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Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Prince Philip
Duke of Edinburgh (more)
Prince Philip March 2015.jpg
Prince Philip in March 2015
Consort of the British monarch
Tenure 6 February 1952 – present
Born (1921-06-10) 10 June 1921 (age 95)
Mon Repos, Corfu, Kingdom of Greece
Spouse Elizabeth II (m. 1947)
Issue
Detail
Full name
Philip Mountbatten
Father Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark
Mother Princess Alice of Battenberg
Religion Church of England
(bapt. Greek Orthodox)
Signature
Full name
Philip Mountbatten

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Philip Mountbatten; born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, 10 June 1921) is the husband of Queen Elizabeth II.

A member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, 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 an infant. After being educated in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, he joined the Royal Navy in 1939, aged 18. From July 1939, he began corresponding with the 13-year-old Princess Elizabeth (his third cousin through Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and second cousin once removed through King Christian IX of Denmark), whom he had first met in 1934. During the Second World War he served with 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, he abandoned his Greek and Danish royal titles and became a naturalised British subject, adopting the surname Mountbatten from his maternal grandparents. After an engagement of five months, he married Elizabeth on 20 November 1947. Just before the wedding, he was created Duke of Edinburgh. Philip left active military service when Elizabeth became Queen in 1952, having reached the rank of commander. He was formally made a Prince of the United Kingdom in 1957.


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