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mp_sf_list_0_image: 15919 mp_sf_list_0_title: Fact or Fiction: Martha barged into the bedroom of the terminally ill president. mp_sf_list_0_description: FICTION: “We had to put an end to the relationship between Martha and Franklin,” says series co-writer and historian Linda May Kallestein. “When [Martha] realized he was dying, it was important for her to say goodbye. What they said to each other behind closed doors is not documented and we thought: How could the last meeting have been?” “In the series, we go from seeing  strong Roosevelt in 1942 to a weakened man in 1944. Crown Pr...

Philip's insignia includes medals and decorations conferred on him by UK and Commonwealth countries Royal Air Force wings, Field Marshal's baton and insignia from Denmark and Greece are also on cushions Regalia was sewn in place on the burgundy velvet and gold piped cushions at St James's Palace in London Insignia, orders, decorations and medals are a way of a country recognising someone's achievements

Prince Philip chose which of his regalia will be displayed on funeral altar including his RAF wings, Field Marshal's baton and the Order of the Elephant Duke personally selected the regalia that will be on the altar for his funeral at St George's Chapel, Windsor The Buglers of the Royal Marines will sound  'Action Stations' in the ceremony and the Last Post will be played Action Stations is a series of short, sharp notes that acts a call to actions to sailors aboard naval warships  Details shows the incredible planning the Duke put into the poignant day, prior to his death aged 99 on Friday

Duty to the country, and the Queen: How war hero Prince Philip was honoured for saving battleship from Nazi bombers during action-packed military career... that he gave up when he married Monarch The Duke of Edinburgh joined the Royal Navy in 1939 and had risen to rank of First Lieutenant by 1942 He saw action in the Battle of Crete and the conflict at Cape Matapan off the coast of Greece Prince Philip was also there at Tokyo Bay in September 1945 when Japanese forces surrendered to the Allies Philip also trained to be a pilot with the RAF and completed 5,986 hours by the time he stopped flyi...

Prince Philip’s early years - Childhood tragedy to the Queen’s greatest consort Robert Jobson Prince Philip, who has died at the age of 99, had something of nomadic childhood. The future Queen’s consort was born on a dining-room table at his family’s villa on Corfu on June 10, 1921. His mother, a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, was Princess Alice of Battenberg, whose family took the name Mountbatten. His father Andrew, a major-general in the Greek army, was the son of George I, a former Danish prince who was installed as king of Greece in 1863 and assassinated ...