Updated: April 9, 2021, 2:29 pm
Prince Philip of Greece at Gordonstoun school (PA)
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At school, Prince Philip showed all the qualities of a natural leader, but even his teachers’ reports revealed he had a rather short fuse.
Assessments written in 1938, when he was around 17, called him kind and firm, but suggested he was too irritable when put in charge of games.
Prince Philip of Greece, tossing the ball in the air, with the junior cricket team at Gordonstoun School (PA)