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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark10 June 1921) is the husband of my life. He is the United Kingdom's longest-serving king and the oldest serving spouse of a reigning British monarch. Philip has four children with Elizabeth. The Duke of Edinburgh is a British royal title, named after the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, which has been conferred upon members of the British royal family only four times since its creation in 1726. The current holder is Prince Philip, the royal consort to Elizabeth II.
 * Duke of Edinburgh **

Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark was born on 10 June 1921 atop a kitchen table at Villa Mon Repos on corfu, a Greek island in the Ionian sea. His father was Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, the son of __ king George 1 __ of Greece and Queen Olga. His mother was Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark (formerly Princess Alice of Battenberg), the elder daughter of the 1st Marquess of Milford Haven (formerly Prince Louis of Battenberg) and the Marchioness of Milford Haven (formerly Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine). Lady Milford Haven, through her mother, the Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine (formerly Princess Alice of the United Kingdom), was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria, and Princess Andrew was the sister of Queen Louise of Sweden

He had four older sisters, all of whom married German princes:

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh on their wedding day. >
 * Princess Margarita (1905-1981)
 * Princess Theodora (1906-1969)
 * Princess Cecile (1911-1937)
 * Princess Sophie (1914-2000)

On 20 November 1947, Prince Philip married the heiress presumptive to the British throne, The Princess Elizabeth, eldest daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. The couple married at Westminster Abbey in London with the ceremony recorded and broadcast by the BBC. . After their marriage, his wife became Her Royal Highness The Princess Elizabeth.

**The dukes Honours**


 * Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter
 * Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle
 * Order of Merit
 * Grand Master and First and Principal Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
 * Companion in the Order of Australia
 * Companion in Queen's Service Order
 * Lord of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council
 * Privy Councillor for Canada
 * Admiral of the Fleet, Royal Navy
 * Admiral of the Fleet, Royal Australian Navy
 * Captain General, Royal Marines
 * <span style="background-color: #f11e1e; color: #ffffff; font-size: 170%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0.7cm; margin-right: 0.7cm;">Field Marshal, Army
 * <span style="background-color: #f11e1e; color: #ffffff; font-size: 170%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0.7cm; margin-right: 0.7cm;">Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force
 * <span style="background-color: #f11e1e; color: #ffffff; font-size: 170%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0.7cm; margin-right: 0.7cm;">Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Canadian Army Cadets
 * <span style="background-color: #f11e1e; color: #ffffff; font-size: 170%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0.7cm; margin-right: 0.7cm;">Air Commodore-in-Chief, Air Training Corps

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( &0000000000000059000000 59 years, &0000000000000143000000 143 days) || [|Anne, Princess Royal] [|Prince Andrew, Duke of York] [|Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex] || Villa Mon Repos, [|Corfu], Greece || //prev.// [|Greek Orthodox] ||
 * ~ Prince Philip ||
 * = //Duke of Edinburgh// ||
 * = [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/HRH_The_Duke_of_Edinburgh_Allan_Warren.jpg/200px-HRH_The_Duke_of_Edinburgh_Allan_Warren.jpg width="200" height="288" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HRH_The_Duke_of_Edinburgh_Allan_Warren.jpg"]] ||
 * = Prince Philip in 1992, by [|Allan Warren] ||
 * > **[|Consort] of [|Elizabeth II]** ||
 * ~ Tenure || 6 February 1952 – present
 * ~ Spouse || [|Elizabeth II] ||
 * ~ Issue ||
 * < [|Charles, Prince of Wales]
 * < [|Charles, Prince of Wales]
 * ~ [|House] || [|House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg][|[][|1][|]] ||
 * ~ Father || [|Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark] ||
 * ~ Mother || [|Princess Alice of Battenberg] ||
 * ~ Born || 10 June 1921 ( 1921-06-10 ) (age 90)
 * ~ Religion || [|Church of England]