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This is the Duke of Edinburgh banner presented by HRH Prince Philip to the Duke of Edinburgh Company, 1 st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment on 31 May 1980. According to the regimental magazine Pro Patria (issue 43, July 1980), the Company had received its designation on 1 July 1978. It was Prince Philip's initiative and on 31 May 1980, he ...
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Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark was born on the island of Corfu on 10 June 1921. He was the youngest child and only son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (1882–1944) and Princess Alice of Battenberg (1885–1969). Andrew’s father, King George I of Greece (1845–1913), was born Prince William of Denmark before being invited to become King of G...
When Philip was born, his uncle, King Constantine I, occupied an increasingly unstable Greek throne. Greece suffered immense losses and eventual defeat in the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–22. Philip’s father, Andrew, commanded the Second Army Corps at the Battle of Sakarya in 1921, and disobeyed the orders of his commanding general to avoid putting hi...
In 1927, Philip began his education at an American day school in Paris. The following year, he began boarding school at Cheam, which was then located just outside London, and spent time with his Mountbatten grandmother and uncles. In 1933, 12-year-old Philip left Cheam to attend the Salem School in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, which had been founded...
Philip and the future Queen Elizabeth II were distant cousins through their common descent from the British and Danish royal families. Philip’s uncle, Lord Louis Mountbatten, encouraged meetings between the two young people. In 1939, 18-year-old Philip escorted 13-year-old Elizabeth and her sister Margaret on a tour of the Dartmouth Naval College a...
In 1939, Philip joined the Royal Navy as a cadet. There was a long tradition of Royal Naval service in the Mountbatten family. Philip’s grandfather was an Admiral of the Fleet and First Sea Lord from 1912 to 1914. Louis Mountbatten was a Captain at the time Philip joined the Royal Navy and would rise to the rank of Admiral of the Fleet after the Se...
Philip spent a number of his wartime leaves at Windsor Castle. After the end of the war, Philip and Elizabethhad the opportunity to spend more time together and discuss marriage. Despite Philip’s royal ancestry, the British elite viewed him as a controversial choice of husband. The British aristocracy viewed the exiled Greek Prince, who described h...
Philip and Elizabeth were married at Westminster Abbey on 20 November 1947. George VI styled Philip HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich. The ceremony was broadcast over BBC radio to an audience of 200 million people around the world, allowing Canada to share in the celebrations. Mackenzie King sent the royal couple anti...
Prince Charles, eldest son of Philip and Elizabeth, was born at Buckingham Palace on 14 November 1948. As was customary at the time, Philip was not present at the birth. The royal couple would have three other children (Princess Anne, born 15 August 1950; Prince Andrew, born 19 February 1960; and Prince Edward, born 10 March 1964). Philip managed t...
Philip and Elizabeth made their first official visit to Canada in 1951, representing George VI, who was suffering from lung cancer. Like William and Kate in 2011, Philip and Elizabeth appeared to Canadians as a glamorous young royal couple. Philip was crucial to this comparatively informal image. He threw himself into local events, square dancing i...
Following the Second World War, Philip worked as an operations officer at the Admiralty, and taught at the Petty Officers’ School. Philip was eager to return to active duty and in 1949, he became second-in-command of the HMS Chequers, Leader of the First Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean Fleet based in Malta. Elizabeth joined her husband for ...
Apr 9, 2021 · Prince Philip visits Canada to present the new Colours to the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment. The ceremony takes place in front of the Queen’s Park Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
Apr 9, 2021 · Prince Philip is seen in this photo from 1983 at the opening of the Royal Canadian Regiment Museum in London, Ont. (The RCR Museum) Funeral for Prince Philip to be held on April 17, Harry plans to ...
Sep 17, 2021 · Photo: TorontoNews / Alamy Stock Photo Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh visits Canada to present the new colours to the Third Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment, April 27, 2013. In April 2013, Queen Elizabeth II’s consort, HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, made what would be his final visit to Canada.
Apr 9, 2021 · HRH Prince Philip presents a new Regimental Colour to the 3rd Battalion of The Royal Canadian Regiment at the Ontario Legislature in Toronto on Saturday April 27, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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Apr 9, 2021 · His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh entrusts new regimental colours to the 3rd Battalion of The Royal Canadian Regiment at a Queen's Park ceremony in Toronto on April 27, 2013. The ...
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