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War Cross. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, [1] later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 [fn 1] – 9 April 2021), was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he was the consort of the British monarch from his wife's accession on 6 February 1952 until his death in 2021, making him the longest-serving ...
Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707–1751) was the first Duke of Edinburgh, from 1726 until his death. The title was first created in the Peerage of Great Britain on 26 July 1726 by King George I, who bestowed it on his grandson Prince Frederick, who subsequently became Prince of Wales in 1728. The subsidiary titles of the dukedom were Marquess ...
Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (Edward Antony Richard Louis; born 10 March 1964) [2] is a member of the British royal family. He is the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the youngest sibling of King Charles III. He was born 3rd in the line of succession to the British throne and is now 14th.
Charles made Edward the Duke of Edinburgh to mark his 59th birthday, and he had his first solo engagement with the title at the Palace of Holyroodhouse a few days later, hosting participants in ...
The Duke of Edinburgh title was then reverted to the Crown. It was the late Queen and Philip’s wish that Edward should inherit his father’s title when the time came. In 1999, Buckingham Palace ...
It was at Dartmouth, in July 1939, that the late Duke of Edinburgh and late Queen had their first publicised meeting. Philip, who was 18, was introduced to 13-year-old Elizabeth at the house of ...
On 9 April 2021, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, and the longest-serving royal consort in history, died of old age at Windsor Castle at the age of 99. The death of the Duke set in motion Operation Forth Bridge, a plan detailing procedures including the ...
The Duke of Edinburgh swears to be his wife’s “liege man of life and limb” and is the first layman to pay tender homage to the newly crowned monarch.