Prince Philip

• 1. A short biography of Prince Philip.
• 2. Prince Philip's role in the Royal Family.
• Prince Philip was born on the island of Corfu in Greece, on June 10, 1921.
• He was the only son of Prince Andrew of Greece. His mother was Princess Alice of Battenberg and he, therefore, held the title 'Prince of Greece and Denmark’.
• At 18 months old, Prince Philip and his family had to leave Greece.
• During the First World War (Prince Louis of Battenberg) Prince Philip's grandfather changed the family's name to Mountbatten.
• Prince Phillip adopted this name when he also became a naturalized British subject and renounced his Royal title in order to marry Princess Elizabeth.
• Upon his marriage, Prince Phillip was bestowed with the titles Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich.
• Prince Philip joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1939, following in the footsteps of his grandfather, Prince Louis, who was Admiral of the Fleet and First Sea Lord.
• After completing his raining Prince Philip spent six months in the Indian Ocean as Midshipman aboard the battleship HMS RAMILLIES in 1940.
• In 1942 he became the ship's First Lieutenant at the unusually early age of 21.
• In July 1947 the engagement of Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten to Princess Elizabeth was announced. Four months later, on 20 November, they were married in Westminster Abbey.
• In 1952 he was promoted to Commander, but his naval career came to an end on the death of his father-in-law, King George VI.
• The Queen and Prince Philip have four children. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales was born in 1948 and Princess Anne, The Princess Royal, was born two years later. After ascending the throne, the couple had two further children: Prince Andrew, Duke of York, born in 1960, and Prince Edward, Earl...

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