Prince Philip's family tree: How the Duke was continued to four royal families

PRINCE PHILIP had many royal connections earlier he married the Queen in 1947, including the grandparents he shared with his wife. This is Prince Philip'due south fascinating family unit tree.

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This evening on ITV a new documentary about the Queen's love husband will air. Philip: Prince, Husband, Father arrogance at 9pm and will feature rare archive and audio recordings from the belatedly Duke of Edinburgh. What were Prince Philip'southward Greek and Danish roots? And the Duke's connections to the English, German and Russian royal families? This is Prince Philip'southward family tree in full.

A new documentary will give viewers a glimpse into the life of His Regal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh.

Prince Philip died on April 9, 2021, just two months before jubilant his 100th birthday.

Queen Elizabeth had been married to Prince Philip for 73 years, their wedding took place on Nov 20, 1947.

Notwithstanding, the pair were actually distantly related, sharing Prince Albert and Queen Victoria as mutual ancestors.

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PRINCE PHILIP

A new documentary about the belatedly Prince Philip airs this evening (Epitome: Getty)

Young Prince Philip

A immature Philip Mountbatten in his Majestic Navy days (Paradigm: Getty)

Prince Philip'due south mother, Princess Alice of Battenburg, was Queen Victoria's swell-granddaughter.

Princess Alice was married to Philip'due south male parent, Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark.

In order for Prince Philip to ally the Queen, he had to renounce his Greek and Danish titles and become a naturalised British subject.

Philip was also a direct descendant of the Romanov dynasty in Russia: he was the grandnephew of Alexandra Romanov, Nicholas II's wife, and the last Tsarina of Russia.

In fact, in 2018, a forensic scientist revealed Prince Philip gave a blood sample to a forensics team working to institute whether remains found in 1991 most the Winter Palace were those of the Romanov family.

Prince Philip's family tree

Prince Philip'south family tree in total (Prototype: Express)

Philip took the surname Mountbatten from his maternal grandparents, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine and Prince Louis of Battenberg.

Mountbatten is thought to be an anglicised version of the name Battenberg.

Prince Philip spent a lot of his early life with his grandmother, Victoria, and his uncle George Mountbatten.

Although Philip was born in Greece, his family left when he was just an infant, and he spent time in French republic before moving to the UK to attend Cheam School in 1930.

Philip was moved to a German school, still as Nazism began to rise in Deutschland, the school'due south Jewish principal moved to Gordonstoun schoolhouse in Scotland, and Philip followed.

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PRINCE PHILIP AND QUEEN

Prince Philip and the Queen celebrating her 90th birthday (Epitome: Getty)

During this fourth dimension, his mother, Princess Alice, was confined to an asylum every bit she suffered from schizophrenia.

Prince Philip remained in the UK and in World War Two he served in the Royal Navy, despite his family unit's High german ties.

Philip had iv sisters who all married German language princes, meaning when Philip served in the Navy, two of his brothers-in-law - Prince Christoph of Hesse and Berthold, Margrave of Baden - were fighting for the Germans.

Presently after the Allies' victory in Earth State of war 2, in 1947, Buckingham Palace appear the engagement of Elizabeth and Philip.

The pair had commencement met years earlier as children, but their showtime official meeting was in 1939, when Elizabeth toured the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth with her begetter, King George Six.

The Mountbattens asked their nephew Philip to escort and then Princess Elizabeth on her visit, and shortly afterwards the two started exchanging letters she was merely 13, and Philip 18.

Years subsequently, in 1946, Philip asked Male monarch George 6 for permission to inquire Elizabeth to ally him.

The Male monarch agreed simply asked Philip to delay any public announcement of the appointment until 1947, when Elizabeth would be 21.