Background
Philip, Prince was born on June 10, 1921 in Corfu. Renounced right of succession to Thrones of Greece and Denmark. Naturalized British subject, 1947, adopted surname of Mountbatten.
Earl of Merioneth Baron Greenwich Prince of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Philip, Prince was born on June 10, 1921 in Corfu. Renounced right of succession to Thrones of Greece and Denmark. Naturalized British subject, 1947, adopted surname of Mountbatten.
Graduate, Cheam School. Graduate, Salem School. Graduate, Gordonstoun School.
Graduate, Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Wales, London, Edinburgh, Cambridge, Karachi, Malta. Data Control Language (honorary), Durham, Oxford.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Delhi, Reading, Salford, Southampton, Victoria. Degree (honorary), England University, Lima, Peru. Degree (honorary), University of California at Los Angeles.
Personal A.D.C. to King George VI, 1948-1952. Professional Corporation, since 1951. Chancellor University Wales, 1948-1976, University Edinburgh, since 1952, University Cambridge, since 1977, Salford University, 1967-1991.
Visiting R.C.A, since 1967. Privy councillor of Canada, since 1957.
Patron, chair of trustees Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme, 1956-2001, patron since 2001. President English-Speaking Union of the Commonwealth, since 1952, R.S.A., since 1952, Commonwealth Games Federation, 1955-1990, Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth, since 1958, British Medical Association, 1959-1960, Wildlife Trust, 1960-1965, 72-77, World Wildlife Fund British National Appeal, 1961-1981, Council for National Academy Awards, 1965-1975, Scottish Icelandic Association, since 1965, Maritime Trust, since 1969, National Council Social Service, 1970-1973, Australian Conservation Foundation, 1971-1976, World Wildlife Fund for Nature International, 1981-1996, president emeritus, since 1997, others. With British Pacific Fleet, Southeast Asia, PTO, 1939-1945.
Admiral of Fleet, F.M., Marshal of Royal Air Force, since 1953, Admiral of the Fleet RNZN, 1958, Field Marshal New Zealand Army, 1978, Admiral of the Fleet Australian Military Forces, since 1954, Admiral of the Fleet Royal Australian Navy, since 1954, Marshal of Royal Australian Air Force, since 1954.
Son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg. Married Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II), November 20, 1947. Children: Charles Philip Arthur George, Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise, Andrew Albert Christian Edward, Edward Antony Richard Louis.