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History | Citizenship

Sailor, sportsman, hero – and royal husband

Did he see more change than any of us will? Prince Philip has died aged 99. He led an extraordinary life and was a witness to some of the most momentous events in world history. Boarding the British battle cruiser HMS Calypso in December 1922, the royal couple knew they were lucky to escape Greece with their lives. Prince Andrew’s uncle, King Constantine, had been forced to abdicate; he himself had been imprisoned. Now, with his wife Princess Alice, he was being exiled. With them, carried in a cot made out of a fruit box, was their one-year-old son – Prince Philip.

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