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1921
Philippos Schleswig-Holstein Soenderburg-Glucksburg was born on a dining room table on the Greek island of Corfu on June 10, 1921, the fth child and only son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Princess Alice of Battenberg. 1928-39 Philip was educated in UK, rst at Cheam then at Gordonstoun, a tough school in Scotland.

1928-39

1934

1920

800+

A royal life
1939
Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, and Queen Elizabeth's husband, turns 90 today. He is mostly seen as a quiet and loyal presence in the shadows of the Queen, but he has come to make his own mark by some of the comments he has let slip over the years.

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Prince Philip and Princess Elizabeth (his third cousing, both having Queen Victoria as a great-great-grandmother) met for the rst time at the wedding of Prince Philip's cousin, Princess Marina of Greece, to The Duke of Kent, who was an uncle of Princess Elizabeth. He was 18, she was 13.

Joined the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth as a cadet. He graduated top of his class and quickly rose through the ranks. At the almost unprecedentedly young age of 21, he was appointed rst lieutenant (second in command) of the destroyer HMS Wallace, which took part in the Allied landings at Sicily.

1930

The engagement of Philip and Elizabeth is o cially announced on July 10, 1947 Philip and Elizabeth were married in Westminster Abbey on November 20, 1947.

1947

On key problems facing Brazil:

"Brazilians live there."

1940

Birth of their rst son, Prince Charles and their rst daughter, Princess Anne He was granted the style of His Royal Highness and the title of Duke of Edinburgh by his father-in-law.

1948 & 1950

"If you stay here much longer, you'll Prince be slitty-eyed." Philip is

He once told British students in China:

Elizabeth becomes queen after her father dies. Philip, on an indenite leave from his naval career, devotes himself fulltime to public duties.

1952

300+

Number of public engagements per year made by Prince Philip

known for his cerbic wit and o -the-cu remarks:

1950

Made a Prince of the United Kingdom by Elizabeth

1957

"If you see a man opening a car door for a woman, it means one of two things: its either a new woman or a new car!"

"Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed."

Said during the 1981 recession:

"Do you know To a driving instructor in Scotland: they have "How do you keep the eating dogs for natives o the booze the anorexic long enough to get them through the now?"
test?"

To a blind women with a guide:

1960

1960 & 1964

1970

Births of Prince Andrew and Prince Edward

SUSAN BATSFORD, GRAPHICS EDITOR, TWITTER @SBATS1; INFOGRAPHIC BY TARA MARTIN/QMI AGENCY