A Posthumous Happy Birthday to His Royal Highness, The Duke of Edinburgh
His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (6/10/1921 - 4/9/2021) Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark was born in Mos Repos, Corfu, Greece to Prince Andrew of Greece & Denmark, a grandson of King Christian IX of Denmark, and Princess Alice of Battenberg, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. He grew up in numerous places from France to the United Kingdom where he was under the guardianship of two of his maternal uncles for his formative years, George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven and Louis Mountbatten, Earl of Burma. After graduating from Gordonstoun, he pursued a passionate naval career where he inevitably became an Admiral of the Fleet. Eventually, he married Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, the eldest daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth with whom he had four children. He was thus ennobled as His Royal Highness, Philip Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich with the surname of Mountbatten in honour of his uncle. His naval career