Britain Express is a labour of love by David Ross, an avid historian, photographer, and 'Britain-ophile'. 176–178Alexandra, p. 42; Heald, p. 34. The Prince’s mother experienced a nervous breakdown, widely believed to have been catalysed by the myriad stresses and strains of the family’s dispossession, and the couple separated in 1930.Once again, the British Royal Family took it upon itself to assist its relations. Firstly, and as any one who knows the Duke will testify, he is possessed of one of the sharpest (and, it must be said, wickedest) senses of humour in the Royal Family. Indeed, the Duke’s propensity for voicing his opinions on everything from the habits of foreign-exchange students to the inadequacies of electrical wiring has bought him a rather unenviable reputation for being blunt almost to the point of offence.However, the Duke’s fondness for describing the world as he sees it, and for refusing to compromise his views in the interests of decorum, can be attributed to two main factors. Since 1952 he had completed 22,219 solo engagements. Secondly, and more seriously, his friends point out discreetly that the remarkable and often difficult circumstances of his own life have imbued him with a loathing of hypocrisy and an intense dislike of voicing sentiments which have little, if anything, to do with his own famously strong opinions.Born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark at the Greek Royal residence of Mon Repos on the island of Corfu on June 10 1921, Philip was instantly fêted by his family as a future hope of one of the world’s most celebrated Royal dynasties. Connect with us on Facebook. His father, Prince Andrew, was the grandson of King Christian IX of Denmark, while his mother, Princess Alice of Battenberg, was the eldest child of Prince Louis of Battenberg, and sister to Earl Mountbatten of Burma. When a revolutionary court sentenced Prince Andrew to death, he, his wife and their five children had little choice but to try to flee their home as quickly as possible. It is perhaps inevitable that Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich, will go down in the annals of history as the member of the Royal Family least afraid of speaking his mind. The nuptial knot between Philip and Queen was tied on November 20, 1947, and later, they were blessed with three sons and one daughter. Philip’s grandmother, the Marchioness of Milford Haven, had grown exceedingly fond of her blond-haired little grandson, and helped persuade his mother that an English education would provide him with not only a sense of stability, but would also be the best possible preparation for life as a serving member of Royalty. This drastic and traumatic change in circumstance did, however, serve to open up a rift between Prince Andrew and Princess Alice from which they never recovered. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is the Queen's husband. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Philip-duke-of-Edinburgh Although many traditionalists dismissed Hahn’s experiment as a somewhat Spartan fad – even by the notoriously harsh standards of the British boarding school – Philip proved that, for the right kind of pupil, it offered everything a growing boy could require, both physically and intellectually. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh at 73.

With this in mind, Philip was sent, at the age of 12, to continue his studies at Salem, a school in Southern Germany which belonged to one of his brothers-in-law. Not long after the National Socialist party came to power in Germany in January 1933, Hahn realised that he would not be able to continue his educational work under so repressive and dangerous a regime. The courtship of the Duke of Edinburgh and Queen Elizabeth II lasted really long. They have four children, Charles, Anne, Andrew and Edward. The King despatched a Royal Navy warship to evacuate the family just a day after the trial. Fellow pupils at the school included "Living off the State, A critical guide to UK Royal Finance", Jon Temple, 2nd edition 2012Starkey, speaking on BBC News Radio Four, 10 June 2011Lacey, p. 304; see also Heald, p. 245 for a Hong Kong version of the "round-eyed" joke.Pinches, J. H. & R. V., The Royal Heraldry of England, 1974, Heraldry Today.