Prince Philip: An extraordinary man who led an extraordinary life is dead at 99

The Duke of Edinburgh’s life was filled with contradictions but will be remembered most for his unstinting support of the Queen.

His mother and father met at the funeral of Queen Victoria in 1901. At a time when all but four of Europe’s nations were monarchies, his relatives were scattered through European royalty. Some royal houses were swept away by World War One; but the world into which Philip was born was still one where monarchies were the norm. His grandfather was the King of Greece; his great-aunt Ella was murdered along with the Russian tsar, by the Bolsheviks, at Ekaterinberg; his mother was a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria.

Source: Prince Philip: An extraordinary man who led an extraordinary life

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