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Prince Philip and prince CharlesRagne Nikkel
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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
• Born: 10.June.1921 as Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark.
• Family: o his mother was Princess Alice of
Battenberg.
o Father was Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark.
o He also had four elder sisters Margarita, Theodora, Cecilie, and Sophie.
Education
• Philip was first educated at an American school in Paris.
• In 1928, he was sent to the UK to attend Cheam School.
• In 1933, he was sent to Schule Schloss Salem in Germany
• After the rise of Nazism in Germany, he went to Gordonstoun School in Scotland. Gordonstoun Scool in
Scotland
Royal Navy and meeting Elizabeth
• After leaving Gordonstoun in 1939, Prince Philip joined the Royal Navy.
• Next year he graduated the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth.
• During the Second World War, he continued to serve in the British forces.
• In 1939, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth toured the Royal Naval College.
• Elizabeth fell in love with Philip and they began to exchange letters.
• (Elizabeth was 13 and Philip was 18 )
Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose, 1939 February
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip’s wedding.
• In the summer of 1946, Philip asked the King for his daughter's hand in marriage.
• Before the official engagement announcement, he abandoned his Greek and Danish royal titles.
• The King gave him, the style of His Royal Highness and the title Duke of Edinburgh.
• Philip and Elizabeth were married in Westminster Abbey, on 20th of November, 1947.
o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo6l6zALAXY
Their Children
• Prince Charles in 14.november 1948
• Princess Anne in 15.august 1950
• Prince Andrew in 19.February 1960
• Prince Edward in 10.March 1964
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales• Born: 14.november.1948
• When Charles was only three years old, his mother, Elizabeth II, was crowned (1952).
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Education• In his early years, he was educated by his
governess, Catherine Peebles• Age of 8 went to Hill House School in West
London.• and later Gordonstoun boarding school
in Scotland. • After Gordonstoun, Prince Charles went to
Trinity College, Cambridge, where he received a lower second class degree for Anthropology and archaeology.
• He also spent time at the University of Wales, where he began to learn Welsh.
• He later served in the Royal navy, from 1971 to 1978
First marriage
• In his early 30s, his parents put pressure on Charles to choose a wife and get married.
• He met Diana Spencer - a young nursery assistant.
• Charles was taken by her kindness and warm-heartedness.
• Prince Charles proposed to Diana on February 1981
• Married in St Paul's Cathedral on 29.July.1981
• (Diana was 20 and Charles was 33 years old )
Children• They had two children:
o Prince William born on 21.June.1982
o Price Henry (known as "Harry") born 15 September 1984.
Divorsce and Diana’s death
• The couple's age difference (almost 13 years), as well as Diana's concern about Charles's affair with his previous girlfriend Camilla.
• Charles and Diana divorced on 28 August 1996.
• 31 of August in 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales was killed in a car accident in Paris.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hoKjDa_-D4
Second marriage
• The engagement of Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles was announced on 10 February 2005.
• The wedding took place in a civil ceremony at Windsor Guildhall, on 9 April 2005.
Now Charles is a grandfather and Philip is a grand-grand father to
George Alexander Louis (22.july.2013)
Questions:
• How many sisters had prince Philip ?
• How old were prince Phillip and princess Elizabeth when they first met ?
• Why did prince Philip abandoned his Greek and Danish royal titles?
• How old were prince Charles when her mother, Elizabeth 2nd, was crowned?
• Who are Diana’s children?
• When and why did Diana died ?
• When did prince Charles and Camilla get married ?
Thank You For
Watching!Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles, cheer as competitors participate in a sack race at the Braemar Gathering in Braemar, Scotland.