Prince Philip Prince Refugee.. The life story of Prince Philip before his marriage to Queen Elizabeth and how she fell in love with him

Prince Philip Prince Refugee.. The life story of Prince Philip before his marriage to Queen Elizabeth and how she fell in love with him 

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is a member of the British royal family as the husband of Queen 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 while he was still an infant.

Prince Philip was born on June 1921, XNUMX on the Greek island of Corfu. Prince Andrew, the father of Prince Philip, is of the Greek and Danish royal families. He is the youngest son of King George I of Greece. His mother is Princess Alice, Princess of Battenberg, daughter of Prince Louis of Battenberg, sister to the Earl of Mountbatten, and great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria.

After the coup of 1922, his father was banished from Greece by a revolutionary court. A British warship sent by his second cousin, Britain's King George V, took the family to France. Baby Philip spent most of the journey in a makeshift cradle made of wood to carry oranges, after they were rescued by a British warship.

Prince Philip described himself as a "refugee".

Philip began his education in France, then in Germany, then Scotland, and with the looming warning of World War II, Philip decided to enlist in the military. He wanted to join the Royal Air Force, but he joined the Navy, as his mother's family had a rich history in the Navy, and he became a student at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth.

While there, he was given the task of escorting two young princesses, Elizabeth and Margaret, while King George VI and Queen Elizabeth were touring the college, when Queen Elizabeth was only XNUMX years old.

The name of Philip Philip shined in college as an outstanding and promising student, participated in military operations for the first time in the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean, was one of the youngest officers in the Royal Navy.

Throughout this period, Philip was exchanging messages with the young princess Elizabeth, and she was invited to spend time with the royal family on several occasions, and the young princess put his picture in her office in his military uniform.

And their relationship developed during peacetime, despite the opposition of some courtiers, as one of them described him as “rough and misbehaving.”

But the young princess loved him very much, and in the summer of 1946, Philip asked her father for her hand in marriage.

Before the engagement could be announced, Philip had to obtain a new citizenship and a new title. He renounced his Greek title, became a British citizen and took his mother's English name, Mountbatten.

The marriage took place at Westminster Abbey on 20 November 1947.

Today, the British Royal Palace announced the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Andborough, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, at the age of XNUMX, and in the palace statement about the death, he said he died peacefully, at Windsor Castle.

Source: BBC

Queen Elizabeth has not and will not be able to visit her husband Prince Philip in hospital