Take prince Philip a look in his wallet – or what a man in his age would probably call the wallet – he encounters perhaps on an id card with his birth date, 10. June 1921.
A sign to the prince, who is married to Britain’s sovereign, queen Elizabeth, is an elderly man, and reaches the age of 99 years.
In the prince’s wallet, however, no driving licence.
How had he good enough once, but after a fateful januardag last year, he got it stripped voluntarily.
the Prince drove in his jeep out on a busy road and directly into a car.
In the car he hit, was a 28-year-old woman, who received lacerations on the knee, and a 45-year-old woman who fractured her wrist. A nine months old baby, who was also in the car, was not hurt.
The then-97-year-old prince escaped unscathed from the accident he had caused.
He got also from to be punished – among other things because of his age and because he is after a few weeks even chose to give up his driver’s license.
In the meantime, however, he has been caught behind the wheel and back in traffic – without having a seat belt on.
the Situation sparked debate in the Uk about whether there should be an age limit for drivers.
It is far from the first time that the prince has been in the headlines in the british media.
He has especially drawn headlines for his outspoken tone.
In 1986, he was on a visit to China with a group of british students, where he warned them to be for a long time in the country.
– If you stay here much longer, you will get squinty eyes, he said, according to Reuters them.
In 1997, he participated in a memorial ceremony in India for the victims of a massacre 78 years earlier, when british soldiers opened fire on an unarmed crowd and beat hundreds of people to death.
Prince Philip stole the attention by saying that the indian estimates for the death toll was ‘very excessive’.
Everything, however, has not been chaos and controversial opinions.
In a rare message in april of this year, thanked the prince of the britons, who stands at the forefront in the fight against coronavirusset.
– I would like to acknowledge the essential and important work being done by so many to combat the pandemic, he said to the british people.
Finally, the general public had heard of the prince, was at christmas, when the british royal family stated that he was hospitalized for observation as a precaution as a result of an already existing disorder without going into details.
Prince Philip withdrew in august 2017 at the age of 96 years from his official duties. Until then he had appeared at the 22.219 events on your own.
Prince Philip was born on the Greek island of Corfu as prince of Denmark and Greece, and belongs, like the Danish royal family the glücksborgske generation.
He is the great-grandson of Danish king Christian IX, which is referred to as ‘Europe’s father-in-law’.
Prince philip’s Danish relationship came to terms on a citation, which was published in 2017.
In the portrait, he stands in The Grand Corridor at the English castle Windsor Castle and bears the order of the Elephant, which is the highest order of the Danish royal family.
The 20. november 1947 he was married to Britain’s monarch, queen Elizabeth ii, who today is 94 years old, and was thus the british prince and the duke of Edinburgh is his official title.
In the year that the royal couple thus celebrate their 73-year wedding anniversary.
Together, they have four children: prince Charles, who is 71 years old and the next in line to the british throne, and the 69-year-old princess Anne, the 60-year-old prince Andrew and the 56-year-old prince Edward.
They have made him grandfather and great-grandfather eight times.
The british royal family has published a new picture of prince Philip and his wife, queen Elizabeth, in honor of prince’s birthday. The image was taken on 6. June of this year at the royal castle of Windsor Castle.
See the picture here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CBOsiR6HsKl/
