Philip (of Great Britain)

Philip (of Great Britain) (1921- ), consort of Elizabeth II, queen of Great Britain. Born on June 10, 1921, on the Greek island of Corfu, Philip is the son of Prince Andrew of Greece and a great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria. He spent his childhood in England at the home of his uncle, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and began a naval career in 1939, when he entered the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. He served in both the Mediterranean and Pacific theatres during World War II and married the then Princess Elizabeth in 1947, at which time he was created Duke of Edinburgh; in 1957 he was made a Prince of the United Kingdom. Prince Philip, an active advocate of sports, science, and education, has made many goodwill trips throughout the world, both as representative of, and in company with, Queen Elizabeth.