it could not be the royal house of mountbatten.wouldn't allow it, the royal family wouldn't allow it. >> within the family domain, prince philip's function was head of the household, but in the public arena, as consort to the queen, no role had been clearly defined for him. it would be up to the duke of edinburgh to carve it out. >> prince philip was somebody who was a bit of a workaholic, if anything should be known. he was full of ideas, full ofas energy. i think it was quite difficultas for the queen and the courtiers to actually know what to do with him. >> in response to this challenge, prince philip decided he could use his influence to champion areas of life oftenon overlooked at the time. >> ladies and gentlemen, it is clearly our duty as citizens to see tt science is used for the benefit of mankind, for what use is science if man does not survive? >> british technology, science and industry were early beneficiaries, but the range of issues prince philip would come to engage with was impressive, illustrating from the outset

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werejust philip and his uncle mountbatten were just two of the characters who are going to, sort of, of looking more closely at his life and what was available in the box but it struck me was an extraordinary story there was, really, there, but hadn't been properly, you know, brought out, really. philip eade, fascinating to talk to you. thank you very much. we have just had a statement from downing street saying that boris johnson won't be there for the funeral next saturday. as a result of the coronavirus regulations, only 30 people can attend the funeral of his royal highness the prince philip. the prime minister has throughout wanted to act in accordance with what is best for the royal household and so to allow for as many family members as possible will not be attending the funeral on saturday. my understanding is that the protocol around this is that in advance of a funeral like this, in fact, even prior to the death, a list of attendees is already drawn up. clearly, in conventionaltimes, the list would be much longer. the context of the coronavirus restrictions, it is much daug

he changed his name to philip mountbatten and became a british citizen.here was a romance. yet within buckingham palace, philip was regarded with suspicion. 0ne courtier wrote privately that he was "rough, uneducated and would probably not be faithful". but elizabeth was deeply in love, and in the summer of 19117 the palace announced their engagement. tv: it is with the greatest pleasure that the king and queen announce| the betrothal of their dearly beloved daughter, princess| elizabeth, to lieutenant philip mountbatten rn. | on november 20, 1947, the newly created philip, duke of edinburgh stood within westminister abbey and exchanged marriage vows with the heir to the british throne. i, philip, take thee elizabeth alexandra mary, to my wedded wife. tv: again and again, the people | called for elizabeth and philip. | again and again, they joyfully responded. i in 1952, the couple set off on a tour of the commonwealth. the king came with them to the airport. it was the last time they would see king george vi, who, unknown to his daughter, was in the fina

it is a mountbatten family tradition, do spend 18 years of planning a funeral. i family tradition, dotion, do spend 18 years of planning a funeral. i suppose one of planning a funeral. i suppose one ofthe of planning a funeral. i suppose one of the advantages _ of planning a funeral. i suppose one of the advantages is _ of planning a funeral. i suppose one of the advantages is he's _ of planning a funeral. i suppose one of the advantages is he's lived - of planning a funeral. i suppose one of the advantages is he's lived at. of the advantages is he's lived at 99. he had a lot of time to plan is. i think that's fantastic. things like the action stations played as he's lowered into the royal volt at st. george's chapel. this is fabulous stop. i'd love to have that at my funeral. he's got some of his insignia going to be on the altar to show he's greek and danish heritage. i think the choir, they are going to be reduced to four. for i think the choir, they are going to be reduced to four.— be reduced to four. for a? that's amazin: be reduced to four. for a? that's amazing that _ be reduc

in southern germany to marry elizabeth he became british and changed his name from battenberg to mountbatten. prince phillip had an infamous sense of humor which often crossed the boundary of political correctness but he understood his secondary role and always had the queen's back with the loyalty diligence and worked prince philip earned respect during his 73 years of marriage to queen elizabeth the 2nd from subjects in britain and from royal fans in germany. now one of the most photographed statues in europe is undoubtedly michelangelo's david $2000000.00 people visit their nacelles masterpiece in florence every year just imagine the time savings if there were more well there will be because we store as a using the law. just technology to make a perfect clone the finished product will be on show this october at the world expo in dubai in the meanwhile he is a taster get by. ok want to race. you know water is never far away. water and we'll see what the people of all the book made of it that's going to be the coming being for my tour of the city today and it's always have a lot on my list

they started living in the villa which was owned by his uncle lord mountbatten. met her majesty she described that as some of the best years of her life. she was simply a naval officer's wife and she could go around and go shopping and go dancing and enjoying herself. for then that was something they kept remembering and every time they met a maltese dignitary they always record the time in mortar. apart from the fact that we have all noticed that for them mortar was something special and the queen herself came to malta no less than six times in the last time she was here was in 2015 for the heads of government meeting. the prince himself, prince philip himself, beyond that even came in his own three or four beyond that even came in his own three orfour times on beyond that even came in his own three or four times on other occasions. he came by himself to present the constitutional instruments to the prime minister in 1964. the relationship is quite strong and what is happening now is that government has managed to acquire the villa for a very large sum of money

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but that was true, the significance of that family name to mountbatten to be more british.was introduced to the queen when he was just 13 years old. you can see all of touches today giving us a picture of who he was. >> there will be members of the german side here for his funeral. they were not in attendance to his wedding to the queen so many years ago because of fall-out from world war ii. what we're watching right now are the military bands beginning to play music in the quadrangle of windsor castle. they're awaiting the coffin to be delivered from windsor castle. that should happen in about six minutes from now. we will watch it live as it does. tim, let's continue on with what daisy was saying. he met the queen when she was just 13 years old. >> yes. it is really quite an extraordinary love story. he impressed her immediately. the suggestion, he was a young naval cadet, she was visiting the naval college at dartmouth with her father, king george vi. sincere said that the meeting had been engineered by lord louie mountbatten who was prince philip's uncle, and prince ph

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i remember lord mountbatten talking to me when i was first sea lord.think the competition would have been very strong, actually, he would have got it. do you? oh, yes. royal duties were now his first priority. but the duke maintained his interest in britain's maritime heritage. and, on the 50th anniversary of the end of the war, he was quick to leave the royal podium to march alongside his old comrades. i look back there at the lasting importance of the royal navy for the duke of edinburgh. through his extensive support for charities and organisations across the commonwealth family as well as his countless visits with the queen and individually to commonwealth countries, the duke of edinburgh championed and celebrated the wonderful diversity and achievements of the commonwealth's 2.4 billion people. it is a fact well known the dedication that the queen feels to the commonwealth, but this was shared by the duke of edinburgh? very much so. the duke accompanied the queen on four of her 251 overseas visits and a third of those were the commonwealth countri

certainly, at the instigation, my uncle, lord mountbatten...rce, i think. but then i wouldn't have been here now. why? well, do you know anybody who joined the air force in 1939 and is still alive today? very few, i can tell you. you're assuming, perhaps, you would have been a fighter pilot? any sort of pilot had a jolly difficult time. statistically, it was quite impossible for any bomber crew to do a full tour of 20 sorties. moving back from the air force, which you never did join, to the navy, which you did, there is a model here of the ship you commanded, the magpie. what about that period, being in command of a ship? it didn't last very long. i only had herfor a year i only had her for a year because i only had herfor a year because i then had to... it all got rather difficult. the late king wasn't very well and it was decided that we should go to canada in 1951, so i had to come back for that. and then the king was going to go to australia, but he couldn't, so we were a set of on that. of course, he died, so that was the end of the sort o

his uncle was lord mountbatten, the last viceroy of india and the first governor general of an independentce philip was also stationed in the region when he served in the royal navy and during the second world war he was stationed in sri lanka. he visited india on a number of occasions with her majesty the queen. one of the most notable trips being in 1961 when they came here and they were guest of india and the annual republic day parade. during that trip, they also visited the taj mahal and played polo. prince philip didn'tjust have those official connections, he also had some strong personal connections in india. he was very close to the royal family and the story goes that every year on his birthday, the royalfamily would send him a box of alphonso mangoes, so much did he enjoy eating them. talking to other people here, many indians remember the impact the duke of edinburgh scheme had in their schools years ago. it was a big thing here as well and i was talking to one woman who remembers getting her duke of edinburgh award from prince philip himself, he was visiting the school at the t

he has been quoted by saying by his uncle oro mountbatten -- there was an emotional connection betweenhe was committed to doing his duty in the way people of that generation perceived duty to be, to be loyal and constant and steadfast, which history will judge is what he did. anchor: many thanks, nicholas witchell, our royal correspondent. tributes have been paid to the duke since his death was announced earlier. we have reaction to news of the duke's death. reporter: the union flag at half mast above the palace where he spent so much of his working life and placed on the gates the official announcement of the duke of edinburgh's death. pm johnson: it is to her majesty and her family that our nation's thoughts must turn today because they have lost not just a much love and highly respected public figure, but a devoted husband and a proud and loving father, grandfather, and in recent years, great grandfather. reporter: his presence and significance in british national life recognized in the tributes >> the u.k. has lost an incredible public servant in prince philip. he dedicated his lif

in southern germany to marry elizabeth he became british and changed his name from battenberg to mountbatten. prince phillip had an infamous sense of humor which often crossed the boundary of political correctness but he understood his secondary role and always had the queen's back with the loyalty diligence and worked prince philip earned respect during his 73 years of marriage to queen elizabeth the 2nd from subjects' in britain and from royal fans in germany. now one of the most photographed statues in europe is undoubtedly michelangelo's david $2000000.00 people visit him in a sense masterpiece in florence every year just imagine the time savings if there were more well there will be because restores a using the law. just technology to make a perfect clone the finished product will be on show this october at the world expo in dubai in the meanwhile he is a taster to buy. eco africa. this image is deceptive because bats are endangered in rolonda. she means fear them and chase them away. but these creatures really support the ecosystem. and one organisation is coming to their rescue. eco a

the young lieutenant philip mountbatten spent his leave at the castle visiting the then—princess elizabethhey spent many of the happiest moments of their 73 years together at windsor. and it was within the ancient walls of this castle, that the nation paid its final tributes. music: i vow to thee my country. drawn up in the spring sunshine on the castle�*s quadrangle were the military detachments. they stood with heads bowed and rifles reversed. the scale was smaller than would have been the case without the pandemic, though that's hardly something that would have troubled the duke. he, after all, had choreographed much of what was to follow. the land rover hearse, which the duke had helped to design, moved to its position by the state entrance. the duke's coffin was borne on the shoulders of a bearer party from the grenadier guards. the coffin was covered with the duke's personal standard and surmounted with his sword and naval cap, and a wreath from the queen. with great care, it was placed on the hearse. behind the hearse were members of the royal family who were walking to the chapel,

family, lord mountbatten side of the family, lord mountbatten side of the family, lord mountbatten diedburgh remembered, a special programme looking back at the life of prince philip, will be shown on bbc one at seven o'clock tonight. and you can follow live coverage of prince philip's funeral in a special programme tomorrow from 12:30 here on bbc one, with further coverage of the event later in the evening from ten past eight. the funeral will also be broadcast on bbc radio [i and radio five live from 2pm. it is 23 minutes past seven. this morning, the scottish liberal democrats will launch its manifesto ahead of elections to the scottish parliament in may. it includes proposals to rebuild the economy after the pandemic, while opposing plans for a second independence referendum while the coronavirus threat remains. the party's leader, willie rennie, joins us now from fife. good morning. good morning. what is our good morning. good morning. what is your message — good morning. good morning. what is your message to _ good morning. good morning. what is your message to scottish _ good mor

southern germany so mary elizabeth he became british and changed his name from patton birth to mountbatten. prince phillip had an infamous sense of humor which often crossed the boundary of political correctness but he understood his secondary role and always had the queen's park with the loyalty diligence and where it prince philip earned respect during his 73 years of marriage to queen elizabeth the 2nd from subjects' in britain and from royal fans in germany. now one of the most photographed statues in europe is undoubtedly michelangelo's david $2000000.00 people visit there were nice aunts masterpiece in florence every year just imagine the time savings if there weren't more of them well there will be because restores a using the latest technology to make a perfect clone the finished product will be on show this october and the world expo in dubai in the meanwhile he's a taster good buy. the biggest the cowards the soft target in the lawsuit cars carrying objects of climate change i mean felt obliged for a station in the rain forest to carbon dioxide emissions bristling at the bill all

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and of course, in charles's younger days, it was earl mountbatten who became his sort of father figuret apparently charles and his father were talking daily towards the end of prince philip's life. and it's kind of nice to know that background when you saw the moving tribute that charles gave, to come out and do it off—the—cuff was exactly the right kind of tone, to thank the nation for all their support also is the right thing to do. it was a very relaxed kind of address, not some kind of big national moment — just somebody who misses his dad terribly. and he wanted to say thank you for everyone else because they are grieving too. the you for everyone else because they are grieving too.— are grieving too. the sunday times has a similar— are grieving too. the sunday times has a similar headline, _ are grieving too. the sunday times has a similar headline, "charles - has a similar headline, "charles pays tribute to his dear papa." it's much easier, isn't it, to understand what they're going through when you just think of them as a normal family. yes, they are a royalfamily with lots of

he changed his name to philip mountbatten and became a british citizen. palace, many courtiers were wary of him, but elizabeth was in love, and in the summer of 1947, the palace announced their engagement. it is with the greatest| pleasure that the king and queen announce - the betrothal of their dearly beloved daughter the princess elizabeth and lieutenant - philip mountbatten. they were married in westminster abbey on the 20th of november, 19117. after all the traumas of the second world war, a moment for celebration. again and again, the people called for elizabeth and philip! again and again, they joyfully responded. in 1952, the couple set off on a visit to the commonwealth. the king, george vi, waved them off from the airport. nobody realised he was in the final stages of lung cancer. a few days later, at a hunting lodge in kenya, philip broke the news to his wife that her father had died and that she was now queen. as george vi returns - to his sorrowing capital... they returned to london to lead the nation's morning. it was a challenging moment fo

his uncle, dicky mountbatten was engineering events behind the scenes.isiting the college before the war, they arranged that elizabeth should meet prince philip of greece, as he was then. what the stories don't really tell you, the queen mother was so affected by this meeting, she insisted on entering through the gate of the college. if you look at one of those classic pictures, on the right—hand side is the captains house, and then down the side is the garden, and the royal family after that one meeting always used to enter the grounds of the college through the wicket gate, and through up through the wicket gate, and through up to the house. this through the wicket gate, and through up to the house-— up to the house. this is how traditions — up to the house. this is how traditions are _ up to the house. this is how traditions are born, - up to the house. this is how traditions are born, so - up to the house. this is how. traditions are born, so simply. there is a funny story about pyjamas and a pilot? there is a funny story about py'amas and a ilot? ,

he been,, but mountbatten said to him, no, youjoin the navy.— no, you 'oin the navy.tant, keeping these convovs — most important, keeping these convoys going up and down the east coast _ convoys going up and down the east coast of— convoys going up and down the east coast of england, protecting them from german surface raiders and narrowly— from german surface raiders and narrowly his ship was almost hit by torpedoes— narrowly his ship was almost hit by torpedoes and he was involved in firefights. — torpedoes and he was involved in firefights, so serious war at sea. and again — firefights, so serious war at sea. and again in the mediterranean his ship was _ and again in the mediterranean his ship was attacked from the air in sicily. _ ship was attacked from the air in sicily. so — ship was attacked from the air in sicily, so he saw a lot. speaking of the raf, _ sicily, so he saw a lot. speaking of the raf, he — sicily, so he saw a lot. speaking of the raf, he flew deep into his 70s, he was _ the raf, he flew deep into his 70s, he was proud of his ability. 5000 hours o

southern germany so mary elizabeth he became british and changed his name from patton birth to mountbatten. prince philip had an infamous sense of humor which often crossed the boundary of political correctness but he understood his secondary role and always had the queen's park with the loyalty diligence and worked prince philip found respect during his 73 years of marriage to queen elizabeth the 2nd from subjects' in britain and from royal fans in germany. now one of the most photographed statues in europe is undoubtedly michelangelo's david $2000000.00 people visit there were nice aunts masterpiece in florence every year just imagine the time savings if there were more well there will be because we store as a using the latest technology to make a perfect clone the finished product will be on show this october at the world expo in dubai in the meanwhile he is a taster good buy. w.'s crime fighters are back to africa's most successful radio drama series continues in the whole episode are available online and of course you can share and discuss on t.w. africa's facebook page and other soci

can't force love or attraction, but you can hope for it and that is certainly what we say louis mountbattenwith some distrust. yes, he had a couple of royal titles, but he was from kind of the wrong side of the royal tracks if you like he didn't really come with much money. he wasn't really what they had imagined the young princess should be going for. so he had quite a tough time when he first came on the scene. >> victoria, to your point, i mean here are two people who are married at 26 and 21 at that point great britain still reeling from the second world war. they have spent more than 70 years together who fills that void now for queen elizabeth? >> i think that very much depends on covid at the moment of course the uk's lockdown restrictions are easing slightly things seem to be going in the right direction. you would naturally assume it would be prince charles. of course he spends his time in various locations. he splits it between london and gloucestershire. number summer, scotland, of course he has his own wife and it's charles and camilla's 16th anniversary today so that's another

suspicious of him outside the court lots of people thought he was under the influence of verbal mountbatten his uncle who was trying to pull the strings of the queen so. he was on a no win situation he was never going to be a popular figure straight away but he was determined having seen what happened to the greek row family that it wouldn't happen in britain he would not nies he would shape things he would discipline the royal family and keep it on the straight and narrow as you said he was the queen's connoisseur's a woman married to a monarch is able to acquire the title queen he could never be king though because he was not of royal blood do you think that mattered to him was he just not impressed by by by titles such as that. well of course he wasn't royal blood he was a prince of denmark and greece but because he peed born into the royal system he knew how it worked and if you are if you marry a sovereign which is effectively what he did you know that you're going to walk 2 paces behind your wife and he signed up for that pretty early on he recognized that this was his role in life an

the late lady mountbatten told me that when her son was killed in the atrocity that killed earl mountbattenre was a story about a yachtsman who he had met at cowes and the man was dying of cancer. he wrote a long letter again, to the man that he thought he should have. it was a side didn't like to show. i think he was that generation where you keep those things private. that generation where you keep those things private-— things private. that was interesting, _ things private. that was interesting, i— things private. that was interesting, i was - things private. that was interesting, i was aboutj things private. that was i interesting, i was about to things private. that was - interesting, i was about to ask things private. that was _ interesting, i was about to ask you why people felt that was the case? his upbringing, his schooling and i am interested in what people said to you about his very difficult early years? flit you about his very difficult early ears? . ., , ., ., you about his very difficult early ears? .., , ., ., , years? of course, he had a very problematic— years? of course,

in southern germany so mary elizabeth he became british and changed his name from battenberg to mountbatten. prince phillip had an infamous sense of humor which often crossed the boundary of political correctness but he understood his secondary role and always had the queen's back with the loyalty diligence and worked prince philip earned respect during his 73 years of marriage to queen elizabeth the 2nd from subject in britain and from royal fans in germany. now one of the most photographed statues in europe is undoubtedly michelangelo's david $2000000.00 people visit there were nacelles masterpiece in florence every year just imagine the time savings if there were more well there will be because we store as a using the law. just technology to make a perfect clone the finished product will be on show this october at the world expo in dubai in the meanwhile he is a taster go buy. something . to. eat go to africa. this image is deceptive because bats are endangered in montana. she was fear of them and chased them away. but these creatures really support bigger systemic. and one organisation

, the last viceroy of india. _ mountbatten, the last viceroy of india. the — mountbatten, the last viceroyespective of where they come — individual, irrespective of where they come from, and often with a wicked _ they come from, and often with a wicked sense of humour, that is what ithink— wicked sense of humour, that is what i think leaves the impression here. thank— i think leaves the impression here. thank you — i think leaves the impression here. thank you so much for sharing some of your memories of the duke of edinburgh with us here on breakfast. that is kevin rod, former prime minister of australia. appreciate your time. thank you for making us laugh as well. your time. thank you for making us laugh as well-— your time. thank you for making us laugh as well. thank you very much. of all the stories, _ laugh as well. thank you very much. of all the stories, that _ laugh as well. thank you very much. of all the stories, that is _ laugh as well. thank you very much. of all the stories, that is up - of all the stories, that is up there. that is a good one. and well told as well. it there

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have a land rover hearst, for example, as opposed to the traditional case, which is what admiral mountbatteneated a picnic cart. there are all sorts of things that he did. >> also, he went his own way and he did his own thing. and even back in the beginning where there were concerns -- >> let's listen. ♪ >> the land rover arrives at the stairs of the great west door. the world navy piping party, pipes "still" as the coffin is taken into the chapel, where they will pipe and the pallbearers take their position along the steps. also, there are the commonwealth defense advisers from australia, canada, new zealand, trinadad. >> the coffin is about to be carried off the land rover and taken up the steps. members of the royal family gathering at the bottom of those steps. the scene of so many historic moments over the years at windsor castle. >> yes, obviously many people will remember harry and meaghan's wedding and many happy occasions, and there have been many royal funerals. it's so striking to see the duke of edinburgh. it's so sad to see the royal family commemorating him. >> a moment of sile

royals got booted out of greece and he was without a name, really, and was kind of adopted by lord mountbatten became his surname. and he was the great love, obviously, of queen elizabeth's life. but an important figure whose job was to be in the background and was not, you know, the times when he made news were mostly, unfortunate, because he was saying something crass or he was saying something kind of racist. this was years ago. he -- his job really was to be more quiet, but to support the institution of monarchy. also to raise the prince of wales, the next, the next monarch, prince charles, is still the monarch in waiting. and to sort of form him into a future king. and you have to judge how well he did that job. and he was interested in the environment. he had other interests as the royals do, but, you know, his main job was a little bit, i think, as he called elizabeth, was that she was his job. >> wow. >> jeffrey goldberg is with us, the atlantic's jeffrey goldberg. and by that much, jeffrey, the duke of edinburgh did, for the most part, judging by the queen's own words, did his job ver

and he's carriage driving family, now mountbatten, who married into the family.ere was the simplicity of the service, the beauty of the service, and the family service, so it was the best of both worlds. i think it was exactly as he would have wanted. in the last week, a much more complete and perhaps complex portrait of the late duke has emerged, alan titchmarsh put it yesterday a man with two eyes, a heady eye and a twinkly i and i beady eye and a twinkly i and i think i had to david attenborough described him as an amalgam really of formality and friendliness. do those feel like accurate descriptions to you of the man? totally accurate. i thought sir david attenborough was particularly good because he actually pinpointed one of the stronger things about the duke of edinburgh— you never quite knew where he you were with him because he could be very friendly and then he could also the next day be quite fierce. so you had to be on your toes with him at all times. he was the most multifaceted person i have ever known. you would need to write a book to see the whol

royal family has a connection with the british people that runs as deep today as it did when philip mountbattentivity was to volunteer at a local mental health hospital where, unbeknown to me at the time, my late grandad would later be admitted. and my final activity was wandering around dartmoor in a small team with around dartmoor in a small team with a compass and a map in the pouring rain frantically trying to find our way. mr speaker, if that doesn't prepare you for coming into politics, nothing will! in recent days, i have been struck by the countless stories of lives turned around by the dofe awards. young people who have found the confidence and find their way. this was summed up and find their way. this was summed up by a 14—year—old girl who said, on passing her bronze award, that she felt i can do anything now. the dofe now covers 130 countries and has helped millions of people around the world. it is, perhaps, the best symbol of the duke was not global legacy. he was, of course, also patron to more than 800 charities and organisations. it was the first president of the world wildlif