Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1921-06-10
Day of Death
2021-04-09 (99 years old)
Place of Birth
Mon Repos, Corfu, Greece
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark; 10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021) was a member of the British royal family as the husband of Elizabeth II.
Philip was born into the Greek and Danish royal families. He was born in Greece, but his family was exiled from the country when he was eighteen months old. After being educated in France, Germany and the United Kingdom, he joined the British Royal Navy in 1939, aged 18. From July 1939, he began corresponding with the thirteen-year-old Princess Elizabeth, whom he had first met in 1934. During the Second World War he served with distinction in the Mediterranean and Pacific Fleets.
After the war, Philip was granted permission by George VI to marry Elizabeth. Before the official announcement of their engagement in July 1947, he abandoned his Greek and Danish titles and styles and became a naturalised British subject. He married Elizabeth on 20 November 1947. Just before the wedding, he was granted the style His Royal Highness and created Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich by King George VI. Philip left active military service when Elizabeth became queen in 1952, having reached the rank of commander, and was made a British prince in 1957. Philip had four children with Elizabeth: Charles, Prince of Wales; Anne, Princess Royal; Prince Andrew, Duke of York; and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex.
He was the longest-serving consort of a reigning British monarch and the longest-lived male member of the British royal family. He retired from his royal duties on 2 August 2017, aged 96, having completed 22,219 solo engagements and 5,493 speeches since 1952. Philip died on 9 April 2021, two months before his 100th birthday.
Known For
Acting
(2025)
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(2024)
The Legacy of the Prince of Wales
as Self (archive footage)
(2023)
Charles R: The Making of a Monarch
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Prince Andrew: Banished
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
(2022)
Elizabeth II: Three days in the Czech Republic
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
(2021)
The Arc de Triomphe: A Nation's Passion
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
Prince Consorts: In the Shadow of the Crown
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
Prince Philip: The Royal Family Remembers
as Self (archive Footage)
(2021)
The Funeral of HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - The Day's Events
as Self (archive Footage)
(2021)
Philip: Prince, Husband, Father
as Himself (archive footage)
(2018)
The Queen's Green Planet
as Self
(2018)
The Coronation
as Himself
(2018)
(2018)
Diana to Meghan: Royal Wedding Secrets
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
(2016)
Prince Philip: The Plot to Make a King
as Self (archive footage)
(2016)
(2016)
Princess Diana: Behind Closed Doors
as Self (archive footage)
(2015)
Inside Buckingham Palace
as Self (archive footage)
(2012)
(2012)
(2012)
Edward & George: Two Brothers, One Throne
as Self (archive footage)
(2011)
(2009)
The Queen's Coronation: Behind Palace Doors
as Self (archive footage)
(2006)
(2002)
The Game of Their Lives
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1999)
(1991)
Discovering England
as Self (archive footage)
(1977)
25 Years
as Self
(1976)
A Queen's Ransom
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1971)
(1969)
Royal Family
as Self
(1969)
(1966)
(1965)
(1965)
(1963)
La Rabbia
as Self (archive footage)
(1963)
(1963)
(1962)
(1962)
Locomotive Jubilee
as Self
(1961)
(1961)
(1959)
Zwischen Glück und Krone
as Self (archive footage)
(1957)
Southward with Prince Philip
as Self
(1955)
(1954)
Royal Visit Tasmania
as Self
(1953)
A Queen Is Crowned
as Self
(1953)
(1953)
Royal Destiny
as Self
(1952)
Pathway Into Light
as Himself
(1951)
(1949)
(1947)
The Royal Wedding
as Self