and the men in white coats arrived and she was whisked away to a secure psychiatric clinic on lake constancet but for five years he didn't see have it all, he didn't hearfrom her, he didn't have a birthday card, and, at that point, his father decided that he wanted out as well. he went to live in the south of france with his mistress. prince philip's elder sisters were all on the point of marriage of already married and so prince philip was effectively orphaned. his whole family had sort of disintegrated and he was sent to england when he first arrived in this country aged nine to be looked after by his uncles, first of all, georgie milford haven, his mother's elder brother, and then he died and so that was another of the blows to afflict him, and then his more famous younger brother, louis mountbatten took over the job but then in between times, prince philip's sister was killed in an air crash, so it was one thing after another, really, and he had to cope with all of this as he was growing up. with all of this as he was growing u . _ , , ., ., with all of this as he was growing u -. , ,.,