Prince Philip of Greece dressed for the Gordonstoun schools production of Macbeth in Scotland, July 1935.

Prince Philip of Greece dressed for the Gordonstoun schools production of Macbeth in Scotland, July 1935. Fox Photos Getty.... Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten Duke of Edinburgh wave from a balcony at Buckingham Palace in London shortly after their wedding on Nov 20 1947. Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten Duke of Edinburgh wave from a balcony at Buckingham Palace in London shortly after their wedding on Nov 20 1947. Bettmann Archive Getty.. The Duke of Edinburgh with the Royal Navy in Turkey Aug 5 1951. Hulton-Deutsch Collection CORBIS The unanchored life bred insecurity into the young Greek or Danish as you would have it noble. He found a harbor in Gordonstoun a school set up in Scotland by a German exile who had helped to run a school by one of Philips relatives on the continent. Gordonstouns combination of pacificism and physical discipline would help define him for the rest of his life. He would send his first child Charles there to be inculcated in its almost monastic philosophies and the year-round cold showers and cult of derring do a kind of Shaolin Temple of the West. While its influence is clearly perceptible in the Prince of Wales the heir to the throne has reportedly told confidantes that he hated his time at Gordonstoun. The alternative could have been Eton where Charles might have made important connections. Instead Philips decision took his son away from a formative center of political and societal power and influence. Yet Gordonstoun was central to Philip. His pursuit of what might have been a lifelong career in the Royal Navy was propelled by Gordonstouns tenets. But then he met Princess Elizabeth the heiress presumptive to the throne. And while George VI may have looked askance at a Greek Orthodox royal from the wrong side of the track his daughter could not be argued into considering any other potential match. Philips uncle Lord Louis Mountbatten the closest to a real father he had would later claim credit for putting the future queen together with her consort. But the likelihood is that Lilibets passion for her distant cousin overcame any obstacles her father put in the way. The dynastys last crisis was over a matter of the heart When George VIs brother Edward abdicated in order to marry an American divorcee an impermissible entanglement for the head of the Church of England. In Elizabeths case the solution was simple Philip gave up Greek Orthodoxy and was accepted into the Anglican communion. They were married on Nov 20 1947 She was 21 he was 26. Adjusting to Royal Duties Being Consort to the British Sovereign may have been more difficult than any feat demanded by Gordonstoun. Philip was always one step behind Elizabeth always deferring to her in public. For a brief five years he had been the official head of the family indeed her official title until her accession was Duchess of Edinburgh then everything was hers. Her Majestys this Her Majestys that Her Majestys mark here there and everywhere. Philips reported insistence on leaving his own mark may have led to a post coronation rupture in their relationship. At one point he proposed changing the name of the dynasty to include his name at his marriage he had wisely given up Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glucksburg for his mothers surname Mountbatten. He wanted his family to be called the Mountbatten-Windsors. His wife would not hear of it. Furious, Philip reportedly said I m just a bloody amoeba Thats all One palace insider interpreted the outburst to mean that the Consort felt he was just the equivalent of a sperm donor. It would be nearly eight years between Elizabeths accession in 1952 and the birth of the couples third child, Andrew, in 1960. Their fourth and youngest child Edward was born in 1964. The Duke would always be sensitive about his role. Asked by the BBC about it he said Constitutionally I dont exist. The Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Elizabeth hold their children Prince Charles and Princess Anne Aug 1951 Keystone Hulton Archive Getty.... The Duke of Edinburgh attends the coronation ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London on June 2 1953 Reg Speller Fox Photos Hulton Archive Getty... Prince Philip at the controls of the royal helicopter July 28 1965 George W Hales ox Photos ulton Archive Getty... The dysfunctional nature of his own upbringing did little for Philips own child raring skills. His disastrous relationship with his eldest child Charles was an open secret, remarked on by everyone. The son could never seem to satisfy the father. Even as a grown man Charles was known to burst out in tears over remarks by Philip who preferred his second son, Andrew. His favorite child however was the no nonsense Princess Royal Anne his only daughter. Yet Philip was only one half of th familys parental machine. The Queen herself was perceived as a distant if not cold mother. 

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