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Prince Philip’s father, Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, was the son of King George I of Greece, whose father was Christian IX of Denmark. [39] Consequently, being already a Knight of the Garter, between 19 and 20 November 1947 he bore the unusual style His Royal Highness Sir Philip Mountbatten, and is so described in the Letters Patent of 20 November 1947. The annuity is unaffected by the reform of royal finances under the Sovereign Grant Act 2011. Where does Lord Mountbatten fit in the Royal family tree? The inquest into the Princess of Wales's death concluded in 2008 that there was no evidence of a conspiracy. [118] Philip attended hospital the next morning as a precaution. [4] A member of the House of Glücksburg, the ruling house of Denmark, he was a prince of both Greece and Denmark by virtue of his patrilineal descent from George I of Greece and Christian IX of Denmark, and he was from birth in the line of succession to both thrones. Prince Philip (Greek: Φίλιππος / Fílippos[3]) of Greece and Denmark was born in Mon Repos on the Greek island of Corfu on 10 June 1921, the only son and fifth and final child of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg. I never thought I'd see such a thing", "Prince Philip at 90 on a lifetime of speaking his mind", "Prince Philip right to have a dig at Durie", "AM â€“ Prince Philip reminded of blunders on his 85th birthday", "Prince Philip Has a Mouthful Of a Title. [101][102] He was released from hospital on 9 June. Their marriage is now the longest of any British monarch.[41][42]. Finally in December, a revolutionary court banished Prince Andrew from Greece, for life. If I walk, will you walk with me? After their marriage, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh took up residence at Clarence House. It doesn't. [20] He graduated from Dartmouth the next year as the best cadet in his course. [97] His wife, the Queen, gave him the title Lord High Admiral for his 90th birthday. The prince has authored a number of books: Philip has held a number of titles throughout his life. "Arms of Greece surmounted by an inescutcheon of the arms of Denmark; and over all in the first quarter the arms of Princess Alice, daughter of Queen Victoria, viz, the Royal Arms differenced with a label of three points argent, the middle point charged with a rose gules and each of the others with an ermine spot. [27], Promotion to lieutenant followed on 16 July 1942. She regarded divorce as a sadness, not a hanging offence. [170], From 1947 to 1949: [87] The royal family's seclusion caused public dismay,[87] but the public mood changed after a live broadcast made by the Queen on 5 September. He was Prince Charles's great-uncle and was described by the royal as “the grandfather I … Learn how your comment data is processed. Prince Philip and Princess Elizabeth first met at the 1934 wedding of Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark and Prince George, Duke of Kent. Since then, Philip has received 17 different appointments and decorations in the Commonwealth, and 48 from foreign states. [104] In June 2013, Philip was admitted to the London Clinic for an exploratory operation on his abdomen, spending 11 days in hospital. 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He was baptised in the Greek Orthodox rite at St. George's Church in the Old Fortress in Corfu. Princess Alice went on to marry Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark. . PRINCESS ALICE of Battenburg was Prince Philip's mother and has recently been the subject of a … [52], The accession of Elizabeth to the throne brought up the question of the name of the royal house, as Elizabeth would typically have taken Philip's last name upon marriage. The Queen, 94, and Prince Philip, 99, have been married for 73 years – the longest relationship of any British sovereign. In fact, however, he attends Parliament only when escorting the Queen for the annual State Opening of Parliament, where he walks and sits beside her. "[88] On the day of the funeral, Philip, William, Harry, Charles, and Diana's brother, Earl Spencer, walked through London behind her bier. The commanding officer of the army, General Georgios Hatzianestis, and five senior politicians, were arrested, tried, and executed in the Trial of the Six. Princess Elizabeth was just 21-years-old when she married 26-year-old Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten on November 20, 1947. [127] In July 2020, he stepped down as Colonel-in-Chief of The Rifles, a position he had held since 2007. Alexandra, pp. [67] In 1952, he became patron of The Industrial Society (since renamed The Work Foundation). [90] Philip is also the oldest ever male member of the British royal family, and the third longest-lived following Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Both are also descended from King Christian IX of Denmark. Patricia’s father Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, was a confidant to both Prince Philip and Prince Charles; the Queen, then Princess Elizabeth, and her sister Prince… [15] In 1933, he was sent to Schule Schloss Salem in Germany, which had the "advantage of saving school fees" because it was owned by the family of his brother-in-law, Berthold, Margrave of Baden. At the end of January 1952, Philip and his wife set out on a tour of the Commonwealth. [139][140], He has painted with oils, and collected artworks, including contemporary cartoons, which hang at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Sandringham House, and Balmoral Castle. 407–408; Heald, pp. [57] Contrary to rumours over the years, the Queen and Duke are said by insiders to have had a strong relationship throughout their marriage, despite the challenges of Elizabeth's reign. [119] He apologised,[120] and three weeks later voluntarily surrendered his driving licence. [76] He served as UK president of the World Wildlife Fund from 1961 to 1982, international president from 1981, and president emeritus from 1996. The family tree below shows how the Queen and her beloved husband Prince Philip are also third cousins through Queen Victoria. [28] In October of the same year, he became first lieutenant of HMS Wallace, at 21 years old one of the youngest first lieutenants in the Royal Navy. [72] Remarks he made two years later to the Canadian Medical Association on the subject of youth and sport were taken as a suggestion that Canadian children were out of shape. Princess Alice of Battenberg (Victoria Alice Elizabeth Julia Marie; 25 February 1885 – 5 December 1969) was the mother of Prince Philip and mother-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II. He married Elizabeth on 20 November 1947. [175], "Prince Philip" redirects here. [138] In April 2014, it was reported that an old British Pathe newsreel film had been discovered of Philip's 1962 two-month flying tour of South America. Eade, pp. Philip and Elizabeth have four children: Charles, Prince of Wales; Anne, Princess Royal; Prince Andrew, Duke of York; and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex. [64], In the early 1950s, his sister-in-law, Princess Margaret, considered marrying a divorced older man, Peter Townsend. [12] In the next three years, his four sisters married German princes and moved to Germany, his mother was diagnosed with schizophrenia and placed in an asylum,[13] and his father took up residence in Monte Carlo. As they are both relations of Queen Victoria, the Queen and Prince Philip are third cousins. Philip's family went to France, where they settled in the Paris suburb of Saint-Cloud in a house lent to them by his wealthy aunt, Princess George of Greece and Denmark. to Indonesia to total of $108 million. The name was adopted during World War I by members of the Battenberg family residing in the United Kingdom due to rising anti-German sentiment amongst the British public. After his honeymoon at the Mountbatten family home, Broadlands, Philip returned to the navy at first in a desk job at the Admiralty, and later on a staff course at the Naval Staff College, Greenwich. Lacey, p. 304; see also Heald, p. 245 for a Hong Kong version of the "round-eyed" joke. [59], Prince Philip receives a Parliamentary annuity (of £359,000 since 1990[fn 3]) that serves to meet official expenses in carrying out public duties. From July 1939, he began corresponding with the 13-year-old Princess Elizabeth, whom he had first met in 1934. Lord Mountbatten was a British statesman and naval leader, the fourth child of Prince Louis of Battenberg. [6], The war went badly for Greece, and the Turks made large gains. [85] She found the letters hard to take, but nevertheless appreciated that he was acting with good intent. Philip was born into the Greek and Danish royal families. [7] The British naval vessel HMS Calypso evacuated Prince Andrew's family, with Philip carried to safety in a cot made from a fruit box. While the Queen is confiding in him about Prince Philip, Lord Mountbatten responds, "You married a wild spirit - we both did. [55] While it seems the Queen had "absolutely set her heart" on such a change and had it in mind for some time, it occurred only 11 days before the birth of Prince Andrew (19 February), and only after three months of protracted correspondence between constitutional expert Edward Iwi (who averred that, without such a change, the royal child would be born with "the Badge of Bastardy") and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan who had attempted to rebut Iwi's arguments. Before the official announcement of their engagement in July 1947, he abandoned his Greek and Danish titles and styles, became a naturalised British subject, and adopted his maternal grandparents' surname Mountbatten. [158], Philip has been portrayed by several actors including Stewart Granger (The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana, 1982), Christopher Lee (Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story, 1982), David Threlfall (The Queen's Sister, 2005), James Cromwell (The Queen, 2006), and Finn Elliot, Matt Smith, Tobias Menzies and Jonathan Pryce in (The Crown, 2016 onwards). [56], After her accession to the throne, the Queen also announced that the Duke was to have "place, pre-eminence and precedence" next to her "on all occasions and in all meetings, except where otherwise provided by Act of Parliament". [166] In 1975, he was appointed Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, a position he handed over to his son Andrew in 2017. [77][page needed] He was president of the International Equestrian Federation from 1964 to 1986,[78] and has served as chancellor of the universities of Cambridge, Edinburgh, Salford, and Wales. [32] Elizabeth fell in love with Philip, and they began to exchange letters when she was 13. Philip suggested House of Edinburgh, after his ducal title. [31], In 1939, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth toured the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. This came after the Duke missed the annual Maundy and Easter Sunday services. "[150] Later in life he suggested his comments may have contributed to the perception that he is "a cantankerous old sod". The assassination of Prince Charles’s great-uncle and confidant, Lord Mountbatten, at the hands of the IRA in 1979, rocked the royal family. At the behest of the Greek king, George II, he returned to Britain in September to resume training for the Royal Navy. [14] Philip had little contact with his mother for the remainder of his childhood. Since 1952 he had completed 22,219 solo engagements. The Duke's uncle, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, advocated the name House of Mountbatten. Philip, Alexandra, and her children are all descended from Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, the daughter of Queen Victoria, through a purely female line. [2] He is the longest-serving consort of a reigning British monarch and the oldest ever male member of the British royal family. Philip left active military service when Elizabeth became queen in 1952, having reached the rank of commander, and was made a British prince in 1957. Trying to tame them is no use." He was born in Greece, but his family was exiled from the country when he was an infant. [27] In 1944, he moved on to the new destroyer, HMS Whelp, where he saw service with the British Pacific Fleet in the 27th Destroyer Flotilla. [fn 2] Philip's four elder sisters were Margarita, Theodora, Cecilie, and Sophie. A great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, she was born in Windsor Castle and grew up in the United Kingdom, the German Empire, and the Mediterranean. A keen sports enthusiast, Philip helped develop the equestrian event of carriage driving. [75] He was president of the National Playing Fields Association (now known as Fields in Trust) for 64 years, from 1947 until his grandson Prince William took over the role in 2013. Explore Mountbatten genealogy and family history in the World's Largest Family Tree. [33], Eventually, in the summer of 1946, Philip asked the King for his daughter's hand in marriage. The title of count of Battenberg, later prince of Battenberg, was granted to a morganatic branch of the House … In the same year, he also established the Commonwealth Study Conferences. [103] After a recurrence of infection in August 2012, while staying at Balmoral Castle, he was admitted to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary for five nights as a precautionary measure. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. [106] In June 2017, he was taken from Windsor to London and admitted to King Edward VII's Hospital after being diagnosed with an infection. In 1992, he said that he "could understand a certain amount". He was discharged the following day. [124], From 20 to 24 December 2019, Philip stayed at King Edward VII's Hospital and received treatment for a "pre-existing condition", in a visit described by Buckingham Palace as a "precautionary measure". When anti-monarchical sentiment grew in Greece, the family fled and Philip spent time in various countries including England. After being educated in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, he joined the British Royal Navy in 1939, aged 18. In practice, the entire allowance is used to fund his official duties. Philip was introduced to the House of Lords on 21 July 1948,[43] immediately before his uncle Louis Mountbatten, who had been made Earl Mountbatten of Burma. He was also awarded the Greek War Cross. After visiting London for his grandfather's memorial service, Philip and his mother returned to Greece, where Prince Andrew had remained to command a Greek Army division embroiled in the Greco-Turkish War. [129] On 16 February 2021, Philip was admitted to King Edward VII's Hospital as a "precautionary measure" after feeling unwell. During the invasion of Sicily, in July 1943, as second in command of Wallace, he saved his ship from a night bomber attack. Historical records and family trees related to Theodora Mountbatten. The supporters are, dexter, the figure of Hercules proper, and sinister, a lion queue fourche ducally crowned or, gorged with a naval coronet azure."[171]. Under a declaration made in Privy Council in 1960, the name Mountbatten - Windsor applies to male-line descendants of … He spent four months on the battleship HMS Ramillies, protecting convoys of the Australian Expeditionary Force in the Indian Ocean, followed by shorter postings on HMS Kent, on HMS Shropshire, and in Ceylon. Further press reports claimed that the Queen and the Duke were drifting apart, which enraged the Duke and dismayed the Queen, who issued a strongly worded denial. An official statement said he was uninjured. "[68] In a public show of support, the Queen created Parker a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.[69].
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