PROFILE OF A PRINCE
May 25, 2020
3 minutes
THE REAL PRINCE PHILIP Stream* or watch from Monday June 8 at 8.30pm on HISTORY [608]
When it was announced in 1947 that the young Princess Elizabeth was to be married, her choice immediately stirred controversy.
Her husband-to-be was Prince Philip, a Corfu-born, German-descended heir to the thrones of Denmark and Greece – part of an exiled royal family lacking the lands and money other suitors boasted.
What’s more, he had a reputation as a dashing British Navy officer of strong character, more used to taking command than standing in the shadows.
Royal watchers worried he
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