4th May 1953: The Duke of Edinburgh disembarks from a Harvard Trainer aircraft after a flight, at RAF White Waltham, Berkshire, where he has been training for his 'wings'. (Photo by PNA Rota/Getty Images)
Philip Mountbatten, fiance to Princess Elizabeth, (later Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh) bowling while practising his cricket skills at the nets at HMS Royal Arthur shore establishment in Corsham, Wiltshire on 31st July 1947. Philip Mountbatten would go on to marry Princess Elizabeth at Westminster Abbey in London on 20th November. (Photo by Paul Popper/Popperfoto/Getty Images)
15th May 1951: Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, at London Airport before leaving for Malta. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, holding the hand of Prince Charles, walks away from the Vickers VC 1 Viking of the King's Flight after arriving at London Airport on a flight from Malta on 21st July 1951. (Photo by Paul Popper/Popperfoto/Getty Images)
Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, on a sailing boat at Cowes on the Isle of Wight, UK, 14th August 1972. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
