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Prince Philip Biography or Wiki
Prince Philip was born in a Christian family on 6 February 1952 at Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark. Philip was born into the Greek and Danish royal families. After being educated in France, Germany and the United Kingdom, he joined the British Royal Navy in 1939, aged 18. He was 18 months old when his family was exiled from the country.
Prince Philip with wife Queen Elizabeth
Death Reason
Prince Philip was 99 years old at the time of death. He was undergoing treatment at a hospital in St Bart’s Hospital for the last three weeks treatment for an infection and heart condition. Philip died just before his 100th birthday in June this year. His health problems included heart problems, arthritis, abdominal surgery and bladder infections.
He was the longest-serving royal consort in British history. The exact cause of death has not been disclosed officially, though the palace said that he died peacefully.
Prince Philip biography
Marriage
In the summer of 1946, Philip asked the King for his daughter’s hand in marriage. The King granted his request. Prince Philip was married to his distant cousin Princess Elizabeth’s on November 20, 1947. Philip and Elizabeth were married in a ceremony at Westminster Abbey, recorded and broadcast by BBC radio to 200 million people around the world.
Both Philip and Queen Elizabeth II are great-great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria, Elizabeth by descent from Victoria’s eldest son, King Edward VII, and Philip by descent from Victoria’s second daughter, Princess Alice. Both are also descended from King Christian IX of Denmark.
Prince Philip marriage pics
Prince Philip with his wife Queen Elizabeth II
Education
Philip was first educated at The Elms, an American school in Paris. With the rise of Nazism in Germany, Salem’s Jewish founder, Kurt Hahn, fled persecution and founded Gordonstoun School in Scotland.
Family
Prince Philip’s mother name is Princess Alice of Battenberg and Prince Philip’s father name is Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and he was born in North-East Punjab, Pakistan. Prince Philip has two brothers namely Mahashay Satpal Prince Philip and Dharamveer Prince Philip are also businessmen and five sisters. Prince Philip has only one son whose name is Sanjeev.
Prince Philip and Princess Elizabeth’s first child name is Charles Philip Arthur George, who was born in 1948. Philip’s daughter name is Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise and younger son’s name is Andrew Albert Christian Edward and Edward Anthony Richard Louis.
Career
After leaving Gordonstoun in early 1939, Philip completed a term as a cadet at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. He served as president of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) from 1981 to 1996, and his International Award program allowed more than six million young adults to engage in community service, leadership development, and physical fitness activities.
He painted with oils, and collected artworks, including contemporary cartoons, which hang at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Sandringham House, and Balmoral Castle
Young Prince Philip
Charles and Diana
At the beginning of 1981, Philip wrote to his eldest son, Charles, counseling him to make up his mind to either propose to Lady Diana Spencer or break off their courtship. Charles felt pressured by his father to make a decision and did so, proposing to Diana in February. They married five months later. By 1992, the marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales had broken down.
Prince Philip daughter Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise
Prince 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).
Interesting Facts
In the summer of 1946, Philip asked the King for his daughter’s hand in marriage
Five years her senior, Prince Philip met Queen Elizabeth in 1939 when she was just 13.
His love story with the Queen was real.
Despite all the childhood upheaval, Philip was a keen and intelligent student.
None of the sisters attended his wedding.
He joined the British Royal Navy at the age of 18.
