Philip, Prince, consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1921-2021
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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (b. June 10, 1921, Greece - d. 9 April 2021, Windsor Castle, England) is the husband and consort of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.
A memember of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Philip was born into the Greek and Danish royal families. He was born in Greece, but his family was exiled from the country when he was an infant. After being educated in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, he joined the British Royal Navy in 1939, aged 18. From July 1939, he began corresponding with the 13-year-old Princess Elizabeth, his second cousin once removed, whom he had first met in 1934. During the Second World War he served with the Mediterranean and Pacific fleets.
After the war, Philip was granted permission by King George VI to marry Elizabeth. Before the official announcement of their engagement in July 1947, he abandoned his Greek and Danish royal titles and became a naturalised British subject, adopting the surname Mountbatten from his maternal grandparents. He married Elizabeth on 20 November 1947. Just before the wedding, he was created Baron Greenwich, Earl of Merioneth and Duke of Edinburgh. Philip left active military service when Elizabeth became monarch in 1952, having reached the rank of commander, and was formally made a British prince in 1957.
Philip has four children with Elizabeth: Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, and Prince Edward. Through a British Order in Council issued in 1960, descendants of Philip and Elizabeth not bearing royal styles and titles can use the surname Mountbatten-Windsor, which has also been used by some members of the royal family who do hold titles, such as Prince Andrew, Princess Anne and Prince Edward.
A keen sports enthusiast, Philip helped develop the equestrian event of carriage driving. He is a patron, president or member of over 780 organisations and serves as chairman of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award scheme for people aged 14 to 24. He is the longest-serving consort of a reigning British monarch and the oldest-ever male member of the British royal family. Philip retired from his royal duties on 2 August 2017, at the age of 96; he died 9 April 2021 at Windsor Castle, at the age of 99, two months before his 100th birthday.
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contributorOf | General Records of the Department of Energy. 1915 - 2007. Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab | National Archives at College Park | |
referencedIn | General Records of the Department of Energy. 1915 - 2007. Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab | National Archives at College Park | |
referencedIn | General Records of the Department of Energy. 1915 - 2007. Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab | National Archives at College Park | |
referencedIn | Queen Elizabeth II visits Scripps Institution of Oceanography, February 26, 1983 | University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library |
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parentOf | Andrew, Prince, Duke of York, 1960- |
parentOf | Anne, Princess, Daughter of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain. |
associatedWith | Blum, Charles, |
associatedWith | Canada. |
parentOf | Charles, Prince of Wales, 1948- |
parent-in-law of | Diana, Princess of Wales, 1961-1997 |
associatedWith | Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 |
spouseOf | Elizabeth II Queen of Great Britain, 1926- |
spouseOf | Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926- |
child-in-law of | Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002 |
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