Prince Philip was born in the royal Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg House. He joined the Royal Navy in 1939 and married Elizabeth after the War. Subsequently, Philip became a naturalised British subject.
Promotions:
1939: Cadet
1940: Midshipman
?: Sub-Lieutenant
16 July 1942: First Lieutenant
1950: Lieutenant-Commander
1952: Commander & Colonel-in-Chief Army Cadet Force & Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Air Training Corps
1953: Admiral of the Fleet & Field Marshal & Marshal of the Royal Air Force & Captain-General of the Corps of Royal Marines
2011: Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom
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