Prince Philip of Greece
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Prince Philip in March 2015
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| Consort of the British monarch | |||||
| Tenure | 6 February 1952 – present | ||||
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10 June 1921 Mon Repos, Corfu, Kingdom of Greece |
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| Spouse | Elizabeth II (m. 1947) | ||||
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| House | Glücksburg | ||||
| Father | Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark | ||||
| Mother | Princess Alice of Battenberg | ||||
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| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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 Royal Navy British Army Royal Air Force
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| Years of service | 1939-1952 (end of active service) |
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Admiral of the Fleet Field Marshal Marshal of the Royal Air Force |
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| Commands held | HMS Magpie | ||||
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| Awards |
Mentioned in dispatches Croix de Guerre with Palm Greek War Cross |
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| Philip Mountbatten |
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Philip Mountbatten; born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, 10 June 1921) is the husband and consort 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 King George VI to marry Elizabeth. Before the official announcement of their engagement in July 1947, he abandoned his Greek and Danish royal titles and became a naturalised British subject, adopting the surname Mountbatten from his maternal grandparents. He married Elizabeth on 20 November 1947. Just before the wedding, he was created Baron Greenwich, Earl of Merioneth and Duke of Edinburgh. Philip left active military service when Elizabeth became monarch in 1952, having reached the rank of commander, and was formally made a British prince in 1957.
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