted 13-year-old Elizabeth and her sister Margaret on a tour of the Dartmouth Naval College a...
In 1939, Philip joined the Royal Navy as a cadet. There was a long tradition of Royal Naval service in the Mountbatten family. Philip’s grandfather was an Admiral of the Fleet and First Sea Lord from 1912 to 1914. Louis Mountbatten was a Captain at the time Philip joined the Royal Navy and would rise to the rank of Admiral of the Fleet after the Se...
Philip spent a number of his wartime leaves at Windsor Castle. After the end of the war, Philip and Elizabethhad the opportunity to spend more time together and discuss marriage. Despite Philip’s royal ancestry, the British elite viewed him as a controversial choice of husband. The British aristocracy viewed the exiled Greek Prince, who described h...
Philip and Elizabeth were married at Westminster Abbey on 20 November 1947. George VI styled Philip HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich. The ceremony was broadcast over BBC radio to an audience of 200 million people around the world, allowing Canada to share in the celebrations. Mackenzie King sent the royal couple anti...
Prince Charles, eldest son of Philip and Elizabeth, was born at Buckingham Palace on 14 November 1948. As was customary at the time, Philip was not present at the birth. The royal couple would have three other children (Princess Anne, born 15 August 1950; Prince Andrew, born 19 February 1960; and Prince Edward, born 10 March 1964). Philip managed t...
Philip and Elizabeth made their first official visit to Canada in 1951, representing George VI, who was suffering from lung cancer. Like William and Kate in 2011, Philip and Elizabeth appeared to Canadians as a glamorous young royal couple. Philip was crucial to this comparatively informal image. He threw himself into local events, square dancing i...
Following the Second World War, Philip worked as an operations officer at the Admiralty, and taught at the Petty Officers’ School. Philip was eager to return to active duty and in 1949, he became second-in-command of the HMS Chequers, Leader of the First Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean Fleet based in Malta. Elizabeth joined her husband for ...
Apr 9, 2021 · 2:02. The Duke was married to Queen Elizabeth II for more than 70 years. • On the day of his wedding, he was made Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich by King George VI. • The Queen made her husband a prince in 1957.
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Apr 9, 2021 · Philip (seated) thrived at Gordonstoun where he enjoyed amateur dramatics. He transferred to the battleship HMS Valiant in the Mediterranean Fleet, where he was mentioned in dispatches for his...
