With Prince Philip’s passing at age 99, People pays tribute to history’s longest-serving royal consort in a photo-filled commemorative edition. The day of Queen Elizabeth’s 1953 coronation, her husband, Philip Mountbatten, also took a vow: To stand by the monarch, who happened also to be the love of his life. With intimate family pictures and glorious historical moments, this special issue looks at Philip’s life, from his turbulent childhood through his decades of public duty to the Crown. The son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg served his adopted country first as a naval officer and then as the “strength and stay” of the queen, to whom he was wed for 73 years. Father to Princes Charles, Andrew and Edward and to Princess Anne, he was a grandfather to eight (including Princes William and Harry), and a great-grandfather of nine. Flinty and frank, he was known for the occasional verbal gaffe but also for being someone the queen “can have a laugh with,” according to an insider. People’s unparalleled royal coverage tells the story of a royal romance that weathered good years and bad. As a bridesmaid at their 1947 wedding told People when Elizabeth and Philip approached their platinum anniversary, “I can think of very few couples as united.”
People Prince Philip • The Lifelong Love Story of Queen Elizabeth & the Duke of Edinburgh
Philip: Love & Duty • A SINGULAR LIFE LIVED IN SUPPORT OF THE CROWN
Philip, Before Elizabeth • A PRINCE WITHOUT A COUNTRY WHO WAS VIRTUALLY ORPHANED WHEN HE WAS 9, HE GREW INTO A NOMADIC, INDEPENDENT CHARMER
A Princess Meets Her Future • JUST 13 WHEN SHE FIRST LAID EYES ON HER HUSBAND-TO-BE, ELIZABETH GREW UP WITH A SENSE OF DUTY—BUT ALSO OF LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
Their Secret Romance • A WARTIME CORRESPONDENCE LED TO LOVE, AND AN ENGAGEMENT KEPT UNDER WRAPS UNTIL THE PRINCESS TURNED 21
The First Modern Royal Wedding • MAKING HISTORY BY SAYING THEIR VOWS BEFORE A RADIO AUDIENCE OF MILLIONS, ELIZABETH AND PHILIP CHEERED A HEALING NATION
Newlyweds to New Parents • IN THEIR FIVE PRECIOUS YEARS BETWEEN THE WEDDING AND ELIZABETH’S ACCESSION, THE YOUNG COUPLE WELCOMED A PRINCE AND A PRINCESS
Wed to the Queen • ELIZABETH II IS CROWNED WITH GREAT PAGEANTRY—AND HER PROUD HUSBAND KNEELING BEFORE HER MAJESTY
And Now We Are Six • THE ARRIVAL OF PRINCES ANDREW AND EDWARD COMPLETES THE FAMILY, AND THE PARENTS OF FOUR TRY TO BALANCE ROYAL DUTIES WITH CHILD-REARING
In Good Times… • THE PUBLIC LINED THE STREETS FOR ROYAL WEDDINGS AND CHEERED THE ARRIVAL OF ROYAL BABIES—BUT NO ONE WAS HAPPIER THAN THE NEW GRANDPARENTS
…And in Bad • PHILIP OFFERED STEADY SUPPORT DURING THE ANNUS HORRIBILIS THAT SAW A CASTLE FIRE, A SPATE OF SCANDALS AND THE LOSS OF CLOSE FAMILY
Their Diamond Years • GRANDKIDS, GREAT-GRANDKIDS, JUBILEE FESTIVITIES TO MARK A RECORD-BREAKING REIGN AND A HISTORIC ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
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