77 Facts About Philip Mountbatten

Philip Mountbatten left active military service when Elizabeth ascended the throne in 1952, having reached the rank of commander.

Philip Mountbatten had four children with Elizabeth: Charles III; Anne, Princess Royal; Prince Andrew, Duke of York; and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and Forfar.

Sports enthusiast, Philip Mountbatten helped develop the equestrian event of carriage driving.

Philip Mountbatten was a patron, president, or member of over 780 organisations, including the World Wide Fund for Nature, and served as chairman of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, a youth awards program for people aged 14 to 24.

Philip Mountbatten is the longest-lived male member of the British royal family.

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Philip Mountbatten retired from his royal duties on 2 August 2017, aged 96, having completed 22,219 solo engagements and 5,493 speeches from 1952.

Philip Mountbatten died on 9 April 2021 at Windsor Castle, at the age of 99.

Prince Philip Mountbatten of Greece and Denmark was born on the dining room table in Mon Repos, a villa on the Greek island of Corfu, on 10 June 1921.

Philip Mountbatten was the only son and fifth and final child of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg.

Philip Mountbatten was baptised in the Greek Orthodox rite at St George's Church in the Old Fortress in Corfu.

Philip Mountbatten's family went to France, where they settled in the Paris suburb of Saint-Cloud in a house lent to them by his wealthy aunt, Princess George of Greece and Denmark.

In 1930, Philip was sent to the United Kingdom, living with his maternal grandmother, Victoria Mountbatten, Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven, at Kensington Palace and his uncle, George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven, at Lynden Manor in Bray, Berkshire.

Philip Mountbatten had little contact with his mother for the remainder of his childhood.

Philip Mountbatten stated that he thought of himself as Danish, and his family spoke English, French, and German.

Philip Mountbatten graduated from Dartmouth the next year as the best cadet in his course.

On 1 February 1941, Philip Mountbatten was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant after a series of courses at Portsmouth, in which he gained the top grade in four out of five sections of the qualifying examination.

Philip Mountbatten was one of the youngest first lieutenants in the Royal Navy.

Philip Mountbatten devised a plan to launch a raft with smoke floats that successfully distracted the bombers, allowing the ship to slip away unnoticed.

Philip Mountbatten was present in Tokyo Bay when the instrument of Japanese surrender was signed.

Consequently, being already a Knight of the Garter, between 19 and 20 November 1947, he bore the unusual style Lieutenant His Royal Highness Sir Philip Mountbatten and is so described in the Letters Patent of 20 November 1947.

In post-war Britain, it was not acceptable for any of the Duke of Edinburgh's German relations to be invited to the wedding, including Philip Mountbatten's three surviving sisters, all of whom had married German princes.

Concerned by her father's poor health, Elizabeth insisted that Philip Mountbatten give up smoking, which he did, cold turkey, on their wedding day.

On 30 June 1952, Philip Mountbatten was promoted to commander, though his active naval career had ended in July 1951.

On 5 December 1952, Philip Mountbatten was initiated into Freemasonry by the Worshipful Master of Navy Lodge No 2612, honouring a commitment he had made to the late King, who had made it clear that he expected Philip Mountbatten to maintain the tradition of royal patronage of Freemasonry.

Prince Philip Mountbatten received a Parliamentary annuity that served to meet official expenses in carrying out public duties.

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Philip Mountbatten was not himself crowned in the coronation service, but knelt before Elizabeth, with her hands enclosing his, and swore to be her "liege man of life and limb".

From 1956 to 1957, Philip Mountbatten travelled around the world aboard the newly commissioned HMY Britannia, during which he opened the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne and visited the Antarctic, becoming the first royal to cross the Antarctic Circle.

Philip Mountbatten regarded divorce as a sadness, not a hanging offence.

Philip Mountbatten was appointed to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada on 14 October 1957, taking his Oath of Allegiance before the Queen in person at her Canadian residence, Rideau Hall.

In 1960, Philip Mountbatten attended the National Eisteddfod of Wales wearing a long green robe, where he was initiated as an Honorary Ovate by the Archdruid of Wales Edgar Phillips through his bardic name Philip Mountbatten Meirionnydd, to reflect his title of Earl of Merioneth.

Philip Mountbatten was patron of some 800 organisations, particularly focused on the environment, industry, sport, and education.

Philip Mountbatten was president of the National Playing Fields Association for 64 years, from 1947 until his grandson Prince William took over the role in 2013.

Philip Mountbatten was appointed a fellow of the Royal Society in 1951.

Philip Mountbatten helped found the Australian Conservation Foundation in 1963 and the World Wildlife Fund in 1961 and served as the latter's UK president from 1961 to 1982, international president from 1981, and president emeritus from 1996.

Philip Mountbatten was president of the Zoological Society of London for two decades and was appointed an honorary fellow in 1977.

Philip Mountbatten was president of the International Equestrian Federation from 1964 to 1986, and served as chancellor of the universities of Cambridge, Edinburgh, Salford, and Wales.

In 1965, at the suggestion of Prime Minister Harold Wilson, Philip Mountbatten became chair to a scheme set up for awarding industrial innovations, which later became known as the Queen's Awards for Enterprise.

Philip Mountbatten commissioned the Prince Philip Designers Prize and the Prince Philip Medal to recognise designers and engineers with exceptional contributions.

In 2017, the British Heart Foundation thanked Prince Philip Mountbatten for being its patron for 55 years, during which time, in addition to organising fundraisers, he "supported the creation of nine BHF-funded centres of excellence".

Philip Mountbatten was an Honorary Fellow of St Edmund's College, Cambridge.

At the beginning of 1981, Philip Mountbatten wrote to his son Charles, counselling him to make up his mind to either propose to Lady Diana Spencer or break off their courtship.

The Queen and Philip Mountbatten hosted a meeting between Charles and Diana, trying to effect a reconciliation, but without success.

Philip Mountbatten wrote to Diana, expressing his disappointment at both Charles's and her extra-marital affairs, and asking her to examine both his and her behaviour from the other's point of view.

Philip Mountbatten found the letters hard to take but nevertheless appreciated that he was acting with good intent.

At the time, Philip Mountbatten was on holiday at Balmoral with the extended royal family.

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For five days, Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten shielded their grandsons from the ensuing press interest by keeping them at Balmoral, where they could grieve in private.

Philip Mountbatten became the oldest-ever male British royal in February 2013 and the third-longest-lived member of the British royal family in April 2019.

In 2008, Philip Mountbatten was admitted to King Edward VII's Hospital, London, for a chest infection; he walked into the hospital unaided, recovered quickly, and was discharged three days later.

In June 2011, in an interview marking his 90th birthday, Philip Mountbatten said that he would now slow down and reduce his duties, stating that he had "done [his] bit".

On 4 June 2012, during the celebrations in honour of his wife's Diamond Jubilee, Philip Mountbatten was taken from Windsor Castle to King Edward VII's Hospital suffering from a bladder infection.

In June 2013, Philip Mountbatten was admitted to the London Clinic for an exploratory operation on his abdomen, spending 11 days in hospital.

In June 2017, Philip Mountbatten was taken from Windsor to London and admitted to King Edward VII's Hospital after being diagnosed with an infection.

Philip Mountbatten spent two nights in the hospital and was unable to attend the State Opening of Parliament and Royal Ascot.

Prince Philip Mountbatten retired from his royal duties on 2 August 2017, meeting Royal Marines in his final solo public engagement, aged 96.

On 3 April 2018, Philip Mountbatten was admitted to King Edward VII's Hospital for a planned hip replacement, which took place the next day.

On 17 January 2019,97-year-old Philip Mountbatten was involved in a car crash as his car pulled out onto a main road near the Sandringham Estate.

Philip Mountbatten apologised, and three weeks later voluntarily surrendered his driving licence.

From 20 to 24 December 2019, Philip Mountbatten stayed at King Edward VII's Hospital and received treatment for a "pre-existing condition", in a visit described by Buckingham Palace as a "precautionary measure".

Philip Mountbatten had not been seen in public since attending Lady Gabriella Kingston's wedding in May 2019.

On 16 February 2021, Philip Mountbatten was admitted to King Edward VII's Hospital as a "precautionary measure" after feeling unwell.

On 1 March 2021, Philip Mountbatten was transferred by ambulance to St Bartholomew's Hospital to continue treatment for an infection, and additionally to undergo "testing and observation" relating to a pre-existing heart condition.

Philip Mountbatten died of "old age" on the morning of 9 April 2021 at Windsor Castle, at the age of 99.

Philip Mountbatten was the longest-serving royal consort in world history.

Philip Mountbatten played polo until 1971, when he started to compete in carriage driving, a sport which he helped to expand; the early rule book was drafted under his supervision.

Philip Mountbatten was a keen yachtsman and struck up a friendship in 1949 with boat designer and sailing enthusiast Uffa Fox, in Cowes.

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Philip Mountbatten was presented with Royal Air Force wings in 1953, helicopter wings with the Royal Navy in 1956, and his private pilot's license in 1959.

Philip Mountbatten painted with oils and collected artworks, including contemporary cartoons, which hang at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Sandringham House, and Balmoral Castle.

Philip Mountbatten was "fascinated" by cartoons about the monarchy and the royal family and was a patron of The Cartoon Museum.

Philip Mountbatten's comment had no effect on Sino-British relations, but it shaped his own reputation.

In September 2021, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution honoured Philip Mountbatten by naming their new state-of-the-art lifeboat Duke of Edinburgh.

Philip Mountbatten has been portrayed by several actors, including Stewart Granger, Christopher Lee, David Threlfall, James Cromwell, and Finn Elliot, Matt Smith, Tobias Menzies, and Jonathan Pryce.

Originally holding the title and style of a prince of Greece and Denmark, Philip Mountbatten abandoned these royal titles before he married and was thereafter created a British duke, among other noble titles.

Philip Mountbatten was awarded medals from Britain, France, and Greece for his service during World War II, as well as ones commemorating the coronation of George VI and Elizabeth II and the silver, gold and diamond jubilees of Elizabeth.

Philip Mountbatten was appointed by George VI to the Order of the Garter on 19 November 1947, the eve of his wedding.

Since then, Philip Mountbatten received 17 different appointments and decorations in the Commonwealth, and 48 from foreign states.

Philip Mountbatten's paternal grandfather George I of Greece, born Prince William of Denmark, was a brother of Maria Feodorovna, wife of Emperor Alexander III.

Philip Mountbatten's maternal grandmother, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, was a sister of Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Emperor Nicholas II, and Elizabeth Feodorovna, wife of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia.