Prince Philip

The Duke of Edinburgh conducts his first official engagement in seven months

The Duke of Edinburgh conducted his first official engagements in more than seven months on Wednesday as he held an audience at Windsor Castle. The 97-year-old Duke retired from public duties in 2017, and has conducted very few engagements since. However, on Wednesday, Prince Philip received Brigadier Andrew Freeman in audience at Windsor Castle. Brigadier Freeman is the Commander 17th Combat…
Read more
InsightPrince PhilipQueen Elizabeth II

What will happen if Prince Philip outlives The Queen?

With Prince Philip a young 97 year old, it is hard to imagine a world without him. Even harder to believe what is what it would be like if his younger wife, Her Majesty The Queen, coming in at 92 years old was to die before him. However, anything is possible, so what would happen if Prince Philip became the first husband to outlive his Queen. Both George of Denmark, who became Duke of Cumberland…
Read more
British RoyalsPrince Philip

Prince Philip's role in the murder mystery of the Romanovs

75 years after the brutal execution of Tsar Nicholas II and his family, Prince Philip helped solve the murder-mystery and identify the bodies of the Russian Imperial Family. The Tsar, Tsarina Alexandra, their five children, and three servants were murdered by the Bolsheviks in a painful and botched execution in 1918. Their bodies were secretly buried and not discovered till 1979 and identified…
Read more
Prince Philip

97 facts about the Duke of Edinburgh on his birthday

1. The Duke of Edinburgh was born as Prince Philip of Greece at his parents’ house ‘Mon Repos’ on the island of Corfu, on 10 June 1921. The house had been the country residence of the British High Commissioner for the Ionian Islands. The family was forced to leave Corfu when the Greek Royal Family was exiled on 3 December 1922, when he was just 18 months old. 2. The Duke is the youngest…
Read more