Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, died this Friday, April 9, 2021 at the age of 99. Lieutenant in the navy, the husband of Elizabeth II will be considered as prince consort of the United Kingdom as of the accession to the throne of his wife in 1952 and will give up his military career to become his personal adviser.
Prince Philip died in Windsor on April 9, 2021 at the age of 99 as announced by Buckingham Palace in a press release. “It is with deep sadness that Her Majesty The Queen announces the passing of her beloved husband. Her Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle. Further announcements will be made in due course.” The Duke of Edinburgh, born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark on June 10, 1921 in Corfu, Greece, is the fifth and only boy of the couple formed by Prince Andre of Greece and Princess Alice of Battenberg. It is in France that the young prince will grow up before flying at the age of seven for the United Kingdom, then for Germany. While still only a child, the future Duke of Edinburgh will have to face many tragedies: the internment of his mother, diagnosed with schizophrenia, the death of his sister, Cécile and her two young sons. in an air crash, followed the following year by the disappearance of his uncle and guardian Lord Milford Haven, who succumbed to bone cancer.
Military engagement and meeting with Princess Elizabeth
In 1939, when he was only 18, he enlisted in the Royal Navy. In July of the same year, he began a correspondence with Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of King George VI and heir to the throne of Great Britain. After serving during WWII in the Mediterranean and Pacific fleets, Prince Philip obtained permission to marry Princess Elizabeth. He will then have to renounce his Greek and Danish royal titles and convert to Anglicanism before the official announcement of the engagement. He takes the name of his English great-grandparents and becomes Philip Mountbatten. After only five months of engagement, he married Princess Elizabeth on November 20, 1947. Upon his marriage, he attained the status of Royal Highness and was named Duke of Edinburgh by his stepfather, King George VI.
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Royal career and descent
On the death of King George VI in 1952, Princess Elizabeth became Queen of England and Prince Philip left active service after reaching the rank of Commander in the Royal Navy. Queen Elizabeth II appointed him Prince of the United Kingdom in 1957, but also Lord Grand Admiral in 2011. Together, they had four children: Charles, the Prince of Wales, in 1948, Princess Anne, in 1950, Andrew, the Duke of York in 1960 and Edward, Earl of Wessex, in 1964. Their eight grandchildren, William, Harry, Peter, Zara, Beatrice, Eugenie, Louise and James, will give them the joy of knowing many of their great-grandchildren. children, among whom, Prince George, his sister Charlotte, and his brother Louis, the children of Prince William and Kate Middleton, but also little Archie, born of the union between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. As the husband of the Queen of England, Prince Philip will assist her for more than seventy years in her royal duties.
It is a great prince that the British mourn today.
Anais Monk
Function: Head of the Company section First name / Surname: Anaïs Moine Education: after studying history, I turned to journalism to work on current affairs and focus on…