Prince Philip spoke perfect French: surprising images unveiled: Femme Actuelle Le MAG


Hundreds of Britons came to the gates of Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle on Friday April 9, 2021 to pay their last respects to a very great man. Philip mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh and husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has passed away at the age of 99, just two months away from his birthday celebrations. A great loss for a whole people in the eyes of whom he was very popular, seen as an asset charm and humor of the monarchy. Prince Philip was the man in the shadows of the British Crown, always a few steps behind his wife as required by protocol, but always present for celebrations and important trips. An international side that has given him a talent for … the French language.

Almost perfect French

It must be said that France has held a special place in the history of the Mountbatten family. When his parents had to flee Greece in 1922 because their life was in danger, they hid their son in a crate of oranges and came settle in the Paris region, more precisely in Saint-Cloud in the Hauts-de-Seine. Philip was only 6 years old, and then began to learn the language in an American school in the capital. He will go there according to his own words “the three happiest years“of his life. Result, Prince Philip perfectly handles the language of Molière, which he flaunts during his many visits across the Channel. Friday April 9, 2021, Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine and her team of C to you did not fail to evoke this facet of the personality of the Duke of Edinburgh. The opportunity to (re) discover images of Philip speaking almost perfect French during an exchange with TV host Léon Zitrone to talk about his passion for horses. “It’s a combination of voices, reins, circumstances with the whip … a bit of everything “, he explains with an English accent that is hardly present for someone whose mother tongue is. A passion that France has given him back with several awards, notably the French Croix de Guerre for his military career and the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor.

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