Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
(1921-2021), Consort of Elizabeth IISitter associated with 219 portraits
The husband of HRH Queen Elizabeth II, HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh was the longest serving consort in the history of the British monarchy. A great-great-grandchild of Queen Victoria, Philip was born in Corfu to Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg. He was christened Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark. In 1922, the Greek monarch Constantine I was forced to abdicate and Philip’s parents were banished from Greece. Following education in France, Germany and Britain, Philip joined the Royal Navy in 1939. He saw active service during World War II, including the Battle of Crete (1941) and the Allied invasion of Sicily (1943), and was awarded the Greek War Cross of Valour. Philip was introduced to Princess Elizabeth in 1939. They were married at Westminster Abbey in 1947. Prior to the wedding, he renounced his former titles and adopted the surname Mountbatten, an anglicised form of his mother’s name. He was created Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich. His naval career continued until the death of King George VI in 1952. From this time on, he supported his wife in her royal duties, undertaking extensive Commonwealth tours and State visits overseas. They had four children including King Charles III. Up until his death in April 2021, the Duke of Edinburgh was the patron of over 750 organisations, including The Duke of Edinburgh's Award and the World Wide Fund for Nature.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Queen Elizabeth II
by Thomas Struth
chromogenic print, 7 April 2011; printed 2018
On display in Room 30 on Floor 1 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG P1665MP
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; Queen Elizabeth II
by Dorothy Wilding
chlorobromide print on tissue and card mount, July 1947
NPG x36018
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; Queen Elizabeth II
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, July 1947
NPG x34084
by Dorothy Wilding
chlorobromide print on tissue and card mount, 1947
NPG x34838
Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, July 1947
NPG x34839
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 1947
NPG x35819
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 1947
NPG x35820
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 1947
NPG x35821
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 1947
NPG x35822
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 1947
NPG x35823
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
by Dorothy Wilding
chlorobromide print, July 1947
NPG x36017
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; Queen Elizabeth II
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, July 1947
NPG x37999
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; Queen Elizabeth II
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, July 1947
NPG x38001
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; Queen Elizabeth II
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, July 1947
NPG x38002
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; Queen Elizabeth II
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, July 1947
NPG x38004
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, July 1947
NPG x38006
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; Queen Elizabeth II
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, July 1947
NPG x38008
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; Queen Elizabeth II
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 1947
NPG x38009
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; Queen Elizabeth II
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, July 1947
NPG x38010
'The Royal Wedding of H. Majesty the Queen to the Duke of Edinburgh 1947'
by Vandyk
bromide print, 20 November 1947
NPG x45730
Related People
- Princess Alice of Greece and Denmark (mother)
- Prince Andrew of Greece (father)
- Prince Andrew, Duke of York (son)
- Princess Anne (daughter)
- Princess Cecilie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine (sister)
- King Charles III (son)
- Lady Sarah Frances Elizabeth Chatto (née Armstrong-Jones) (niece)
- Princess Clarissa of Hesse (niece)
- Prince Edward Antony Richard Louis, Earl of Wessex (son)
- Queen Elizabeth II (wife)
- Princess Friederike of Hanover (niece)
- Prince Henry, Duke of Sussex (grandson)
- Louis Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven (Prince Louis of Battenburg) (grandfather)
- Margarita, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (sister)
- David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (nephew)
- Sophie, Princess George William of Hanover (sister)
- Theodora, Margravine of Baden (sister)
- Princess Victoria Alberta Elisabeth Mathilde Marie (née Princess of Hesse), Marchioness of Milford-Haven (grandmother)
- William, Prince of Wales (grandson)
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