WINDSOR
WINDSOR CASTLE AND FOX NEWS CORRESPONDENT MIKE PALKOT HAS
MORE.
MORE.
MORE. HE
MORE. HE WAS BEST KNOWN AS THE MAN
BEHIND THE WOMAN LITERALLY A
FACE OR TWO BEHIND HER
ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL PROTOCOL,
HE WAS PRINCE PHILIP, DUKE
OF EDINBURGH HUSBAND TO
ENGLAND'S QUEEN ELIZABETH THE
SECOND.
SECOND.
SECOND. >>
>>
>> I
>> I THINK WE OWE HIM AN ENORMOUS
DEBT OF GRATITUDE REALLY FOR
THE VERY GREAT HELP HE GAVE THE
QUEEN AFTER HE WAS PROBABLY THE
ONLY PERSON THAT SHE COULD
BEHAVE ABSOLUTELY NORMALLY
WITH.
WITH.
WITH. >>
>>
>> BORN
>> BORN IN GREECE IN 1921 INTO A
ROYAL FAMILY WITH DANISH AND
GERMAN TIES, HE WAS ALSO A
GREAT GREAT GRANDSON
OF BRITAIN'S QUEEN VICTORIA.
HE WOULD GO TO SCHOOL IN
ENGLAND AND WENT ON TO SERVE IN
THE BRITISH ROYAL NAVY DURING
WORLD WAR TWO.
>>
>>
>> BUT
>> BUT THE MORE YOU KNOW ABOUT HIM
AND HIS LIFE I THINK THE MORE
IMPRESSED AND THE MORE PRONE TO
BECOME.
BECOME.
BECOME. >>
>>
>> HE
>> HE MARRIED ELIZABETH, THE
DAUGHTER OF THEN KING GEORGE
OF THE 6TH IN 1947 IN
WESTMINSTER ABBEY AS A MASSIVE
AUDIENCE FOR THOSE TIMES OF 200
MILLION LISTENED IN ON BBC
RADIO FIVE YEARS LATER IN 1952
THE KING DIED.
ELIZABETH BECAME QUEEN AND
PHILIP BECAME QUEEN CONSORT.
>>
>>
>> THE
>> THE QUEEN'S HUSBAND WAS A
QUEEN'S CONSORT IN THIS VERY
DIFFICULT POSITION OF HELPING
AND PROVIDING ADVICE AS A IS
REQUIRED TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS
THINGS THROUGH BUT NEVER
ACTUALLY BEING THE PERSON TO BE
SEEN TO BE TAKING THE DECISIONS
IN THAT ROLE ON HIS OWN AND
ACCOMPANYING HIS WIFE PRINCE
PHILIP TRAVELED THE WORLD IN
ONE RECENT YEAR HE CARRIED OUT
OVER 300 PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS.
>>
>>
>> HE
>> HE WAS
>> HE WAS ACTIVE IN A VARIETY
OF FIELDS IMPORTANT TO BRITAIN
INCLUDING BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT,
THE MILITARY AND SPORTS
ESPECIALLY POLO.
ESPECIALLY POLO. HE WAS A STRICT BUT LOVING
FATHER TO PRINCE CHARLES
PRINCESS ANNE AND PRINCE ANDREW
AND EDWARD.
AND EDWARD. >>
>>
>> MY
>> MY FATHER WAS WAS A WAS A
WONDERFUL MAN.
WONDERFUL MAN. HE WAS HE WAS A VERY BRILLIANT
MAN.
MAN.
MAN. HE
MAN. HE WAS HE WAS A MAN THAT COULD
SEE TAKE SITUATIONS AND SEE
DIFFERENT WAYS OF BEING ABLE TO
LOOK AT THEM IN AN AGE
OF INCREASING POLITICAL
CORRECTNESS.
CORRECTNESS. HE WAS A MAN OF GOOD HUMOR AND
OUR PRINCE OF PLAIN SPEAKING
SOME BRANDED HIS REMARKS OR
GAFFES AS OFFENSIVE, OTHERS AS
JOCULAR.
JOCULAR.
JOCULAR. >>
>>
>> HOW
>> HOW ARE YOU, SIR?
ARE YOU ELSA?
DO I LOOK ILL?
>>
>>
>> HE'S
>> HE'S BEST KNOWN TO AMERICANS AS
THE PERSON WHO REPORTEDLY
ENCOURAGED PRINCE CHARLES TO
MAKE A DECISION ABOUT MARRYING
PRINCESS DIANA IN 1981.
BUT AT DIANA'S FUNERAL, PRINCE
PHILIP WALKED ALONGSIDE HIS
GRANDSON AS WELL AS PRINCE
CHARLES AND DIANA, HIS BROTHER
EARL SPENCER.
EARL SPENCER. >>
>>
>> HE
>> HE HAS
>> HE HAS RECEIVED VERY LITTLE
CREDIT SO I THINK HIS
UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROBLEMS
WAS MUCH DEEPER AND MORE MORE
SHREWD AND INDEED MUCH MORE
GENTLE THAN HE HAS BEEN GIVING
CREDIT TO.
CREDIT TO. IN 2011 THERE WAS A HAPPIER
OCCASION THE WEDDING OF HIS
GRANDSON WILLIAM TO KATE
MIDDLETON AT THAT EVENT.
AS ALWAYS, HE WAS AT THE SIDE
OF HIS WIFE QUEEN ELIZABETH.
>>
>>
>> HIS
>> HIS DEDICATION WAS SEEN AS
UNFALTERING AS A SOLID A
SUPPORTER.
SUPPORTER. THEY WORKED VERY WELL TOGETHER
AS FAR AS I WAS CONCERNED AS
FATHER AND MOTHER AND THEY'VE
INSTILLED IN ME AND THE OTHER
SOLDIERS SO MUCH THAT YOU CAN
SEE WHERE THEY'VE WORKED IN
HARMONY AND IN PARTNERSHIP
TOGETHER HIS LOYAL AND
CEASELESS SUPPORT FOR HER FOR
THE ROYAL INSTITUTION AND FOR
BRITAIN ITSELF WAS HIS HALLMARK
AND LEGACY.
AND LEGACY. >>
>>
>> IN
>> IN 2012 HE WAS BY THE QUEEN'S
SIGN FOR HER DIAMOND JUBILEE
CELEBRATION INCLUDING A VERY
WET RIVER THAMES FLOTILLA
PROCESSION IN 2013, THREE
MONTHS AFTER CATHERINE DUCHESS
OF CAMBRIDGE GAVE BIRTH, HE
ATTENDED THE CHRISTENING OF HIS
GREAT GRANDSON AND FUTURE KING
PRINCE GEORGE.
PRINCE GEORGE. TWO YEARS LATER HE WAS THERE
FOR THE SECOND CHILD CHARLOTTE.
>>
>>
>> AND
>> AND THEN IN 2016 AFTER MARKING
THE QUEEN'S 90TH BIRTHDAY SOON
MAKING HER THE WORLD'S LONGEST
REIGNING MONARCH, HE MARKED HIS
NINETY FIFTH MAKING