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by Fay Gould Premium Content Subscriber only He was the pauper prince, turned dashing sailor, who became the longest-serving consort in British history. Prince Philip left his own indelible mark on the monarchy, with his resolute support of the Queen, no-nonsense approach, hard work and acerbic wit.   Philippos as he was formally registered, was sixth in line to the Greek throne when he was born in 1921 to Princess Alice of Battenberg, pictured holding her only son, and Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, inset. The family was exiled when Philip was jus...

A real all-rounder! How athletic Prince Philip excelled at everything from cricket to sailing and achieved international standard in polo and carriage driving - the sport he brought to Britain and continued into his 90s Her Majesty announced death of her husband of 73 years at midday today and joined 'the world in mourning' Duke of Edinburgh graced the world of sport as a participant and a spectator and was gifted at many sports He was among the top polo players in Britain in his youth, a keen and able cricketer and swimmer Famously played squash and went for a swim in the Palace pool while Q...

Royal Yachting Association pays tribute to HRH The Duke of Edinburgh by Loretta Spridgeon, RYA 9 Apr 13:13 BST Charles, Prince of Wales with his father the Duke of Edinburgh and crew members Uffa Fox, the Duke's Yachting adviser and Lieutenant-Commander Alistair Easton, Sailing Master of the yacht "Bluebottle", at Cowes, during their Dragon class race © PA Archive / PA Images The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) is deeply saddened by the loss of His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh - former RYA President and RYA Honorary Member. Our thoughts are with Her Majesty The Q...

From the moment the Queen, as a prim young girl of 13, was shown around the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth by a dashing 18-year-old cadet, no other man really counted. His death yesterday severed a partnership that had lasted for eight decades. As the Queen's oldest friend, the late Margaret Rhodes, once told the Daily Mail: 'She was the definitive one-man woman. There could never be anyone else.' In fact, Princess Elizabeth had been only eight when they first met, at the wedding of his cousin Princess Marina of Greece to her uncle George, the Duke of Kent. As the person closest to the sove...

13th March 2021 George O'Brien Kennedy FRINA, (1912-1998). Known to everyone as Brian, and renowned as a dreamer of dreams, he is seen here in his early days of pioneering the Shannon Hire-Boat industry in the 1960s You know how it is. You're wondering if the slightly odd flavour of the evening cuppa is a hint of the imminence of the C-Monster's indicator of taste-loss. All this, too, just as it's increasingly clear that your already-proposed personal date with the jab before the end of March now seems less and less likely to be on schedule. And then the phone rings, and this guy shoots stra...