Prince Philip and prince CharlesRagne Nikkel

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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

• Born: 10.June.1921 as Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark.

• Family:

o his mother was Princess Alice of Battenberg.

o Father was Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark.

o He also had four elder sisters Margarita, Theodora, Cecilie, and Sophie.

Education

• Philip was first educated at an American school in Paris.

• In 1928, he was sent to the UK to attend Cheam School.

• In 1933, he was sent to Schule Schloss Salem in Germany

• After the rise of Nazism in Germany, he went to Gordonstoun School in Scotland.

Gordonstoun Scool in Scotland

Royal Navy and meeting Elizabeth

• After leaving Gordonstoun in 1939, Prince Philip joined the Royal Navy.

• Next year he graduated the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth.

• During the Second World War, he continued to serve in the British forces.

• In 1939, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth toured the Royal Naval College.

• Elizabeth fell in love with Philip and they began to exchange letters.

• (Elizabeth was 13 and Philip was 18 )

Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose, 1939 February

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip’s wedding.

• In the summer of 1946, Philip asked the King for his daughter's hand in marriage.

• Before the official engagement announcement, he abandoned his Greek and Danish royal titles.

• The King gave him, the style of His Royal Highness and the title Duke of Edinburgh.

• Philip and Elizabeth were married in Westminster Abbey, on 20th of November, 1947.

o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo6l6zALAXY

Their Children

• Prince Charles in 14.november 1948

• Princess Anne in 15.august 1950

• Prince Andrew in 19.February 1960

• Prince Edward in 10.March 1964

Prince Charles, Prince of Wales

• Born: 14.november.1948

• When Charles was only three years old, his mother, Elizabeth II, was crowned (1952).

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Education

• In his early years, he was educated by his governess, Catherine Peebles

• Age of 8 went to Hill House School in West London.

• and later Gordonstoun boarding school in Scotland.

• After Gordonstoun, Prince Charles went to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he received a lower second class degree for Anthropology and archaeology.

• He also spent time at the University of Wales, where he began to learn Welsh.

• He later served in the Royal navy, from 1971 to 1978

First marriage

• In his early 30s, his parents put pressure on Charles to choose a wife and get married.

• He met Diana Spencer - a young nursery assistant.

• Charles was taken by her kindness and warm-heartedness.

• Prince Charles proposed to Diana on February 1981

• Married in St Paul's Cathedral on 29.July.1981

• (Diana was 20 and Charles was 33 years old )

Children

• They had two children:

o Prince William born on 21.June.1982

o Price Henry (known as "Harry") born 15 September 1984.

Divorsce and Diana’s death

• The couple's age difference (almost 13 years), as well as Diana's concern about Charles's affair with his previous girlfriend Camilla.

• Charles and Diana divorced on 28 August 1996.

• 31 of August in 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales was killed in a car accident in Paris.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hoKjDa_-D4

Second marriage

• The engagement of Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles was announced on 10 February 2005.

• The wedding took place in a civil ceremony at Windsor Guildhall, on 9 April 2005.

Now Charles is a grandfather and Philip is a grand-grand father to

George Alexander Louis (22.july.2013)

Questions:

• How many sisters had prince Philip ?

• How old were prince Phillip and princess Elizabeth when they first met ?

• Why did prince Philip abandoned his Greek and Danish royal titles?

• How old were prince Charles when her mother, Elizabeth 2nd, was crowned?

• Who are Diana’s children?

• When and why did Diana died ?

• When did prince Charles and Camilla get married ?

Thank You

For Watching!

Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles, cheer as competitors participate in a sack race at the Braemar Gathering in Braemar, Scotland.