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- NAME: Prince Philip
- OCCUPATION: Duke, Prince
- BIRTH DATE: June 10, 1921 (Age: 91)
- EDUCATION: Cheam School, Schule Schloss Salem, Gordonstoun School
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Corfu, Greece
- AKA: Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark
- AKA: Duke of Edinburgh
- AKA: Prince Philip
- AKA: Philip Mountbatten
- Full Name: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich
- AKA: Philip Battenberg
- AKA: Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
- AKA: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
- ZODIAC SIGN: Gemini
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Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, is best known as the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, the father of Prince Charles and the grandfather of Prince William.
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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The Biography Channel website. 2013. Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/prince-philip-9284324. Accessed May 24, 2013.
On the morning of the wedding, Philip became the Duke of Edinburgh, the Earl of Merioneth and the Baron of Greenwich. He and Elizabeth had four children: Charles, Anne, Andrew and Edward. Prince Charles is their oldest child, and the heir apparent to the throne.
King George died on February 6, 1952,
leaving Elizabeth as his heir. Philip and Elizabeth heard the news of his death while traveling in Kenya. The accession of Elizabeth to the throne raised the question of the name of the royal house. On the advice of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Elizabeth proclaimed that the house would be known as the House of Windsor. The children of Philip and Elizabeth bear the last name Mountbatten-Windsor.
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