Love affair with Australia
Apr 18, 2021
2 minutes
Despite his 16 official tours to Australia with the Queen and four visits on his own, Prince Philip’s love affair with Australia truly began during World War II.
After becoming a young naval officer cadet in 1939, he joined the ageing battleship HMS as midshipman in 1940, escorting Australian and New Zealand troop ships to Suez in
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