News by Charlie Peel Premium Content Subscriber only Only a man as remarkable as Prince Philip could regularly upstage the most enduringly famous woman in the world. But that's what the Duke of Edinburgh managed to do throughout more than 70 years married to Queen Elizabeth II. From his colourful early years to his decorated military career, his many public gaffes to his work with hundreds of community organisations, Prince Philip often found a way to upstage his wife. His devotion to her throughout their marriage is one of the more defining characteristics of the man who was born to foreign royalty but gave it and his military career away out of love and a fierce sense of devotion to his wife.