Prince Philip | Duke of Edinburgh | Transformation From 1 To 96 Years Old

Also Known As: Duke Of Edinburgh, Prince Philip Of Greece And Denmark
Famous As: Prince Consort
Born Country: Greece
Nationality: Danish, Greek
Birthday: June 10, 1921
Age: 96 Years
Sun Sign: Gemini
Height: 1.83 M
Born In: Mon Repos, Corfu, Greece
Father: Prince Andrew Of Greece And Denmark
Mother: Princess Alice Of Battenberg
Siblings: Princess Cecilie Of Greece And Denmark, Princess Margarita Of Greece And Denmark, Princess Sophie Of Greece And Denmark, Princess Theodora Of Greece And Demark
Spouse/Ex-Spouse: Elizabeth II (M. 1947)
Children: Prince Andrew, Prince Charles, Prince Edward, Princess Anne
Religion: Church Of England, Greek Orthodox
Net Worth: $30 Million As Of Apr 11, 2017
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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is the husband of Queen Elizabeth II and the Commonwealth realms’ longest-serving consort as well as the oldest spouse ever of a reigning British monarch. He was a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and was born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark. He entered the navy in 1938 and served throughout the Second World War. His family connections brought him into contact with the royal family, and his engagement to Princess Elizabeth took place. Before the marriage, he received the Garter and the dukedom and since 1952, he has filled the difficult role of royal consort. Of the many societies and causes which he supports, the duke of Edinburgh’s scheme for young people and his concern for the protection of wildlife rank high. Philip retains much of the briskness and forthrightness of his early naval career, and apart from it he is an enthusiastic sportsman and a vigorous public speaker. Philip holds honorary memberships in the Rotary clubs of Edinburgh, Scotland and King’s Lynn, England. He is a patron of over 800 organizations, and chairman of the ‘Duke of Edinburgh’s Award’ for people aged 14 to 24 years.
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Childhood & Early Life
He was born to Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and his wife Princess Alice, the eldest daughter of Louis Alexander Mountbatten. He was the youngest of five children, having four elder sisters and was brought up in Great Britain after his family was being forced to leave Greece post-World War I.
He first got admitted to an American school in Paris but shortly after that, was sent to the UK to attend Cheam School in 1928. He lived there with his maternal grandmother at Kensington Palace.
In 1933, he was sent to Schule Schloss Salem in Germany which was owned by the family of his brother-in-law Berthold, Margrave of Baden. After finishing two terms there he moved to Gordonstoun because of the rise of Nazism in Germany which led to an unsettling atmosphere there.
In 1939, he left Gordonstoun and joined the Royal Navy at Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, from where he graduated the next year as the top cadet in his course.
Career
He served in World War II in the British forces where he was commissioned as a midshipman in early 1940. He spent four months on the battleship HMS Ramillies, Kent and Shropshire. In October, he was transferred to the battleship HMS Valiant in the Mediterranean fleet after Italy invaded Greece.
He was promoted to sub-lieutenant after few courses at Portsmouth in which he earned the top grade in four out of five sections of the qualifying examination. Soon he was appointed to HMS Wallace which was involved in allied invasion of Sicily.
On July 16, 1942, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and in October of the same year, he became the first lieutenant of HMS Wallace in the Royal Navy. After two years, he moved to the new destroyer HMS Whelp and in January 1946, was posted as an instructor at HMS Royal Arthur in Wiltshire.
On November 19, 1947, he was appointed to the highest order of Chivalry, ‘Order of the Garter’. He thereby received 17 different appointments and decorations in the Commonwealth, and 48 by foreign states. Soon he was made the chairman of the Coronation Commission and became first member of the royal family to fly in a helicopter and to visit the troops that were to participate in the ceremony.
In 1952, he was appointed Admiral of the Sea Cadet Corps, Colonel-in-chief of the British Army Cadet Force and Air Commodore-in-chief of the Air Training Corps. In the following year, he was made the Admiral of the Fleet, Captain General Royal Marines, Field Marshal, and Marshal of the Royal Air Force in the United Kingdom.

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