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Prince Philip is 99 years old: 10 interesting facts about the long-lived monarch

'10.06.2020'

On Wednesday, June 10, Queen Elizabeth's husband celebrates his 99th birthday. II Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, reports New Time.

The grandson of the Greek king George I, the prince of Greece and Denmark, the father of the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, Prince Philip Mountbatten, the Duke of Edinburgh surprises and pleases with his thirst for life. Queen Elizabeth's wife celebrates her 99th birthday.

In 2017, at the age of 96, he announced that he was ceasing to fulfill the duties assigned to him as a member of the royal family. In January 2019, at the age of 97, he was in a car accident while driving. Last summer, at the age of 98, he was seen more than once in the goats of a sports cart in the garden of the Windsor Palace. But in December 2019, Prince Philip made him worried, as he was hospitalized after a minor viral illness, however, he spent Christmas with his family.

On the birthday of Prince Philip, June 10, 2020, the royal family unveiled a new official portrait of Queen Elizabeth and her husband.

Little Prince Philip was smuggled out of Greece in an orange box aboard a ship belonging to the Royal Navy of Great Britain on the orders of British King George V, after his father was arrested for treason during political unrest.
Prince Philip first met his future wife, then Princess Elizabeth, when she was 8 years old. It was at the wedding of Princess Marina of Greece and the Duke of Kent in 1934. The next time they met five years later.
Before becoming the husband of Princess Elizabeth, Prince Philip was poor. He had 12 pence in his bank account.
Prince Philippe designed the wedding gift design for Princess Elizabeth — an engagement ring and a bracelet. They went diamonds from the tiara of his mother - Princess Alice.
Another gift that Prince Philip made to his future wife - quit smoking before the wedding.
Prince Philip became the first member of the British royal family to give an interview for television. That was in May 1961. In it, he spoke about the week of technical training in the Commonwealth, founded on his initiative.
In 2016, British magazine GQ included the then-94-year-old Prince Philip in the Top 50 most elegantly dressed men of the year.
Prince Philip is a very thrifty person. So, in 2008, he asked the tailor to hem the trousers that he had first put on 52 years ago.
It is believed that Prince Philip pushed Prince Charles to make an offer to Lady Diana Spencer. In 1981, he wrote his son a categorical note, or to make an offer or break up with a young girl. Prince Charles and Diana got married six months later.
On December 15, 2016, Prince Philip broke the record of longevity among men - descendants of Queen Victoria. Before him, this record belonged to the uncle of King of Sweden Carl XVI Gustav Carl Johan Arthur Bernadotte, Count of Wiesborg, who died on May 5, 2012 at the age of 95 years, 6 months and 5 days.