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Denmark, he renounced these titles and his citizenship to marry Elizabeth. It is uncertain what his birth surname was, but he is a member of the Danish royal house of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gluc ksburg.
Philip's official sty le at birth was His Royal Highness Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmar k The Prince and Princess Andrew remained in residence on the island of Cor fu for 18 months. Greece was politically unstable, and it was expected t hat the monarchy would soon be overthrown.
After being exiled, th e marriage of Prince Philip's parents began to crumble. His mother declined into mental insta bility, religious mania, and subsequent institutionalisation. Prince Philip's education began at an American school in St Cloud.
Germany, studying at Salem, a school in Southern Germany which belonged to one of his brother s-in-law. The school was supervised by the celebrated educational pionee r Kurt Hahn.
The Duke broke the news to the new Queen at their tree top hotel. The Duke was resigned to the fac t that his naval career was now over, and he had a new role as the conso rt of the British monarch.
edit Consort Unlike the wife of a British monarch, there is no corresponding role for the husband of a reigning Queen. In compensation, the Queen allowed Phil ip a free hand in the upbringing of their children, allowing Philip to d ecide on their education and future careers.
Philip bitterly remarked that he had been "turned into an amoeba." The Duke of Edinburgh has supported the Queen in her role for the past fi fty years. The Queen and Duke attend state visits abroad, and receive fo reign dignitaries together. The Duke often carries out his own separate engagements on behalf of the Queen at home and abroad.
On the golden jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 2002, the Duke was commend ed by the Speaker of the House of Commons, for his role in supporting th e Queen during her reign.
M ohamed Al-Fayed, even suggested in court that the Duke was responsible f or ordering Diana's death, remarks that led the Duke and the other membe rs of the Royal Family to remove their coats of arms from Harrods.
T his was to address the Duke's complaint that he was the only father in t he country unable to pass his name to his children. In practice, however , the Queen and Prince Philip's children all used Mountbatten-Windsor as the surname they prefer for themselves and their children. After her accession to the throne, the Queen also announced that the Duke was to have place, pre-eminence and precedence next to the Queen on all occasions and in all meetings, except where otherwise provided by Act o f Parliament. This means the Duke is the first gentleman of the land, an d takes precedence over his son, the Prince of Wales.
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