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Mountbatten Royal Duke Of Edinburgh Philip [Male] b. 10 JUN 1921 Isle of Kerkira, Mon Repos, Corfu, Greece - d. 63/0/0

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NOTES: HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; Consort of Queen Elizabeth II. Philip spent his childhood in England at the home of his uncle, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and began a naval career in 1939, when he entered the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. He served in both the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters during World War II and married the then Princess Elizabeth in 1947, at which time he was named Duke of Edinburgh. In 1957 he was created Prince of the United Kingdom. Prince Philip, an active advocate of sports, science and education has made many goodwill trips throughout the world, both as representative of and in company with Queen Elizabeth. Before his marriage he was simply: Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten. He was naturalized as a British citizen in 1947. His title: Baron of Greenwich, Earl of Merioneth and Duke of Edinburgh; Granted the style and titular dignity of a Prince of the United Kingdom on 22 Feb 1957. He was born as: HRH Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark. There was not actual divorce between Prince Philip's parents, but they separated while Philip was still a small boy. His father took off to indulge himself in the fleshpots of Monte Carlo while his mother lived in turn with her four daughters, all of whom had married German Princelings. Philip was taken care of by his Mountbatten relatives in England, who also paid for his schooling. As a result of the family split, World War II found Philip serving in the British Navy while his brothers-in-law were fighting on the side of Germany. Philip was a baby of only eighteen months, fifth in line of succession to the Greek throne, when his family had to flee into exile. The was 1922 and Greece was under the heels of a revolutionary junta. Philip's father, Prince Andrew, was arrested and tossed into jail. Others who opposed the new regime had already been summarily executed and Andrew seemed assured of the same fate. Philip's mother left the family's island home on Corfu and journeyed to Athens in an attempt to save her husband. She appealed for help to her cousin, England's King George V. He dispatched a British secret-service agent, Commander Gerald Talbot, to Athens with instructions to negotiate Prince Andrew's release or, if that failed, to rescue him from prison. After much ado, the family was finally saved. Prince Philip was born Philippos Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderbert-Glucksburn, Prince of Greece. Philippos became Philip during schooldays in England. He took the name, Mountbatten when he relinquished his Greek Title to take British citizenship prior to marrying Elizabeth. His own choice of name was actually Philip Oldcastle, but he was finally prevailed upon to take the Mountbatten surname of his mother's family. Elizabeth calls him, "Darling" in private and he is "Papa" to his sons and daughter. His aides address him as "Sir". To everyone else, he is or should be, "Your Royal Highness" the first time he is addressed and "Sir" thereafter. Occupation listed on his passport is given as: Prince of the Royal Household. Philip is 5'11 1/2" (nearly 6ft.) tall.

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