菲臘親王於1921年出生，為希臘和丹麥王子，雖然是王子但擁有一個悲慘的童年，和家人流亡海外的他曾於多個國家接受教育。到1947年迎娶英女王，願意放棄所有希臘和丹麥的王室頭銜和繼承權。關於菲臘親王看似一個嚴肅的皇室成員，但也有不少趣事，例如根據英國皇室前御用廚師Darren McGrady所說，原來菲臘親王討厭有機食物，因為他看到由查理斯王子帶來的有機食物籃後，露出了一臉不屑的厭惡感。
然而他永遠也是英女王的「開心果」，經常被捕捉到與他聊天時的英女王總是帶著笑容，最經典的當然是1963年5月參觀威爾斯軍營時，英女王被罕有拍到笑至失控，甚至要彎腰扶著前方，被拍下最真性情的一面，從以下的10張相片感受菲臘親王的魅力。
Prince Philip of Greece, later Duke of Edinburgh, as a toddler, July 1922. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Prince Philip of Greece, later the Duke of Edinburgh, in costume for his role as Donalbane in a production of Macbeth at his Scottish school, Gordonstoun. (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
10th August 1951: Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, sitting at his desk at Clarence House. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
20th March 1947: The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh bowling at the nets during cricket practice at the Petty Officer's Training Centre at Corsham, Wiltshire, where he is a lecturer, 31st July 1947. (Photo by Douglas Miller/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
The Duke of Edinburgh and his page', 1953. Prince Philip (born 1921), consort of Queen Elizabeth II, in the robes he wore to her coronation on 2 June 1953, at Westminster Abbey in London. From The Queen Elizabeth Coronation Souvenir. [London, 1953]. Artist Sterling Henry Nahum Baron. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)
20th November 1947: Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace, London, after their wedding ceremony at Westminster Abbey. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
Waxworks of the British royal family at Madame Tussauds based on their likeness in 1952, London, 11th May 1977. Clockwise from left, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles and Princess Anne. (Photo by Graham Morris/Evening Standard/Getty Images)
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