Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921) - Grecian-born consort of Elizabeth II of England. Outer: Father was the son of the Grecian king, connected to Queen Victoria (Mary Renault) on his mother’s side. 4 older sisters, who were all educated in Germany and subsequently married high-ranking Germans. Had a hysterical mother, and an unstable family, with gothic genealogical horrors leading to him. Communicated in sign language with his deaf mother, while learning several languages. His father was accused of treason, the English royal family intervened, and he lived in abject exile for his early life, while his mother was eventually institutionalized and ultimately lived a nun-like existence doing charitable works. Raised in the Greek Orthodox faith and educated in Great Britain at a series of schools, starting at the age of 10. A good athlete, he lived with kinky aristo relatives, enrolled in the Royal Naval College and served with the royal navy during WW II, where he was cited for valor. Became a British subject, renouncing his rights to other thrones after the war. His relationship with the future Elizabeth II was orchestrated by his uncle Louis Mountbatten, and he eventually knew he would be prince consort. The duo were married in 1947, and he was entitled as Duke of Edinburgh, 4 children from union, Charles, Anne, Andrew and Edward. Involved with numerous women prior to and after his wife, including royalty and well-known actresses, while retaining mistresses into his marriage. Continued his naval career until Elizabeth was enthroned in 1952. The title of prince of the realm was held back until 1957. A harsh, critical father, he was extremely concerned over the masculinity of his sons, whom he felt were being brought up in fairy environs, although he proved far more of a parental figure than his distant wife. Led a largely ceremonial life, with the continual intrusion of a voracious media on the private doings of his fishbowl family. Officer of close to 600 organizations, while logging 75,000 miles a year in travel, delivering some 80 speeches per annum, and putting in 14 hours a day for most of his working life as royal consort. Testy with the press, while balancing his own aristocratic pleasures with the duty of his rank, taking on youth opportunities and the environment as his special concerns, while trying to modernize the image of the monarchy. Despite overt good health, he developed a heart condition in his early 70s, although it did little to slow him down. Inner: Arrogant, athletic, aristocratic, homophobic and haughty. Blunt, irritable and overbearing, with a preference for his daughter to his sons. Stated he wishes to reincarnate as a deadly virus in order to reduce the world’s population, as further indication of his genuine loathing for all not blessed by royal blood. God Save the Queen lifetime of lifetime of experiencing, along with his longtime partners, the outer style of power, rather than its inner substance, while totally eschewing his own emotional deficiencies, thanks to the excesses of his childhood. Alfred Ernest
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