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His children, grandchildren and great—grandchildren will be united in mourning his loss. as a young man, prince philip enjoyed sailing and went on to join dartmouth college in 1939 as a naval cadet. it was the start of a much loved and illustrious career in the royal navy. still a teenager at the outbreak of the war, midshipman philip first saw action with hms valiant in the mediterranean. within two or three days ofjoining, there was a great bombardment of the italian—held port in north africa, and it was quite impressive. a lot of 15 inch guns going off, which i hadn't heard before. you ...

Simply been my strength and stay all these years. and i am his whole family and this and many other countries owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim we shall ever know. as a young man prince philip enjoyed sailing and went on to join dartmouth college in 1939 as a naval cadet. it was the start of a much loved and illustrious career in the royal navy. philip first saw action with hms valiant in the mediterranean. within two or three days ofjoining there was

Still a teenager at the outbreak of the war, midshipman philip first saw action with hms valiant in the mediterranean. within two or three days ofjoining, there was a great bombardment of the italian—held port in north africa. and it was quite impressive, a lot of 15 inch guns going off, which i hadn't heard before, suddenly realised that life was for real. march 1941, hms valiant, off the south—west coast of greece. 0ff cape matapan, the italians. were caught, a few guns replied, but quite without effect, - and the enemy's fate was sealed, the action continuing as night fell. prince phili...

And with him, his daughter, princess elizabeth. she was 13 and he was 18, but this meeting would one day lead to a lifelong love affair. weeks later, the second world war began. and for the next six years, princess elizabeth kept at her bedside, a photograph of a bearded philip, serving his adopted country. he was art of the serving his adopted country. he was part of the battle _ serving his adopted country. he was part of the battle of— serving his adopted country. he was part of the battle of cape _ serving his adopted country. he was part of the battle of cape matapan. | part of the batt...

Prince philipjoined the navy straight from school. as a cadet, he first met princess elizabeth in 1939 when she visited britannia royal naval college in dartmouth with her parents. active service came during world war ii in 1940 as a midshipman on the old battleship hms ramillies. years later, he reflected on life as a sailor. you are exposed to the elements in a way which you are not onshore at any time because you've got your feet in the earth, as it were. and you've got some sort of security, shelter and so on. whereas, at sea, you are in a cockle shell, in this enormous expanse of the ocea...