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Prince Philip's Start In Life
Born on the Greek island of Corfu in June 1921, Philip was the great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria and nephew of Constantine I of Greece, whose 1922 abdication forced the young infant and his family to flee their home country.
Philip spent stretches of time in France, England and Germany, and was notably scarred by tragedies, including the institutionalization of his mother and death of his beloved older sister in a plane crash.
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'Being married to the queen, it seemed to me, my first duty was to serve her in the best way I could.''
PRINCE PHILIP
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“He is someone who doesn’t take easily to compliments but he has, quite simply, been my strength and stay all these years, and I … owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim or we shall ever know.”
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
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Meeting The Future Queen
- Philip and Elizabeth first met in 1934, when he was 13 and she was 8.
- Five years later, the pair crossed paths again: As Elizabeth’s cousin recalled in her autobiography, the princess “was truly in love from the very beginning.”
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"By the ’80s, he [Prince Philip] had written nine books. He was the first person in the royal family to use television. He did a television documentary. He persuaded the Queen in 1957 to televise her annual Christmas message. And he even taught her how to use a teleprompter. He was the first ...
BIOGRAPHER SALLY BEDELL SMITH
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Broadcasting The Coronation Of The Queen
- A commission chaired by Prince Philip proposed broadcasting the 1953 investiture ceremony that formally named Elizabeth II as queen on live television.
- Even if Prime Minister Winston Churchill expressed clear disapproval, the queen came around to the idea
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Television As A Way Of Connecting With The People
The years after the coronation of Queen Elisabeth II the royals continued to embrace television as a way of connecting with the British people:
- In 1957, the queen delivered her annual Christmas address during a live broadcast.
- Four years later, in 1961, Ph...
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The Demystification Of The Royals
- The BBC began filming its “Royal Family” documentary in June 1968. Philip oversaw the process and sought to ensure the royals were presented in a humanizing light.
- Though the documentary has strong viewership, Buckingham Palace decided to ...
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Prince Philip's Start In Life
- He was born on 10 June 1921 on the Greek island of Corfu. His heritage made him a prince of Greece and Denmark, but the following year the family was banished from Greece after a coup.
- In 1930, when he was eight years old, his moth...
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