Philip Duke of Edinburgh (born in 1921) Prince of the UK, husband of Elizabeth II, and a grandson of George I of Greece and a great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria.

Short Biography:

He was born in Corfu, raised in England, and educated at Gordonstoun and Dartmouth Naval College. During World War II he served in the Mediterranean, taking part in the batde of Matapan, and in the Pacific.

A naturalized British subject, taking the surname Mountbatten in March 1947, he married Princess Elizabeth in Westminster Abbey 20 November 1947, having the previous day received the title Duke of Edinburgh.

In 1956 he founded the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme to encourage creative achievement among young people.

Why is Prince Philip famous?

Prince Philip is the long-serving British monarch.

Prince Philip Lists

	Order of the Redeemer
	Order of George I
	Order of the Phoenix
	Order of SS. George and Constantine
	Recipients of the War Cross (Greece)
	1921 births
	Living people
	British Anglicans
	British environmentalists
	British Field Marshals
	British people of Greek descent
	Chancellors of the University of Cambridge
	Chancellors of the University of Edinburgh
	Chartered designers
	Converts to Anglicanism from Eastern Orthodoxy
	Danish princes
	Deified people
	Dukes in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
	Dukes of Edinburgh
	Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
	Field Marshals of Australia
	Greek princes
	Honorary Fellows of University College, Oxford
	House of Glücksburg (Greece)
	Immigrants to the United Kingdom
	Members of the Order of Merit
	Marshals of the Royal Air Force
	Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
	Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada
	Old Gordonstounians
	People from Corfu
	Presidents of the Football Association
	Presidents of the Marylebone Cricket Club
	Prince Philip Designers Prize
	Princes of the United Kingdom
	Recipients of the Royal Victorian Chain
	Royal Marines generals
	Royal Navy admirals of the fleet
	Royal Navy officers of World War II

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Prince Philip Pictures

 

Prince Philip Movies
Four Days in November The Compleat Beatles Century of Warfare Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work Windsor Castle: A Royal Year
Prince Philip Filmography

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Date Added: 30 May '12

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