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Prince Philip: A capacity for unbridled kindness but intolerant of faff - my memories of the duke The Duke of Edinburgh was a motivator, an impatient moderniser, but he could be abrupt.
Prince Philip had a directness of manner that seemed to alarm many people and even horrified some. But he was capable of unbridled kindness, with the capacity for huge affirmation, support and encouragement.
People of his generation who knew him well said his character was forged from the rather challenging circumstances of his upbringing. Yes, he was royal: a grandson of the King of the Hellenes but, in truth, not really Greek.
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Prince Charles of Wales and Prince Philip at Sandringham Castle in 1969, around the time of the filming of the BBC documentary Royal Family
The husband of Queen Elizabeth, who died on April 9 at age 99, worked early on to bring the royal family into the media age, but may have created a soap-opera juggernaut that couldn t be stopped.
On March 14, 1966, Hollywood royalty, including Cary Grant, Natalie Wood and Gregory Peck, was out in full force at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. They were there to celebrate a real royal His Royal Highness Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, who died on April 9 at age 99 at a charity ball held in his honor. The contemporary spell from his charm and wit was even cast over experts of charm, top Hollywood personalities,
As the Queen mourns her beloved husband, one of Prince Philip’s closest friends and confidantes, Penny Brabourne, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, is also grieving.
The Countess was a regular visitor at Wood Farm, the cottage on the edge of the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk where the Prince spent much of his time after retiring from public life in August 2017.
The pair were firm friends for decades and shared a love for the exhilarating equestrian sport of carriage-driving.
Penny Brabourne, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, pictured right, with her husband Norton Knatchbull, left, was a close friend of Prince Philip
The pair, pictured, shared a love for the exhilarating equestrian sport of carriage-driving
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