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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
all 96
self 87
Movies 81
TV Shows 15
Charles R: The Making of a Monarch (2023)
Prince Andrew: Banished (2022)
Alžběta II.: Tři dny v Česku (2022)
Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen (2022)
Philip: Prince, Husband, Father (2021)
The Arc de Triomphe: A Nation's Passion (2021)
Becoming Princess Diana (2021)
Being James Bond (2021)
The Funeral of HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - The Day's Events (2021)
Prince Consorts: In the Shadow of the Crown (2021)
Secrets of the Royal Palaces (2021)
Elizabeth & Margaret: A Tale of Two Sisters (2018)
The Coronation (2018)
House of Saud: A Family at War (2018)
The Story of Diana (2017)
The Royal House of Windsor (2017)
Princess Diana: Behind Closed Doors (2016)
Edward & George: Two Brothers, One Throne (2012)
The Queen's Coronation: Behind Palace Doors (2009)
Airport (1996)
Discovering England (1991)
Wogan (1982)
The Reef (1979)
25 Years (1977)
La Rabbia (1963)
A Queen Is Crowned (1953)
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GenderMale
Birthday1921-06-10
Deathday2021-04-09 (99 years old)
Birth NamePhilip of Greece and Denmark
Birth PlaceCorfu, Greece
ReligionChristianity
Height
RelationshipsElizabeth II (1947 - 2021)
ChildrenPrince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, Anne, Princess Royal, Charles III
FatherPrince Andrew of Greece and Denmark
MotherPrincess Alice of Battenberg
SiblingsPrincess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
ResidencesBalmoral Castle · Buckingham Palace · Clarence House · Sandringham House · Windsor Castle · Holyrood Palace, United Kingdom
Also Known AsPrince Philip of Greece and Denmark, Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, Baron Greenwich, HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prinz Philipp von Griechenland und Dänemark
AwardsOrder of the White Rose of Finland, Order of New Zealand, Order of the Redeemer, Order of the Elephant, Royal Order of the Seraphim, anniversary medal at the occasion of the 2500th anniversary of the founding of the Iranian Empire, Royal Victorian Chain, Croix de guerre 1939–1945, Albert Medal, Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum, President's Medal, Knight of the Order of Australia, Livingstone Medal, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur, Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Saint Olav, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Grand Cross of the Military Order of the Tower and Sword, Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia, Grand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria, Melchett Medal, Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry, Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III, Grand Cross of the Order of the Condor of the Andes, Grand Cross of the Military Order of Avis, Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ, honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Finnish Olympic Cross of Merit, First Class, Honorary Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, Freedom of the Royal Borough of Greenwich
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