Prince Philip has been a well-known character for many decades, not least for his numerous gaffes. For example, he once told the President of Nigeria that he looked like someone who was ready to go to bed while the President was wearing his national dress.
The truth is that despite his many remarks through the years, the Duke of Edinburgh has been greatly missed since he retired from public life…
Prince of Wales sends supportive message to President of Greece as wildfires rage in Athens
27th July 2018
Prince Charles has sent a message of support to the President of Greece following devastating wildfires raging throughout the north east coast of Greece, in the seaside area near Athens this week.
The message, which was also translated into Greek, reads:
“My wife and I…
A royal wedding just wouldn’t be a royal wedding without a tiara or three. But when the then Princess Elizabeth married the Duke of Edinburgh on November 20th 1947, she almost missed out on wearing the diadem on which she’d set her heart. For just before the…
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…
Prince Philip has had 97-years of collecting the wonderful and unusual
10th June 2018
Somewhere behind the closed doors of the Royal Residences lays the Duke of Edingburgh’s vast and unusual collections.
Prince Philip has had 97-years to build his collections, and without a doubt, he has some of the best.
As a child, the Duke recalled first collecting…
Emma Dent Coad MP wants The Queen and Prince Philip to move out of Buckingham Palace
9th June 2018
Labour MP Emma Dent Coad has stated that the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh should find alternative accommodation and hand Buckingham Palace over to the public if taxpayers are having to pay for the palace’s refurbishment.
MP Emma Dent Coad, whose constituency includes…
Prince Philip walks into St George's Chapel unaided despite hip replacement last month
19th May 2018
After having hip surgery last month, 96-year-old Prince Philip is able to attend the wedding of his grandson, Prince Harry to Meghan Markle this afternoon at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. The Prince just arrived alongside Her Majesty The Queen at the Galilee…
High hopes that Prince Philip will be able to attend the Royal Wedding after his appearance today
11th May 2018
The Duke of Edinburgh has made his first appearance in public since he underwent hip operation last month.
The 96-year-old was seen driving himself at the Windsor Horse Show after the hip surgery.
His grandson, Prince Harry will marry Meghan Markle next Saturday, 19 May, at…
