Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Born
June 10, 1921
Died
April 9, 2021 (99 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Mon Repos, Corfu, Greece
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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.
Known For
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2025
The Legacy of the Prince of Wales
Self (archive footage)
2024
Charles R: The Making of a Monarch
Self (archive footage)
2023
Prince Andrew: Banished
Self (archive footage)
2022
Elizabeth II: Three days in the Czech Republic
Self (archive footage)
2022
Charles & Camilla: Against All Odds
Self
2022
Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen
Self (archive footage)
2022
Philip: Prince, Husband, Father
Himself (archive footage)
2021
Prince Philip: The Royal Family Remembers
Self (archive Footage)
2021
The Arc de Triomphe: A Nation's Passion
Self (archive footage)
2021
Being James Bond
Self (archive footage)
2021
Prince Philip: A Lifetime of Duty
self
2021
The Funeral of HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - The Day's Events
Self (archive Footage)
2021
Prince Consorts: In the Shadow of the Crown
Self (archive footage)
2021
Secrets of the Royal Palaces
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2021
The Royal Wedding: HRH Prince Harry & Meghan Markle
Self
2018
Diana to Meghan: Royal Wedding Secrets
Self (archive footage)
2018
The Queen's Green Planet
Self
2018
The Coronation
Himself
2018
House of Saud: A Family at War
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2018
Elizabeth & Philip: Love and Duty
Self
2017
The Story of Diana
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2017
The Royal House of Windsor
Self (archive footage) · (6 episodes)
2017
Princess Diana: Behind Closed Doors
Self (archive footage)
2016
Prince Philip: The Plot to Make a King
Self (archive footage)
2016
Princes of the Palace - The Royal British Family
Self
2016
Inside Buckingham Palace
Self (archive footage)
2015
A Jubilee Tribute to The Queen by The Prince of Wales
2012
Queen Elizabeth II: A Diamond Jubilee Celebration
Self · (3 episodes)
2012
The Diamond Jubilee
2012
Edward & George: Two Brothers, One Throne
Self (archive footage)
2012
The Royal Wedding: HRH Prince William & Catherine Middleton
2011
The Queen's Coronation: Behind Palace Doors
Self (archive footage)
2009
The Children's Party at the Palace
Self
2006
The Game of Their Lives
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
50 Glorious Years: A Royal Celebration
1999
Discovering England
Self (archive footage)
1991
Kronen Könner Kavaliere
Self · (1 episode)
1984
Wogan
Self · (1 episode)
1982
25 Years
Self
1977
A Queen's Ransom
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1976
A State Visit to Turkey by Queen Elizabeth II
1971
Royal Family
Self
1969
Look at Life: Bronze Silver and Gold
Self
1969
The Life and Times of Lord Mountbatten
Self · (12 episodes)
1969
The Royal Tour of the Caribbean
1966
Look at Life: The Needles Point the Way
Self
1965
The Bull Ring Shopping Centre Birmingham
Self
1965
Britain Welcomes the President of India
1963
La Rabbia
Self (archive footage)
1963
Look at Life: The Key of the Door
Self
1963
Sierra Leone Greets the Queen
1962
Locomotive Jubilee
Self
1962
The Queen's State Visit to Iran
1961
Royal Children
1961
Zwischen Glück und Krone
Self (archive footage)
1959
Southward with Prince Philip
Self
1957
Playing Fields Association: Cricket
Self
1955
Royal Visit Tasmania
Self
1954
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Self
1953
A Queen Is Crowned
Self
1953
Royal Destiny
Self
1953
Pathway Into Light
Himself
1952
Playing Fields Association: Football
Self
1951
Prince Charles at Play
1949
The Royal Wedding
Self
1947
Elizabeth & Philip: Eternally Yours
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