INTRODUCTION
Philip turned into born in Greece, into the Greek and Danish royal families; his own family become exiled from the united states of America when he was eighteen months vintage. After being knowledgeable in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, he joined the Royal navy in 1939, whilst he became 18 years old.
Prince Philip's formative years
Prince Philip turned into born in Corfu on June 10, 1921, the simplest son of Prince Andrew of Greece. His mom become Princess Alice of Battenberg and he, consequently, held the name 'Prince of Greece and Denmark'.
At 18 months old, Prince Philip and his own family had to depart Greece. The USA had emerged as politically volatile and his uncle, the King of Greece, Constantine I, turned into pressured to abdicate.
Fearing for the circle of relatives' safety, Prince Philip's uncle, King George V ordered a Royal navy to deliver to collect them and the younger Prince turned into carried to safety in a cot made from an orange box.
The Duke's titles
During the first international struggle Prince Louis of Battenberg, Prince Philip's grandfather changed the family's name to Mountbatten. Prince Phillip followed this name whilst he also have become a naturalized British concern and renounced his Royal identity so that he will marry Princess Elizabeth.
Upon his marriage, Prince Phillip was bestowed with the titles Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich.
Prince Philip's naval career
Prince Philip joined the Royal military as a cadet in 1939, following in the footsteps of his grandfather, Prince Louis, who changed into Admiral of the Fleet and First Sea Lord.
After finishing his initial education under the auspice of an excellent Cadet of his entry, Prince Philip spent six months in the Indian Ocean as Midshipman aboard the battleship HMS RAMILLIES in 1940.
Prince Philip changed in the end promoted to sub-lieutenant and appointed to the destroyer HMS WALLACE. In 1942 he became the ship's First Lieutenant at the unusually early age of 21.
In 1952 he was promoted to Commander, however, his naval profession got here to a cease at the demise of his father-in-law, King George VI.
2nd world battle
Aged 17 Prince Philip joined the battleship HMS VALIANT, which fought inside the warfare of Cape Matapan. The Prince changed into in fee of the deliver's searchlight manipulate, allowing VALIANT to pinpoint enemy vessels in the dark. For this work, he became cited in despatches.
Prince Philip become then appointed First Lieutenant of the W-magnificence destroyer, HMS WHELP, which changed into found in Tokyo Bay while the Japanese signed the give up.
Prince Philip's marriage to Princess Elizabeth
In July 1947 the engagement of Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten to Princess Elizabeth became announced. 4 months later, on 20 November, they had been married in Westminster Abbey.
Princess Elizabeth and The Duke of Edinburgh spent a part of their honeymoon at Broadlands in Hampshire, the home of Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and Birkhall, which is placed on the Balmoral property. The Queen and Prince Philip had four youngsters. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales changed into born in 1948 and Princess Anne, Princess Royal, turned into born years later. After ascending the throne, the couple had two further children: Prince Andrew, Duke of York, born in 1960, and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, born in 1964.
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The Duke's pastimes
Prince Philip turned mainly inquisitive about science, enterprise, and engineering. He visited studies stations and laboratories, coal mines and factories, engineering works, and commercial vegetation - all with the goal of know-how, and contributing to the improvement of, British business life.
Environmental and conservation problems have been additionally of superb interest to Prince Philip. Concerned approximately pollution with the aid of exhaust fumes, he commenced the usage of an electric vehicle in the Nineteen Sixties. Due to the fact traveling Antarctica and the South Atlantic in 1956-57, Prince Philip has devoted himself to elevating public recognition of the connection of humanity with the environment.
The Duke was a keen sportsman and enjoys polo, carriage riding, and sailing. He turned into additionally a qualified pilot and was the primary member of the Royal Circle of relatives ever to fly out of Buckingham Palace lawn in a helicopter.
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