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The late Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip. [Courtesy]
Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, died in London recently, two months short of clocking a century. Born into royalty in June 1921, he rolled Danish, Greek, German, and English blood into one initial Mountbatten body.
During World War II, Philip, a Royal Navy officer, married his third cousin, Princess Elizabeth, lost his Mountbatten name, and was absorbed into Windsor as Duke of Edinburgh.
The Duke and Kenya had unexpected impact on each other. He visited Kenya at least twice, in February 1952 just a few months before the outbreak of the Mau Mau War and in December 1963 at Kenya’s independence as Queen Elizabeth II’s representative.