{"id":112358,"date":"2021-04-09T10:25:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T14:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=112358"},"modified":"2021-04-09T10:25:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T14:25:59","slug":"prince-philip-of-great-britain-dies-age-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=112358","title":{"rendered":"Prince Philip of Great Britain dies, age 99"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prince Philip<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another of The Greatest Generation has passed. Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, has passed at age 99. Having been married to Elizabeth for more than 70 years, he was first a Royal Navy officer during World War II.<\/p>\n

Born into royalty in Greece (his uncle was King), Philip’s father would be banished from Greece for life after being blamed for failures during the Greco-Turkish War immediately after World War I. With family ties to France, Britain, Denmark, and even Germany, Philip’s family left Greece when he was an infant.<\/p>\n

After his formal education, Philip had been living in England since the age of seven (with a brief stay in Greece with his mother in 1939), he joined the military and was appointed a midshipman in the British Royal Navy in 1940. He saw fleet service in the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean, and the Pacific throughout the war.<\/p>\n

Among his awards for his wartime service Philip received the 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, Atlantic Star, Burma Star w\/ Pacific clasp, Italy Star, War Medal 1939-1945 w\/ Mention in Despatches (analogous to an American Bronze Star for valor), the Greek War Cross (at the time the country’s second highest award for combat bravery), and French Croix de Guerre w\/ Palm (indicating a citation at the army-level, again analogous to an American Bronze Star for valor). He also received the Royal Family Order of Saints George and Constantine in 1941, the second highest honor of Greece.<\/p>\n

After the war he and Elizabeth were married in 1947. He continued his military service until 1952, with a final rank of commander. With Elizabeth’s father King George VI in ill health the young married couple assumed much of his royal duties. George VI died a short time later with Elizabeth ascending to the throne. The rest has already been written in the history books.<\/p>\n

Philip and Elizabeth II’s marriage is the longest of any British monarch. Philip had been the longest serving British royal consort (spouse of the monarch) since 2009. His complete list of awards and honors<\/a> is absurdly long.<\/p>\n

He’s entitled to a full state funeral, but his wishes were to have minimal “fuss.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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