Article content For decades, villagers living on a remote Southern Pacific island have held a special place in their hearts for Prince Philip. For about 700 members of the Yaohnanen tribe, he was not merely a royal, but a god, descended from a local ancestral spirit that lived in the mountains of Tanna island, in the nation of Vanuatu. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or This Southern Pacific island worshipped Prince Philip as a god who left in search of a bride Back to video The prince once visited the island in 1974, as part of a royal tour with the Queen. Islanders rowing the couple ashore, believed the prince was the reincarnation of a “warrior from a long time ago who had come down from the mountains and gone off to England in search of a bride,” former Buckingham Palace spokesman Dickie Arbiter told the New York Post, according to Newsweek.