"Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark; 10 June 1921[fn 1] – 9 April 2021), was a member of the British royal family as the husband of Queen Elizabeth II.
Philip was born in Greece, into the Greek and Danish royal families, but his family was exiled from the country when he was eighteen months old. After being educated in France, Germany and the UK, he joined the Royal Navy in 1939, aged 18. From July 1939, he began corresponding with the thirteen-year-old Princess Elizabeth, the daughter and heir of King George VI. Philip had first met her in 1934. During the Second World War he served with distinction in the British Mediterranean and Pacific fleets." - (en.wikipedia.org 11.08.2021)
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