Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

[Marc]

In biography of Prince Tomislav he recalls a meeting with Alice dressed like a nun at the wedding of his brother Andrei and Princess Christina von Hessen-Kassel and says that she met him at the stairs of the palace and said to him:"You are Tomislav and you are going to marry my granddaughter."He said:"It's not me,my brother Andrei is going to marry your granddaughter." and she replied with the smile:"Don't worry,I am going to catch you one day" and he remembered it very well...

Yes,one could say from whom Prince Philip inherited his wit and humor... :-)

[Eric_Lowe]

Well...Not all the time. His humor has gotton him in trouble, but he is like that. 

[Lindelle]

I say that because I emphasis with him.
My mouth gets me into trouble a lot too and I never really want it to sound like it does when it comes out.

[Carolath Habsburg]

Can anypone date this picture? thanks in advanced!



 

[Eric_Lowe]

Early in the marriage I think. 

[Kalafrana]

He's a Lieutenant-Commander there, having been a Lieutenant at the time of the marriage. I would say 1948-50.

Ann

[Eric_Lowe]

I think that is about right.

[Carolath Habsburg]

Phillip in his bachelor dinner organized by his uncle, the Earl of Mountbatten



 

[Marc]

Neither Lady Kennard nor her sister Lady Butter are cousins of Prince Philip.

They are the daughters of Sir Harold Wernher (16 January 1893 – 30 June 1973) and his wife Anastasia (Zia) de Torby (9 September 1892 - 7 December 1977), the eldest daughter of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich Romanov. Zia was the elder sister of Nada.

Well,Lady Kennard and Lady Buutter are grand-dughters of Grand Duke Michail Michailovich of Russia and Philipp is a grand-son of Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna of Russia,so they are cousins after all...

[Gabriella]

There will be an exhibition on the occasion of Prince Philip celebrating his 90th birthday:

http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/microsites/princephilip/

[darius]

I asked this question years ago on the forum but nobody was able to respond with accuracy - does anybody know what languages the DofE speaks?

[Marc]

As far as I heard he speaks,apart from English,German(very fluent-without accent) and also French...later in his life,he took some lessons in Greek !

[Ilias_of_John]

I believe he reaquainted himself with Greek, and the reason being to his and Prince Charles' highly private trips to Mt. Athos.

[Kalafrana]

Prince Philip was partly educated at Salem in Germany, which would account for the fluency in German.

Otherwise, he seems to have grown up in a mainly English-speaking milieu, though it's good to hear about the French and Greek.

Apparently the Queen also speaks French extremely well. There is a nice story from a few years ago of her making an impromptu broadcast on Quebec radio when a presenter rang Buckingham Palace posing as the then Canadian Prime Minister, Jean Chretien. The listeners were most impressed by her fluent French as well as her command of Quebec politics. Off topic, I know.

Ann

[Marc]

Prince Philip was partly educated at Salem in Germany, which would account for the fluency in German.

Otherwise, he seems to have grown up in a mainly English-speaking milieu, though it's good to hear about the French and Greek.

He has also grown up in Paris during the exile years of Greek royals...