It is now more than three decades since Prince Edward dramatically quit the Royal Marine training programme. Back in 1987, it had been hoped the Queen’s youngest son might be something of a royal When it emerged that Edward’s father, Prince Philip, was Captain General of the Marines, the embarrassment intensified. The Duke of Edinburgh meets young people at a …
An exiled European royal who thought of himself as an outsider early on, Prince Philip found his place in the world through sacrifice and service to the British monarchy. "Philip became more and more irritated with Fergie and what he described as her 'antics'," royal biographer Ingrid Seward claimed in the book Prince Philip Revealed. "I will always be grateful …