From the Austin Metro to royal bracelets: how Prince Philip championed elegant design
The Duke of Edinburgh leaves behind a legacy via his designers prize – as well as more personal indications of his artistic passion
14 April 2021 • 5:00am
This bracelet, made by Boucheron to Prince Philip s design, was a gift for the Queen on their fifth wedding anniversary in 1952
Credit: The Royal Collection / PA
The Duke of Edinburgh, so often caricatured as abrupt and no-nonsense, isn’t your first thought when you consider the supposed whims and fancies of creativity. Yet he had a passion for art and design, both as patron and creator. Indeed, if many obituaries are calling the Duke a renaissance man for his wide portfolio of interests, it’s worth noting he could also be a classicist, a modernist, even - whisper it softly - a romantic.