Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021), was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. He was the consort of the British monarch from Elizabeth's accession on 6 February 1952 until his death in 2021, making him the longest-serving royal consort in history. Philip was born in Greece, into the Greek and Danish royal families; his family was exiled from the country when he was eighteen months old. After being educated in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, he joined the Royal Navy in 1939, when he was 18 years old. In July 1939, he began corresponding with the 13-year-old Princess Elizabeth, the elder daughter and heir presumptive of King George VI. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh has received more than 68,878,802 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 71 in 2019). Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is the 7th most popular nobleman (up from 8th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Greece (up from 22nd in 2019) and the most popular Greek Nobleman.

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is most famous for being the husband of Queen Elizabeth II.