A look at Prince Philip, the queen’s most loyal subject
LONDON — Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s most stalwart companion for nearly 70 years, has announced his retirement. Here’s a brief look at the monarch’s most loyal subject as he announces he will step back from royal duties.
EARLY LIFE:
Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark was born on Corfu on June 10, 1921, to Princess Alice of Battenburg and Prince Andrew of Greece. Amid the upheaval of the military coup that overthrew his uncle, King Constantine, in 1922, the family fled. Britain’s King George V, the queen’s grandfather, sent a Royal Navy cruiser to evacuate the family and Philip was carried to safety in a cot made from an orange box. As he grew, he rarely saw his parents and went to school in Germany and Britain.
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