The extraordinary life of Prince Philip: Born on a kitchen table in Corfu, the prince with Danish, German, Russian and British blood who was carried into exile aged just one and overcame the trauma of an absent father and mother to fight for his country Philip, born in June 1921, was a Prince of Greece but with no Greek blood and in fact had complex background Family fled Corfu in December 1922 after father, in Greek army, was arrested and charged with high treason Evacuated on a British warship, he was carried into exile in a makeshift cot made from an old orange box