Edinburgh, Prince Philip, Duke of 1921-
Consort of Queen Elizabeth II

The son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Princess Alice of Battenburg, grandson of George I of Greece and great-grandson of Queen Victoria, he was born in Corfu and educated at Cheam School, Gordonstoun and Dartmouth. He joined the Royal Navy (1939) as lieutenant Philip Mountbatten. In 1941 he joined HMS Valiant, on which he fought in the Battle of Cape Matapan, subsequently serving in the Pacific on HMS Whelp. In 1947 he became a naturalized British subject, and on 20 November 1947, as the Duke of Edinburgh, he married his third cousin, Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen Elizabeth II. As a prince of Great Britain and Northern Ireland since 1957, he has shown a keen and occasionally outspoken interest in science and technology, as well as in youth adventure training, through the Duke of Edinburgh's awards, and world wildlife. He is also interested in sports, especially carriage driving. His speeches and essays were published in Men, Machines and Sacred Cows (1984).

Bibliography: Basil Boothroyd, Philip: An Informal Biography (1971)