Britain’s longest-serving consort, Prince Philip was laid to rest on Saturday in a burial ceremony in attendance of senior members of the royal family as well as relatives and close friends who all wore a face covering due to the pandemic.
The Duke of Edinburgh who died at the age of 99 on 9 April at the Windsor Castle had been married to Queen Elizabeth for 73 years.
On the upper right corner of the flag adorning Prince Philip’s casket one could see the white cross Greek flag insignia alongside Denmark’s coat of arms. The other two coats of arms represent the Mountbatten family and Philip’s title of Duke of Edinburgh.
When the late Prince – who was born in Corfu in 1921 – got engaged to Princess Elizabeth back in 1946, he had to renounce his Greek title as well as his Danish Glücksburg heritage in order to become a British citizen, taking his uncle’s name of Mountbatten.
His father, Prince Andrew of Greece was forced in exile and Prince Philip himself after spending many years in hiding and in boarding schools, entered the Royal Navy, where he served during World War II, and was even awarded the Greek War Cross for his participation in the Battle of Crete.