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 When a man opens a car door for his wife, it`s either a new car or a new wife. "If it has four legs and is not a chair, has wings and is not an aeroplane, or swims and is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it." -- at the 1986 World Wildlife Fund conference
"British women can`t cook." (1966)
"Do you still throw spears?" -- to an Australian aborigine (2002)
Trivia
Briefly hospitalised with a chest infection in April 2008.
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Played by American actor James Cromwell in The Queen (2006).
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As a great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria, he is positioned at 496th in the line of succession to the British Throne.
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Became a naturalised British subject in 1947.
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Became the husband of a Princess in 1947, and so of a Queen in 1952, but did not become a Prince of the United Kingdom until 1957.
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The Greek Royal Family have no surname. When he gave up his title of Prince of Greece in 1947 he had to choose what to call himself. His Uncle Louis Mountbatten suggested Mountbatten, which is the anglicised version of his mother`s name before marriage.
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Among the other conditions Philip had to accept to in order to marry Elizabeth was that their children would not bear his name. By Letters Patent in 1960, Elizabeth gave her descendants surname Mountbatten-Windsor, except for those with the title "HRH" - which is a title used by all of her children and male-line grandchildren.
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Born on the dining-room table of his parents` house, Mon Repos.
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Famous - or infamous - for his public gaffes: When visiting China in 1986, he told a group of British students "If you stay here much longer, you`ll all be slitty- eyed;" he once asked a Scottish driving instructor "How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough for them to pass the test?"; he suggested the locals were cannibals on a visit to Papua New Guinea by asking a British student "You managed not to get eaten then?"; after accepting a gift from a Kenyan native, he said "You are a woman, aren`t you?"
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Grandson of George I (1845-1913), King of the Hellenes, and Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinova (1851-1926). George was the brother of Alexandra of Denmark, consort of King Edward VII. Olga was the niece of Tsar Alexander II of Russia. Philip was 5th in line to the Greek throne when his family had to flee into exile in 1922 after the Monarchy was overthrown by a military junta.
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Was appointed a Knight of the Garter by his father-in-law, King George VI.
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Brother-in-law of Princess Margaret.
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Son-in-law of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
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Grandfather of Peter Phillips, Zara Phillips, Prince William Windsor, Prince Harry Windsor, Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie, Lady Louise Windsor and James Mountbatten-Windsor (Viscount Severn).
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Father of Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Edward Wessex
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Created Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich on 19 November 1947.
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Appointed a Knight of the Garter in 1947, a Knight of the Thistle in 1952, a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire in 1953 and a Member of the Order of Merit in 1968.
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Admiral of the Fleet, Field Marshal and Marshal of the Royal Air Force since 1953.
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Is the Duke of Edinburgh, the Earl of Merioneth and the Baron Greenwich.
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Was the first President of World Wildlife Fund - UK (WWF) from its formation in 1961 to 1982.
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Prince Philip gained his RAF wings in 1953, his helicopter wings in 1956 and his private pilot`s licence in 1959.
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In April 1952, his wife made him a Knight of the Thistle.
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In June 1968, his wife appointed him to the Order of Merit.
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Spouse: Queen Elizabeth II (20 November 1947 - present) 4 children
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