has started life was uneasy when he was one year years old he's father prince andrew greece was banished from his country because of a coup d'etat when he was 7 is mother was diagnosed as a schizo printing and unfortunately was put in an asylum the so very little of. that for the rest of his life but. in this age of political correctness he was of course famous for some of his gaffes. very dry sense of humor i was often amused by him and he was very a river and go some of the things he said are quite unrepeatable he didn't suffer fools gladly but. i actually my brother was prince charles's private section for some time and had dealings with the judge and he said one thing to me he didn't reveal much makes i was a journalist but he did say he was very relaxed within him self and. that was his character and he didn't mind about everybody else who now has a thoughts obviously with the queen and by her own admission philip was such a rock for her i want must have been quite a lonely role. indeed. she told him her straight thursday to cheer on streets and it was said that he was the only man

philip's mother, princess andrew of greece _ hold. eece had accompanied her son to the abbey. at the service she walked proudly behind king george vi and queen elizabeth, but much of the rest of his family wasn't welcome. philip's three surviving sisters were not invited, with their german connections, soon so —— so soon after the war this would have been unthinkable. the young couple became symbolic of a new age, a princess and the newly titled his royal highness the duke of edinburgh. thea;r highness the duke of edinburgh. they had seen london _ highness the duke of edinburgh. iiez1: had seen london bombed, highness the duke of edinburgh. tiez1: had seen london bombed, they highness the duke of edinburgh. ti21: had seen london bombed, they had seen people they loved by, they had beenin seen people they loved by, they had been in the thick of it, and they wanted a safer, better world, and they were proud.— they were proud. well, everyone seemed to _ they were proud. well, everyone seemed to think— they were proud. well, everyone seeme

he was the son of prince andrew of greece and princess alice of denmark.d queen elizabeth. >> he was very accomplished. you always see him through her prism, you're right. he was quite an accomplished person -- >> 20-year-old second lieutenant, he fought in world war ii bravely, won a lot of medals for that. >> a varied life. some of his comments have been seen as right wing, conservative, upper crust. he was also president of the world wildlife foundation for 15 years, advocating for endangered animals. he's a complicated and interesting figure. >> a life well lived. >> i was going to say, exactly right. >>> here's some of the other stories we think you'll be talking about today -- a florida man has been released from prison after serving more than three decades for a crime he says he didn't commit. [ cheers ] >> jubilation. 63-year-old crosley green and his family had this emotional reunion tuesday. he was convicted of murder in 1990 even though there was no physical evidence linking him to the crime. a federal judge overturned the conviction in 2018 rul

after a coup in 1922, his father, prince andrew of greece, was banished from the country by a revolutionaryn see behind me is the greek orthodox church in which the young prince philip of greece was baptised. his family home isn't far from where i am standing. but, of course, the young prince didn't spend very long on this island. he was just 18 months old when his family was forced to flee among conflict and great political instability. a dramatic escape by all accounts having a british warship. the young prince, apparently, carried to safety in the kind of wooden crate used to transport oranges. it was the beginning of a pretty turbulent childhood for prince philip as his family moved around all over europe, and they actually split up. we are told the duke of edinburgh never returned to the island of his birth. nevertheless, they will tell you here that they still feel a pretty strong connection to the duke, to the british royal family. i spoke with the mayor of corfu who sent a special letter of condolence to the queen, the british royal family, who says that they do still feel that time

greece. two of his sons were naval officers, prince charles and prince andrew, taking up where he had left off elizabeth in 1939 when she visited britannia royal naval college in dartmouth with her parents. active service came during world war ii in 1940 as a midshipman on the old battleship hms ramillies. years later, he reflected on life as a sailor. you are exposed to the elements in a way which you are not onshore at any time because you've got your feet in the earth, as it were. and you've got some sort of security, shelter and so on. whereas, at sea, you are in a cockle shell, in this enormous expanse of the ocean, so that tends to cut you down to size. in 1941, philipjoined hms valiant, operating in some danger in the mediterranean. during battle of cape matapan, he earned a mention in dispatches for directing such lights on enemy cruisers. we were hit by two bombs. the whole ship bent like that with the explosion. and actually bent sufficiently for some of the hatches down below to be jammed so several people rang up and said, please can you get a tin opener, we'd like to get out, you

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