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Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1921-06-10
Day of Death
2021-04-09
Place of Birth
Mon Repos, Corfu, Greece
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark; 10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021) was a member of the British royal family as the husband of Elizabeth II. 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 eighteen months old. 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 thirteen-year-old Princess Elizabeth, whom he had first met in 1934. During the Second World War he served with distinction in the Mediterranean and Pacific Fleets. After the war, Philip was granted permission by George VI to marry Elizabeth. Before the official announcement of their engagement in July 1947, he abandoned his Greek and Danish titles and styles and became a naturalised British subject. He married Elizabeth on 20 November 1947. Just before the wedding, he was granted the style His Royal Highness and created Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich by King George VI. 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. Philip had four children with Elizabeth: Charles, Prince of Wales; Anne, Princess Royal; Prince Andrew, Duke of York; and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex. He was the longest-serving consort of a reigning British monarch and the longest-lived male member of the British royal family. He retired from his royal duties on 2 August 2017, aged 96, having completed 22,219 solo engagements and 5,493 speeches since 1952. Philip died on 9 April 2021, two months before his 100th birthday.
Filmography (62)
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
2025
The Legacy of the Prince of Wales
2024
Charles R: The Making of a Monarch
2023
Prince Andrew: Banished
2022
Elizabeth II: Three days in the Czech Republic
2022
Charles & Camilla: Against All Odds
2022
Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen
2022
Philip: Prince, Husband, Father
2021
Prince Philip: The Royal Family Remembers
2021
The Arc de Triomphe: A Nation's Passion
2021
Prince Philip: A Lifetime of Duty
2021The Funeral of HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - The Day's Events
2021
Prince Consorts: In the Shadow of the Crown
2021
A Night at the Opera
2020
