1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:14,669 --> 00:00:17,120 GYLES BRANDRETH: Royalty is that curious phenomenon 4 00:00:17,155 --> 00:00:19,674 that mixes fairy tale and reality. 5 00:00:21,745 --> 00:00:23,023 It's Cinderella, 6 00:00:23,230 --> 00:00:25,508 but this time, the prince is real. 7 00:00:27,130 --> 00:00:28,856 NARRATOR: Philip was the penniless prince 8 00:00:28,890 --> 00:00:30,616 who led a remarkable life. 9 00:00:31,100 --> 00:00:32,480 HUGO VICKERS: He's not Greek. 10 00:00:32,515 --> 00:00:34,448 The Greek royal family has no Greek blood whatsoever. 11 00:00:34,896 --> 00:00:36,312 They were Danish. 12 00:00:36,588 --> 00:00:39,280 He was a gorgeous blonde Viking. 13 00:00:39,660 --> 00:00:42,525 You can see why a young girl would fall in love with him. 14 00:00:44,458 --> 00:00:46,736 NARRATOR: But he had to make sacrifices for his place. 15 00:00:47,668 --> 00:00:50,257 Lord Mountbatten was one of the conspirators 16 00:00:50,291 --> 00:00:52,362 who set Prince Philip up. 17 00:00:53,501 --> 00:00:56,090 They changed his name, they changed his religion, 18 00:00:56,125 --> 00:00:57,816 they put him into the British Navy 19 00:00:57,850 --> 00:00:59,542 and they made him a British citizen. 20 00:01:00,163 --> 00:01:03,201 It was made quite clear to him it doesn't really matter. 21 00:01:03,753 --> 00:01:05,237 He just had to turn up. 22 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:07,791 For somebody as active as he, 23 00:01:08,378 --> 00:01:09,379 that wasn't funny. 24 00:01:11,243 --> 00:01:13,487 There was a period early on when he thought, 25 00:01:13,521 --> 00:01:14,833 "I'm not sure whether I'm cut out for this." 26 00:01:16,317 --> 00:01:19,286 And his quest for control brought strain. 27 00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:21,288 Yes, Prince Philip can have a bit of a temper. 28 00:01:21,322 --> 00:01:22,703 Yes, he can shout at you. 29 00:01:22,737 --> 00:01:24,636 DICKIE ARBITER LVO: He likes a good discussion. 30 00:01:24,670 --> 00:01:26,327 And if the discussion becomes heated, 31 00:01:26,362 --> 00:01:27,397 so much the better. 32 00:01:28,536 --> 00:01:30,262 NARRATOR: Philip shaped his life through discipline. 33 00:01:30,883 --> 00:01:32,816 He was dynamic. He was intelligent. 34 00:01:32,851 --> 00:01:34,301 He was imaginative. 35 00:01:34,335 --> 00:01:36,130 He was a man who liked 36 00:01:36,165 --> 00:01:38,167 to be moving forward at all points, 37 00:01:38,201 --> 00:01:39,202 a man of action. 38 00:01:40,652 --> 00:01:42,826 Everything he did was by sheer willpower. 39 00:01:43,517 --> 00:01:45,933 He gave up smoking on the morning of his marriage. 40 00:01:45,967 --> 00:01:47,866 He had his last cigarette, 41 00:01:47,900 --> 00:01:50,110 put it out, and never looked at another one again. 42 00:01:50,351 --> 00:01:53,182 And of course, he was charming. He could get away with anything. 43 00:01:54,286 --> 00:01:56,737 NARRATOR: But his legacy proved his biggest challenge. 44 00:01:57,910 --> 00:02:00,396 He was the man of the house. He was head of the family. 45 00:02:00,430 --> 00:02:01,604 What he said goes. 46 00:02:02,363 --> 00:02:03,847 INGRID SEWARD: Charles wasn't the man 47 00:02:03,882 --> 00:02:05,332 that he wanted him to be, 48 00:02:05,366 --> 00:02:07,161 and that used to really rile him. 49 00:02:07,196 --> 00:02:09,198 GYLES BRANDRETH: Prince Philip belonged to the generation 50 00:02:09,232 --> 00:02:10,578 where you don't complain about your childhood, 51 00:02:10,613 --> 00:02:11,855 you just get on with life. 52 00:02:11,890 --> 00:02:13,340 These are the cards you've been dealt with. 53 00:02:13,374 --> 00:02:14,341 You play the hand you've got. 54 00:02:22,418 --> 00:02:23,729 COMMENTATOR: Among the first to declare himself 55 00:02:23,764 --> 00:02:25,352 is her own husband, 56 00:02:25,386 --> 00:02:27,181 Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. 57 00:02:42,645 --> 00:02:44,888 COMMENTATOR: Rising, he kisses the Queen's cheek 58 00:02:44,923 --> 00:02:47,891 and touches the Queen's crown in token of his readiness 59 00:02:47,926 --> 00:02:48,892 to help her bear its burden. 60 00:02:50,618 --> 00:02:52,724 The thing you've got to remember about the Duke of Edinburgh 61 00:02:52,758 --> 00:02:55,520 is that he was more royal than anybody 62 00:02:55,554 --> 00:02:56,900 you're ever likely to meet. 63 00:02:56,935 --> 00:02:58,799 He was more royal than the Queen. 64 00:02:58,833 --> 00:03:00,904 Both the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh 65 00:03:00,939 --> 00:03:03,459 were great, great grandchildren of Queen Victoria. 66 00:03:03,700 --> 00:03:06,876 But the Queen was descended on one side from aristocracy, 67 00:03:06,910 --> 00:03:08,464 on the other side from royalty. 68 00:03:08,740 --> 00:03:11,260 With the Duke of Edinburgh, on both sides of his family, 69 00:03:11,294 --> 00:03:14,366 he was descended from royalty, kings, queens, 70 00:03:14,401 --> 00:03:16,230 kaisers, tsars. 71 00:03:16,265 --> 00:03:17,300 He was related to them all. 72 00:03:19,785 --> 00:03:21,373 HUGO: Princess Alice of Battenberg, 73 00:03:21,408 --> 00:03:24,480 Prince Philip's mother, was born in the presence 74 00:03:24,514 --> 00:03:26,378 of her great grandmother, Queen Victoria, 75 00:03:26,413 --> 00:03:28,484 at Windsor Castle in 1885. 76 00:03:28,794 --> 00:03:30,555 She was the first of the great grandchildren 77 00:03:30,589 --> 00:03:32,004 to be born. 78 00:03:32,039 --> 00:03:33,558 She descended from Princess Alice of Hesse 79 00:03:33,592 --> 00:03:35,629 who had died. So Queen Victoria had 80 00:03:35,663 --> 00:03:37,803 rather adopted her mother, 81 00:03:37,838 --> 00:03:39,840 Victoria of Battenberg. 82 00:03:39,874 --> 00:03:41,048 She was an unusual figure. 83 00:03:41,082 --> 00:03:42,912 She was hard of hearing, highly intelligent. 84 00:03:45,328 --> 00:03:47,675 Many of Prince Philip's qualities 85 00:03:47,710 --> 00:03:50,506 in terms of his interest in public service, 86 00:03:50,816 --> 00:03:54,337 his caring side, the interest in the environment, 87 00:03:54,372 --> 00:03:57,478 in spiritual matters, that all came from his mother. 88 00:03:57,513 --> 00:03:58,824 Her life was difficult 89 00:03:58,859 --> 00:04:02,276 because everything that she had held sacred 90 00:04:02,311 --> 00:04:03,795 was overthrown in the First World War. 91 00:04:04,036 --> 00:04:05,486 And her two aunts, 92 00:04:05,521 --> 00:04:08,075 the Tsarina and the Grand Duchess Ella, 93 00:04:08,109 --> 00:04:10,042 were murdered in Russia. 94 00:04:10,526 --> 00:04:13,011 She was actually almost completely stone-deaf 95 00:04:13,045 --> 00:04:15,324 because her Eustachian tubes were blocked, 96 00:04:15,703 --> 00:04:17,395 so this was quite isolating. 97 00:04:17,429 --> 00:04:20,018 She was a very beautiful and intelligent girl. 98 00:04:21,744 --> 00:04:25,057 NARRATOR: Philip's father had an even more royal birthright. 99 00:04:26,818 --> 00:04:29,338 The Greeks basically ran out of royals, 100 00:04:29,372 --> 00:04:31,547 and so they imported the Danish royal family, 101 00:04:31,581 --> 00:04:34,722 and they basically became the royal family of Greece. 102 00:04:35,516 --> 00:04:37,587 Prince Philip was a Prince of Greece, 103 00:04:37,622 --> 00:04:40,107 though he had no great fondness for the Greeks, 104 00:04:40,141 --> 00:04:43,421 he once told me, because his grandfather 105 00:04:43,662 --> 00:04:44,870 was assassinated. 106 00:04:44,905 --> 00:04:46,044 The Greek royal family 107 00:04:46,078 --> 00:04:48,080 were forever going in and out of exile. 108 00:04:48,115 --> 00:04:49,703 One of the Kings of Greece said 109 00:04:49,737 --> 00:04:51,808 the prerequisite of being a king of Greece 110 00:04:51,843 --> 00:04:53,879 is you have a suitcase permanently packed. 111 00:04:54,466 --> 00:04:56,882 Princess Alice married Prince Andrew of Greece 112 00:04:56,917 --> 00:04:58,643 and went to live in Greece. 113 00:04:58,677 --> 00:05:01,853 She then had four daughters and then, much later, 114 00:05:01,887 --> 00:05:02,854 the son, Prince Philip. 115 00:05:03,855 --> 00:05:05,857 He was born on the kitchen table in the house 116 00:05:05,891 --> 00:05:07,859 called Mon Repos in Corfu. 117 00:05:08,687 --> 00:05:10,102 In those days, babies were born at home. 118 00:05:10,137 --> 00:05:11,794 I guess the kitchen table is as good as anything. 119 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:16,523 NARRATOR: The new baby was named Philippos Andreou 120 00:05:16,557 --> 00:05:19,008 of Schleswig-Holstein- Sonderberg-Glucksburg, 121 00:05:19,042 --> 00:05:20,975 Prince of Greece and Denmark. 122 00:05:22,391 --> 00:05:24,841 But almost as soon as he was born, 123 00:05:25,152 --> 00:05:27,741 things went wrong for the Greek royal family. 124 00:05:28,051 --> 00:05:31,572 Prince Andrew of Greece was arrested and put on trial, 125 00:05:31,607 --> 00:05:33,609 a show trial, accused of treason 126 00:05:33,954 --> 00:05:36,059 and was due possibly to be executed. 127 00:05:36,094 --> 00:05:37,889 They only got out by the skin of their teeth, really. 128 00:05:37,923 --> 00:05:39,684 They were rescued by the British Royal Navy. 129 00:05:39,925 --> 00:05:42,445 They took refuge in a suburb of Paris, 130 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:43,998 where they lived for the next seven years. 131 00:05:44,033 --> 00:05:45,414 Prince and Princess Andrew, 132 00:05:45,448 --> 00:05:47,105 his parents, didn't have any money. 133 00:05:47,139 --> 00:05:50,453 So they had to rely on the kindness of actually 134 00:05:50,488 --> 00:05:52,455 one or two rich aunts like Edwina Mountbatten, 135 00:05:52,490 --> 00:05:53,801 wife of Lord Mountbatten, 136 00:05:54,181 --> 00:05:56,148 who paid for Prince Philip's education. 137 00:05:56,942 --> 00:06:00,049 The heiress was married to Philip's high flying 138 00:06:00,083 --> 00:06:01,982 and dynastic ambitious uncle. 139 00:06:04,778 --> 00:06:07,608 His father floated down to the south of France, 140 00:06:07,643 --> 00:06:09,990 where he ended up living with a mistress on a yacht. 141 00:06:10,024 --> 00:06:12,820 His mother had a nervous breakdown 142 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:16,479 and ended up in an asylum in Switzerland. 143 00:06:16,514 --> 00:06:17,998 And for several years, 144 00:06:18,032 --> 00:06:20,414 Prince Philip saw neither of his parents, 145 00:06:20,449 --> 00:06:21,795 certainly he didn't see his mother 146 00:06:21,829 --> 00:06:24,453 for two or three years, not a birthday card, 147 00:06:24,487 --> 00:06:26,972 not a Christmas card, no communication of any kind. 148 00:06:27,456 --> 00:06:31,114 When I asked him about this, he sort of dismissed it. 149 00:06:31,149 --> 00:06:33,496 He said that wasn't, you know, unusual, these things happen. 150 00:06:33,531 --> 00:06:35,671 Prince Philip always held his father 151 00:06:35,705 --> 00:06:36,844 in very high esteem. 152 00:06:36,879 --> 00:06:38,846 And when I wrote a biography of his mother, 153 00:06:38,881 --> 00:06:41,435 he bridled at every mention of his father. 154 00:06:41,470 --> 00:06:42,540 So what I would say 155 00:06:42,574 --> 00:06:44,162 is that he's managed to convince me 156 00:06:44,196 --> 00:06:46,544 that he thinks his father was a good father. 157 00:06:46,751 --> 00:06:48,477 But I'm afraid he hasn't actually convinced me 158 00:06:48,511 --> 00:06:50,030 that his father was a good father. 159 00:06:50,479 --> 00:06:52,446 And I'm afraid his father was rather a broken man. 160 00:06:54,828 --> 00:06:56,450 HUGO: When he was in exile in Paris, 161 00:06:56,485 --> 00:06:57,658 he would go down to the Ritz 162 00:06:57,693 --> 00:06:59,695 and have a few drinks with friends 163 00:06:59,729 --> 00:07:00,868 and tell a few jokes. 164 00:07:00,903 --> 00:07:02,905 And that's sort of how he got through life. 165 00:07:02,939 --> 00:07:05,183 Members of the royal family don't like being in exile, 166 00:07:05,217 --> 00:07:07,116 they want to serve their countries. 167 00:07:07,150 --> 00:07:09,118 And they feel terribly disappointed if they're not. 168 00:07:13,087 --> 00:07:15,538 At one point in a draft of the book I wrote, 169 00:07:15,573 --> 00:07:17,954 Prince Andrew surrendered the role of husband and father, 170 00:07:18,230 --> 00:07:20,129 and Prince Philip wrote in the margin, nonsense, 171 00:07:20,163 --> 00:07:22,718 I had a holiday of three days with him every summer. 172 00:07:22,752 --> 00:07:24,858 It's not my idea of being a good father. 173 00:07:24,892 --> 00:07:27,239 His father had sort of fled the family home, 174 00:07:27,274 --> 00:07:29,690 was a dissolute figure who gambled away 175 00:07:29,897 --> 00:07:31,174 what family savings 176 00:07:31,209 --> 00:07:33,591 there were in the casinos in Monte Carlo, 177 00:07:33,625 --> 00:07:37,836 and his mother latterly became a nun 178 00:07:37,871 --> 00:07:39,493 and went into holy orders. 179 00:07:39,528 --> 00:07:41,978 So it's a slightly eccentric background. 180 00:07:42,013 --> 00:07:44,084 Prince Philip was a dutiful son, 181 00:07:44,118 --> 00:07:46,845 despite the fact that during a lot of his life, 182 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:48,502 his mother wasn't around. 183 00:07:48,778 --> 00:07:51,160 And he used to write to her copious letters describing 184 00:07:51,194 --> 00:07:53,093 things that he'd been doing. 185 00:07:53,300 --> 00:07:54,853 So it was a close relationship. 186 00:07:54,888 --> 00:07:56,510 And in her fading years, 187 00:07:56,545 --> 00:07:58,650 she went to live at Buckingham Palace. 188 00:07:59,099 --> 00:08:00,963 And Earl Mountbatten, 189 00:08:01,239 --> 00:08:05,001 Prince Philip's uncle used to call her Alice at the Palace. 190 00:08:05,277 --> 00:08:06,347 Prince Philip said to me once, 191 00:08:06,382 --> 00:08:09,074 you know, "My father was away, my mother was ill, 192 00:08:09,109 --> 00:08:10,248 I just had to get on with it. 193 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:13,562 NARRATOR: Philip became a refugee 194 00:08:13,596 --> 00:08:15,840 at distant relatives' country estates. 195 00:08:16,116 --> 00:08:18,187 Prince Philip had no money at all. 196 00:08:18,221 --> 00:08:20,672 The family had lots of rich relations, 197 00:08:21,224 --> 00:08:24,607 who had lots of castles and lovely homes, 198 00:08:24,814 --> 00:08:27,092 but personally, no money whatsoever, 199 00:08:27,127 --> 00:08:29,854 and he even had to put cardboard 200 00:08:30,130 --> 00:08:32,132 in the soles of his shoes 201 00:08:32,166 --> 00:08:33,685 because there were holes in them. 202 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:35,273 So, I mean, he was really penniless. 203 00:08:35,307 --> 00:08:37,724 It didn't bother him because he was so confident. 204 00:08:37,758 --> 00:08:40,347 RICHARD KAY: Philip had been raised by aunts, uncles, 205 00:08:40,381 --> 00:08:42,211 cousins, sisters. 206 00:08:42,245 --> 00:08:43,626 He'd had to fend for himself, 207 00:08:43,661 --> 00:08:45,870 he'd had to sort of stand up for himself, 208 00:08:45,904 --> 00:08:47,803 and he'd done a very good job of that. 209 00:08:47,837 --> 00:08:50,702 He never really talked about this difficult childhood, 210 00:08:50,944 --> 00:08:52,773 but it must have been hugely challenging. 211 00:08:53,153 --> 00:08:54,637 The only evidence of it 212 00:08:54,672 --> 00:08:58,054 you'll ever find is in visitors' books. 213 00:08:58,779 --> 00:09:00,816 You go to visitors' books from the 1930s, 214 00:09:00,850 --> 00:09:02,231 different houses that he's been. 215 00:09:02,265 --> 00:09:03,853 I've seen it a couple of times. 216 00:09:04,095 --> 00:09:05,648 He would be visiting a house, 217 00:09:05,683 --> 00:09:08,133 and he'd put his name in the name list, 218 00:09:08,168 --> 00:09:09,997 signing the address in the visitors' book, 219 00:09:10,032 --> 00:09:11,792 his name, and then on the address column, 220 00:09:11,827 --> 00:09:14,001 he'd simply put, no fixed abode. 221 00:09:14,830 --> 00:09:16,970 So he must have been aware during his childhood 222 00:09:17,004 --> 00:09:18,972 that he had no fixed abode, 223 00:09:19,179 --> 00:09:21,112 but he never complained about it. 224 00:09:24,149 --> 00:09:26,013 The great stability in his early life 225 00:09:26,048 --> 00:09:28,671 was his grandmother, Victoria, Princess Louis of Battenberg, 226 00:09:28,706 --> 00:09:30,604 later Marchioness of Milford Haven, 227 00:09:30,639 --> 00:09:31,743 and she was the one 228 00:09:31,778 --> 00:09:33,780 who bought him his school clothes 229 00:09:33,814 --> 00:09:35,851 'cause his father didn't really bother with him 230 00:09:35,885 --> 00:09:37,024 and his mother wasn't there. 231 00:09:38,647 --> 00:09:40,407 NARRATOR: Education provided a structure 232 00:09:40,441 --> 00:09:41,788 to the young prince's life. 233 00:09:43,755 --> 00:09:45,308 Originally, Prince Philip was at school 234 00:09:45,343 --> 00:09:46,931 in Germany in Baden, 235 00:09:46,965 --> 00:09:48,380 where one of his sisters was living, 236 00:09:48,415 --> 00:09:50,037 and they had this brilliant headmaster, 237 00:09:50,072 --> 00:09:52,661 Kurt Hahn, who very quickly saw 238 00:09:52,695 --> 00:09:55,698 what was happening in Germany and the rise of Nazidom. 239 00:09:55,733 --> 00:09:58,908 And so he moved his whole enterprise to Scotland, 240 00:09:59,322 --> 00:10:00,979 to Gordonstoun and set up the school there. 241 00:10:02,015 --> 00:10:03,706 NARRATOR: Gordonstoun is a remote 242 00:10:03,741 --> 00:10:05,225 Scottish boarding school 243 00:10:05,743 --> 00:10:07,848 with a curriculum focused on fitness, 244 00:10:07,883 --> 00:10:10,230 initiative, and self-discipline. 245 00:10:11,680 --> 00:10:12,991 He responded very well 246 00:10:13,026 --> 00:10:15,718 to that sort of outward bound way of life, 247 00:10:15,753 --> 00:10:18,203 which was sort of making people into good, 248 00:10:18,238 --> 00:10:22,035 responsible citizens and pushing them. 249 00:10:22,069 --> 00:10:25,901 He was always sort of to the fore at his schools. 250 00:10:26,177 --> 00:10:28,835 He's so successful at sports, you see, 251 00:10:28,869 --> 00:10:33,702 which is terribly important for British school boys. 252 00:10:34,116 --> 00:10:37,188 Gordonstoun is by no means the right school for everybody, 253 00:10:37,222 --> 00:10:38,465 and it certainly wasn't the right school 254 00:10:38,499 --> 00:10:40,156 for his son, the Prince of Wales, 255 00:10:40,191 --> 00:10:41,917 but it was very much the right school 256 00:10:41,951 --> 00:10:43,712 for Prince Philip and he did very well there. 257 00:10:44,885 --> 00:10:47,232 NARRATOR: While Philip had found a home of sorts... 258 00:10:47,819 --> 00:10:49,165 COMMENTATOR: The infant daughter of the Duke 259 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:50,408 and Duchess of York was christened 260 00:10:50,442 --> 00:10:52,168 Elizabeth Alexandra Mary 261 00:10:52,410 --> 00:10:55,102 and affectionately welcomed as the Empire's Baby. 262 00:10:56,103 --> 00:10:58,209 NARRATOR: After her uncle, King Edward the Eighth, 263 00:10:58,243 --> 00:10:59,244 abdicated for love, 264 00:11:01,212 --> 00:11:04,284 the Empire's Baby was now destined to be Queen. 265 00:11:06,079 --> 00:11:09,116 GYLES: The Queen had an idyllic British childhood. 266 00:11:09,427 --> 00:11:10,911 Completely perfect. 267 00:11:11,118 --> 00:11:13,914 Loving parents who were a loving couple, 268 00:11:13,949 --> 00:11:16,779 an adoring father, adoring grandparents, 269 00:11:16,986 --> 00:11:20,024 a close family unit, just her and her sister, 270 00:11:20,058 --> 00:11:21,404 Princess Margaret Rose, 271 00:11:21,439 --> 00:11:24,028 two young girls being brought up in London. 272 00:11:24,407 --> 00:11:26,133 Country pursuits for them. 273 00:11:26,168 --> 00:11:30,759 Just a perfect small, close family surrounded by love. 274 00:11:32,761 --> 00:11:34,797 Her life was always set out. 275 00:11:34,832 --> 00:11:36,972 The inevitability of her one day becoming Queen 276 00:11:37,006 --> 00:11:38,456 was there for her. 277 00:11:38,490 --> 00:11:40,285 She just followed the path. 278 00:11:47,430 --> 00:11:48,466 NARRATOR: From a young age, 279 00:11:48,500 --> 00:11:50,433 Elizabeth would often accompany 280 00:11:50,468 --> 00:11:52,988 her parents on royal tours and visits. 281 00:11:53,367 --> 00:11:55,404 COMMENTATOR: Dartmouth, where the king studied 282 00:11:55,438 --> 00:11:58,131 as a cadet before the war to the Royal Naval College, 283 00:11:58,165 --> 00:12:00,167 here it is now in 1939, 284 00:12:00,202 --> 00:12:02,135 accompanied by the Queen and Princesses. 285 00:12:02,169 --> 00:12:04,758 NARRATOR: Philip was now 18 and had graduated 286 00:12:04,793 --> 00:12:06,139 from Gordonstoun. 287 00:12:06,346 --> 00:12:08,797 Despite a desire to fly with the RAF, 288 00:12:09,211 --> 00:12:11,213 his uncle, Louis Mountbatten, 289 00:12:11,489 --> 00:12:13,491 had steered him towards the Navy. 290 00:12:13,940 --> 00:12:15,251 The influence of Lord Mountbatten 291 00:12:15,286 --> 00:12:16,874 is rather interesting. 292 00:12:16,908 --> 00:12:19,152 Having studied a lot of the papers, 293 00:12:19,186 --> 00:12:22,362 I think I'm confident to say to you that Lord Mountbatten 294 00:12:22,396 --> 00:12:25,365 took no interest in him whatsoever until he saw 295 00:12:25,399 --> 00:12:28,333 the possibility that he might marry Princess Elizabeth. 296 00:12:29,196 --> 00:12:32,027 NARRATOR: Mountbatten arranges that his cadet's nephew 297 00:12:32,061 --> 00:12:34,167 join the royal party at Dartmouth. 298 00:12:35,168 --> 00:12:36,790 Prince Philip was charged 299 00:12:36,825 --> 00:12:38,827 with looking after the princesses 300 00:12:38,861 --> 00:12:42,347 while the King did his duty, and it was love at first sight. 301 00:12:43,176 --> 00:12:45,868 She was about 13. 302 00:12:45,903 --> 00:12:47,042 There he was. 303 00:12:47,628 --> 00:12:49,803 I have to say, showing off a bit, 304 00:12:49,838 --> 00:12:51,184 and looking very handsome. 305 00:12:52,150 --> 00:12:54,774 NARRATOR: Newsreel shows Philip in uniform, 306 00:12:55,119 --> 00:12:57,949 standing a couple of steps behind the royal family. 307 00:12:58,363 --> 00:12:59,813 It's the first time 308 00:12:59,848 --> 00:13:01,332 he and Elizabeth were filmed together. 309 00:13:02,091 --> 00:13:07,165 Prince Philip was funny, witty, very handsome, 310 00:13:08,580 --> 00:13:10,168 and quite full of himself. 311 00:13:11,169 --> 00:13:14,069 And he was a very engaging young man, 312 00:13:14,103 --> 00:13:17,451 very charming and very kind, actually. 313 00:13:18,073 --> 00:13:20,938 You can see why a young girl would fall in love with him. 314 00:13:21,283 --> 00:13:23,526 He was a gorgeous blonde Viking. 315 00:13:24,596 --> 00:13:26,840 When they left later in the day, 316 00:13:27,082 --> 00:13:30,913 Philip urgently rowed his boat across after the royal barge, 317 00:13:30,948 --> 00:13:32,570 waving goodbye to them. 318 00:13:32,604 --> 00:13:34,399 I mean, that was presumptuous, at the very least. 319 00:13:37,402 --> 00:13:38,507 NARRATOR: The young pair struck up 320 00:13:38,541 --> 00:13:40,336 a written correspondence. 321 00:13:40,992 --> 00:13:42,580 You wouldn't have thought they were well suited 322 00:13:42,614 --> 00:13:46,239 because Princess Elizabeth had such a sheltered upbringing, 323 00:13:46,549 --> 00:13:48,103 and Prince Philip had this 324 00:13:48,379 --> 00:13:51,451 much more sort of a bohemian upbringing. 325 00:13:53,039 --> 00:13:54,592 NARRATOR: The royal establishment 326 00:13:54,626 --> 00:13:56,559 had their doubts about Philip's suitability. 327 00:13:58,389 --> 00:14:02,048 They weren't anti-Philip, they were anti the fact 328 00:14:02,082 --> 00:14:04,567 that he wasn't part of the British establishment. 329 00:14:05,051 --> 00:14:08,468 He might have royal blood, but he hadn't got a bean 330 00:14:09,607 --> 00:14:12,955 and he had a difficult family background. 331 00:14:13,438 --> 00:14:17,028 And I think that that King George 332 00:14:17,063 --> 00:14:18,996 and Queen Elizabeth felt 333 00:14:19,030 --> 00:14:23,207 that she was too young to make up her mind, 334 00:14:23,241 --> 00:14:25,278 and perhaps they would have preferred 335 00:14:25,588 --> 00:14:29,316 a sort of rich English or Scottish aristo 336 00:14:30,179 --> 00:14:31,491 than a penniless prince. 337 00:14:33,976 --> 00:14:35,529 PHIL: Prince Philip put his foot in it straightaway 338 00:14:35,564 --> 00:14:37,117 when he arrived up at Balmoral 339 00:14:37,152 --> 00:14:38,947 to meet Princess Elizabeth's parents, 340 00:14:39,188 --> 00:14:41,225 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. 341 00:14:41,466 --> 00:14:43,606 And he walked into the room and actually did a curtsey 342 00:14:43,641 --> 00:14:44,953 'cause he was wearing a kilt 343 00:14:44,987 --> 00:14:46,471 and he thought that would endear him 344 00:14:46,506 --> 00:14:48,266 to his future parents in law. 345 00:14:48,301 --> 00:14:49,681 But in fact, they didn't think it was at all funny. 346 00:14:52,961 --> 00:14:54,928 SARAH BRADFORD: The courtiers were not friendly. 347 00:14:54,963 --> 00:14:57,103 They thought that he was ignorant. 348 00:14:57,137 --> 00:14:59,553 They thought he wasn't properly educated, i.e., 349 00:15:00,106 --> 00:15:03,350 he hadn't been to Eton, which is, you know, 350 00:15:03,385 --> 00:15:05,076 the thing for the courtiers. 351 00:15:05,283 --> 00:15:08,493 He told me when he went to stay at Windsor Castle, 352 00:15:09,218 --> 00:15:11,703 there was a flunky taking him to his room 353 00:15:12,290 --> 00:15:13,567 and showing him the way, 354 00:15:13,602 --> 00:15:15,949 and he said rather impatiently to this flunky, 355 00:15:15,984 --> 00:15:18,918 "I do know the way, you know, my mother was born here." 356 00:15:19,366 --> 00:15:21,368 They thought he was a bit of a rough diamond, basically. 357 00:15:21,403 --> 00:15:22,542 And of course, he was a foreigner. 358 00:15:23,198 --> 00:15:25,407 His sisters were very Germanic. 359 00:15:25,683 --> 00:15:29,342 They'd all married Germans, two of whom were Nazis. 360 00:15:30,067 --> 00:15:31,102 So it was difficult 361 00:15:31,137 --> 00:15:32,448 and the Queen Mother apparently 362 00:15:32,483 --> 00:15:33,380 always called him the Hun. 363 00:15:34,692 --> 00:15:36,280 When he came into the room, she'd say, 364 00:15:36,314 --> 00:15:37,522 "Here comes the Hun," 365 00:15:37,557 --> 00:15:38,972 which I don't think he particularly liked. 366 00:15:42,044 --> 00:15:43,735 His sister, Sophie, 367 00:15:43,770 --> 00:15:45,392 the one who became Princess George of Hanover, 368 00:15:45,427 --> 00:15:48,395 her first husband, Prince Christopher of Hesse, 369 00:15:48,430 --> 00:15:51,743 died in 1943, and he had been a member of the party 370 00:15:51,778 --> 00:15:55,057 and they all became disillusioned by this later. 371 00:15:55,092 --> 00:15:56,990 But I mean, there's no question about it, they were 372 00:15:57,025 --> 00:15:58,992 because a lot of princes in Germany 373 00:15:59,027 --> 00:16:00,373 were taken in by Hitler. 374 00:16:00,718 --> 00:16:03,721 Cecile was living in Darmstadt 375 00:16:04,273 --> 00:16:07,380 and married to the Grand Duke, 376 00:16:07,414 --> 00:16:09,485 who had literally just inherited the title. 377 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:11,349 And they were coming over to England 378 00:16:11,384 --> 00:16:14,456 for the wedding of his brother to Margaret Geddes. 379 00:16:14,697 --> 00:16:16,147 And unfortunately, 380 00:16:16,182 --> 00:16:19,081 the plane hit a chimney in the fog at Ostend, 381 00:16:19,116 --> 00:16:20,738 and everybody on board was killed. 382 00:16:21,221 --> 00:16:23,534 So Prince Philip was called into his father's study. 383 00:16:23,568 --> 00:16:25,398 And I remember when I first started working 384 00:16:25,846 --> 00:16:27,434 with people in his office, 385 00:16:27,469 --> 00:16:29,229 they said, one thing you should know about him 386 00:16:29,264 --> 00:16:31,576 is this awful thing happened that he desperately minded 387 00:16:31,611 --> 00:16:33,751 about his sister and even more so 388 00:16:33,785 --> 00:16:35,787 because she was pregnant at the time. 389 00:16:36,305 --> 00:16:38,549 And I mean, the little baby was actually born 390 00:16:38,583 --> 00:16:40,240 in the trauma of the accident. 391 00:16:40,275 --> 00:16:44,417 And so he then travelled out with his father to Darmstadt, 392 00:16:44,727 --> 00:16:46,419 to the funeral, and, you know, there were just 393 00:16:46,453 --> 00:16:47,489 rows of coffins. 394 00:16:48,524 --> 00:16:50,043 There's no question about it that there was 395 00:16:50,078 --> 00:16:52,287 a lot of Nazi influence in Darmstadt, 396 00:16:52,321 --> 00:16:55,117 but you obviously can't put that 397 00:16:55,152 --> 00:16:56,429 at Prince Philip's door at all. I mean, 398 00:16:56,463 --> 00:16:58,707 he was there because he was attending his sister's funeral. 399 00:16:58,741 --> 00:17:00,088 But he will have seen that 400 00:17:00,122 --> 00:17:01,641 and he'd have been very well aware of it. 401 00:17:01,675 --> 00:17:04,264 But it was very difficult for him and, of course, 402 00:17:04,299 --> 00:17:06,232 when he was marrying the Queen. 403 00:17:06,266 --> 00:17:08,855 So some of the stuffier courtiers were very much 404 00:17:08,889 --> 00:17:10,477 taking the idea that, you know, I mean, 405 00:17:10,512 --> 00:17:12,065 he was basically German. 406 00:17:14,861 --> 00:17:16,656 NARRATOR: Having German connections 407 00:17:16,690 --> 00:17:19,210 was about to get extremely undesirable. 408 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:23,283 CHURCHILL: Now we are at war, and we are going to make war 409 00:17:24,112 --> 00:17:26,355 until the other side have had enough of it. 410 00:17:27,253 --> 00:17:29,082 DICKIE: Philip was a very good sailor. 411 00:17:29,117 --> 00:17:32,603 We saw him in naval service from 1939. 412 00:17:33,293 --> 00:17:35,502 He served in both the European theatres 413 00:17:35,537 --> 00:17:37,159 and the Far Eastern theatres of war. 414 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:40,266 NARRATOR: Serving on board HMS Valiant 415 00:17:40,300 --> 00:17:41,577 in the Mediterranean, 416 00:17:41,612 --> 00:17:43,269 Philip made his mark during 417 00:17:43,303 --> 00:17:46,134 a night-time attack on three Italian cruisers. 418 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:49,102 He fixed a searchlight on the bridge of an enemy ship 419 00:17:51,311 --> 00:17:53,693 and held it steady until the battle was won. 420 00:17:55,798 --> 00:17:57,628 It was Britain's greatest victory 421 00:17:57,662 --> 00:17:59,250 over the Italians at sea. 422 00:17:59,871 --> 00:18:01,356 He served with great distinction. 423 00:18:01,390 --> 00:18:03,496 He was in Mediterranean home waters, 424 00:18:03,530 --> 00:18:06,223 he served Cape Matapan, was mentioned in despatches 425 00:18:06,464 --> 00:18:08,294 and he also served in the Far East. 426 00:18:08,328 --> 00:18:11,366 So when people kept talking about VE Day, 427 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:14,127 that meant nothing to him because he still had to go on 428 00:18:14,162 --> 00:18:16,371 serving till the whole thing was over. 429 00:18:16,405 --> 00:18:18,545 And the war in the Far East was also over, 430 00:18:18,580 --> 00:18:19,857 which was a little bit later. 431 00:18:19,891 --> 00:18:21,686 NARRATOR: While Elizabeth waited patiently 432 00:18:21,721 --> 00:18:23,205 for her pen-pal prince, 433 00:18:23,481 --> 00:18:25,690 Philip received a mention in despatches 434 00:18:26,346 --> 00:18:28,245 and the Greek War Cross. 435 00:18:28,866 --> 00:18:30,868 GYLES: Prince Philip had a heroic war. 436 00:18:30,902 --> 00:18:32,214 He was a young man. 437 00:18:32,421 --> 00:18:35,252 And I think he enjoyed the war. 438 00:18:36,356 --> 00:18:39,359 He certainly did his stuff during the war. 439 00:18:39,773 --> 00:18:41,534 Officers who knew him at the time, 440 00:18:41,568 --> 00:18:44,192 but men who served under him, they really liked him. 441 00:18:44,226 --> 00:18:46,573 They reckoned he was a good leader 442 00:18:46,815 --> 00:18:48,886 and a good bloke. 443 00:18:49,266 --> 00:18:51,233 So he had a distinguished naval career, 444 00:18:51,889 --> 00:18:53,546 and he expected that to continue. 445 00:18:57,343 --> 00:18:58,861 NARRATOR: Philip's heroic actions 446 00:18:58,896 --> 00:19:00,587 had not gone unnoticed back home. 447 00:19:01,519 --> 00:19:04,315 COMMENTATOR: Neither her parents nor the girl herself desired 448 00:19:04,350 --> 00:19:05,868 that she should live a sheltered life. 449 00:19:06,697 --> 00:19:08,423 She was rapidly approaching womanhood. 450 00:19:08,871 --> 00:19:11,184 Her rare self-reliance was evident in her bearing. 451 00:19:13,255 --> 00:19:14,877 PHIL DAMPIER: During the war, Princess Elizabeth 452 00:19:14,912 --> 00:19:17,190 had had a picture of him on her mantelpiece, 453 00:19:17,225 --> 00:19:19,503 and her nanny actually said to Princess Elizabeth, 454 00:19:19,537 --> 00:19:21,194 "You shouldn't really have that there, 455 00:19:21,229 --> 00:19:22,506 otherwise will people start talking." 456 00:19:22,540 --> 00:19:24,542 So Elizabeth went away and came back 457 00:19:24,577 --> 00:19:26,958 with another photo of Prince Philip with a beard, 458 00:19:27,338 --> 00:19:28,443 and said, there we are I don't think 459 00:19:28,477 --> 00:19:29,478 anyone's going to recognise that. 460 00:19:30,962 --> 00:19:32,861 NARRATOR: Victory brought a chance for the now 461 00:19:32,895 --> 00:19:35,415 20-year-old Elizabeth to reconnect with Philip. 462 00:19:36,761 --> 00:19:39,419 After years spent housing his nephew, 463 00:19:39,730 --> 00:19:42,284 Lord Mountbatten accelerated his plan 464 00:19:42,319 --> 00:19:44,390 for the now anglicised war hero. 465 00:19:45,322 --> 00:19:47,462 His uncle became extremely interested 466 00:19:47,807 --> 00:19:49,947 and set Prince Philip up. 467 00:19:50,775 --> 00:19:52,950 They changed his name from 468 00:19:52,984 --> 00:19:56,471 Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg- Glucksburg into Mountbatten. 469 00:19:56,954 --> 00:19:59,232 They changed his religion from Greek Orthodox 470 00:19:59,267 --> 00:20:00,475 into the Church of England, 471 00:20:00,509 --> 00:20:02,270 and they made him a British citizen. 472 00:20:02,615 --> 00:20:03,926 SARAH: Lord Mountbatten 473 00:20:03,961 --> 00:20:05,687 certainly promoted the marriage 474 00:20:05,721 --> 00:20:07,447 as far as he could do. 475 00:20:08,966 --> 00:20:13,867 He became much closer to Philip than he had been. 476 00:20:14,489 --> 00:20:15,800 COMMENTATOR: A delightful royal occasion 477 00:20:15,835 --> 00:20:17,388 was the wedding of Lord Mountbatten's daughter, 478 00:20:17,423 --> 00:20:19,770 Patricia, whose bridal attendants included 479 00:20:19,804 --> 00:20:20,633 both the princesses. 480 00:20:25,500 --> 00:20:27,605 At the church door, Prince Philip of Greece, 481 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:30,643 now Lieutenant Mountbatten lends a hand with the coats. 482 00:20:31,333 --> 00:20:34,750 Philip was essentially a part German princeling 483 00:20:35,337 --> 00:20:38,616 and there was resentment and unhappiness 484 00:20:38,651 --> 00:20:40,308 about that in the country. 485 00:20:40,342 --> 00:20:43,863 And clearly it affected the royal family too, 486 00:20:43,897 --> 00:20:46,348 and they were worried about a union. 487 00:20:46,383 --> 00:20:49,662 They'd had to shore up their own... the monarchy here, 488 00:20:49,696 --> 00:20:52,665 their own throne, only a generation or so earlier, 489 00:20:52,699 --> 00:20:55,633 because of the overthrow of the Tsar in Russia, 490 00:20:55,668 --> 00:21:00,466 and they didn't want anti-German feeling to erupt again 491 00:21:00,500 --> 00:21:02,951 because of Elizabeth's choice of husband. 492 00:21:04,987 --> 00:21:07,852 Lord Mountbatten saw the danger of Lord Euston, 493 00:21:07,887 --> 00:21:10,441 later the Duke of Grafton, who was a Grenadier Guard, 494 00:21:10,476 --> 00:21:12,098 and he was a great friend of the Queen's. 495 00:21:12,132 --> 00:21:14,031 It's always said that Lord Mountbatten 496 00:21:14,065 --> 00:21:15,550 got him a double promotion 497 00:21:15,584 --> 00:21:18,346 and sent out to be ADC to Lord Wavell in India, 498 00:21:18,380 --> 00:21:20,451 which very conveniently got him out of the way. 499 00:21:20,934 --> 00:21:22,350 They loaded the gun for him 500 00:21:22,384 --> 00:21:23,868 and they left him to pull the trigger. 501 00:21:23,903 --> 00:21:25,422 They couldn't force him to do it. 502 00:21:26,077 --> 00:21:28,010 NARRATOR: The king initially refused 503 00:21:28,045 --> 00:21:29,943 to allow the couple to get married. 504 00:21:30,599 --> 00:21:33,637 However, the steely princess threatened abdication 505 00:21:33,671 --> 00:21:35,535 if she didn't get her prince. 506 00:21:35,777 --> 00:21:37,675 A number of women that swooned over him 507 00:21:37,710 --> 00:21:39,401 'cause he was a good looking young man 508 00:21:39,919 --> 00:21:41,990 and he was a dashing naval officer. 509 00:21:42,439 --> 00:21:44,544 RICHARD: There was some unease certainly 510 00:21:44,579 --> 00:21:46,581 among higher members of the family, 511 00:21:46,615 --> 00:21:48,410 but they did manage to overcome it, 512 00:21:48,445 --> 00:21:49,515 I have to say, 513 00:21:49,549 --> 00:21:52,000 because Philip was a very charming man, 514 00:21:52,034 --> 00:21:55,452 capable and was quite clearly devoted to Elizabeth, 515 00:21:55,486 --> 00:21:57,523 which I think meant everything to King George. 516 00:21:57,557 --> 00:22:00,422 They were a very, very strong family unit, 517 00:22:00,802 --> 00:22:02,631 and it meant the break up of that. 518 00:22:02,666 --> 00:22:04,495 And the king absolutely adored his daughters. 519 00:22:04,530 --> 00:22:06,394 And, you know, he was probably quite happy 520 00:22:06,428 --> 00:22:07,843 with the arrangement as it was. 521 00:22:07,878 --> 00:22:09,120 A lot of families, I think, 522 00:22:09,155 --> 00:22:12,158 are concerned when a daughter suddenly marries 523 00:22:12,192 --> 00:22:13,504 perhaps the first man 524 00:22:13,539 --> 00:22:14,885 that she's ever fallen in love with. 525 00:22:15,126 --> 00:22:16,921 So in order to see 526 00:22:16,956 --> 00:22:18,613 whether it was going to work or not, 527 00:22:19,165 --> 00:22:21,547 the king was happy to take them all off to South Africa 528 00:22:21,581 --> 00:22:23,514 and make them delay and wait a bit. 529 00:22:23,790 --> 00:22:26,793 But after that, he realised that it was going to go ahead, 530 00:22:26,828 --> 00:22:27,622 and it did. 531 00:22:28,416 --> 00:22:29,865 NARRATOR: After waiting a year, 532 00:22:31,073 --> 00:22:32,834 the public announcement of the engagement went ahead. 533 00:22:34,836 --> 00:22:38,046 I am so happy that my future husband 534 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:38,943 is by my side. 535 00:22:41,014 --> 00:22:43,465 INGRID: The general public were thrilled. 536 00:22:43,500 --> 00:22:45,778 It was the austere war years. 537 00:22:46,434 --> 00:22:50,127 London was a filthy, dirty grey bombed out city. 538 00:22:50,161 --> 00:22:53,026 And suddenly, this golden looking couple 539 00:22:53,682 --> 00:22:54,994 are going to get married, 540 00:22:55,028 --> 00:22:59,136 so everyone could relate to the joy of their romance. 541 00:22:59,550 --> 00:23:01,552 HUGO: The Queen Mother had very much hoped 542 00:23:01,587 --> 00:23:03,761 that the Queen would marry a Grenadier Guard. 543 00:23:03,796 --> 00:23:05,832 There'd been lots of them around at Windsor Castle 544 00:23:05,867 --> 00:23:07,040 during the war. 545 00:23:07,524 --> 00:23:09,491 And she said, "Won't the Grenadiers be cross?" 546 00:23:09,526 --> 00:23:11,493 And actually, they were so cross 547 00:23:11,528 --> 00:23:12,770 that they wouldn't have Prince Philip 548 00:23:12,805 --> 00:23:14,807 as Colonel of the Regiment in 1952, 549 00:23:14,841 --> 00:23:16,429 which was not very nice of them. 550 00:23:16,464 --> 00:23:18,189 He gave up smoking on the morning... 551 00:23:18,224 --> 00:23:20,468 on the morning of his marriage. 552 00:23:20,709 --> 00:23:22,780 I think he had his last cigarette, 553 00:23:22,815 --> 00:23:24,610 put it out, and never looked at another one again. 554 00:23:24,644 --> 00:23:26,163 That is typical of Prince Philip. 555 00:23:27,198 --> 00:23:29,718 Everything he does is by sheer willpower. 556 00:23:29,753 --> 00:23:31,617 And actually just having a cigarette and saying, 557 00:23:31,651 --> 00:23:33,170 "Right, that's it, I'm never smoking again." 558 00:23:39,521 --> 00:23:41,730 HUGO: The wedding, it was a moment of great colour. 559 00:23:41,765 --> 00:23:44,457 I mean, it was still a service dress uniform occasion, 560 00:23:44,492 --> 00:23:46,528 so it was no sort of red tunics or anything like that. 561 00:23:46,977 --> 00:23:48,634 And, you know, 562 00:23:48,668 --> 00:23:50,774 rationing was still on and it was not so easy. 563 00:23:50,808 --> 00:23:52,120 But nevertheless, 564 00:23:52,154 --> 00:23:54,087 it did give everybody great hope for the future. 565 00:23:56,193 --> 00:23:58,022 None of his three surviving sisters 566 00:23:58,057 --> 00:23:59,472 were invited to the wedding, 567 00:23:59,507 --> 00:24:01,163 which they minded about bitterly. 568 00:24:01,198 --> 00:24:03,994 But luckily, by the time of the coronation in 1953, 569 00:24:04,028 --> 00:24:05,892 they were all determined to be there 570 00:24:05,927 --> 00:24:07,066 and they jolly well were there. 571 00:24:07,100 --> 00:24:09,275 SARAH: Gandhi sent a tray cloth 572 00:24:09,309 --> 00:24:11,864 that he had specially made for her. 573 00:24:12,658 --> 00:24:16,455 And Queen Mary, the Queen's grandmother, 574 00:24:16,834 --> 00:24:18,457 completely misread it 575 00:24:18,871 --> 00:24:20,873 and thought it was his loincloth, 576 00:24:22,184 --> 00:24:24,497 and said, "Disgusting thing." 577 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:30,020 NARRATOR: Philip and Elizabeth took up the new titles, 578 00:24:30,054 --> 00:24:32,125 the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh. 579 00:24:33,679 --> 00:24:35,232 SARAH: If you look at the pictures 580 00:24:35,750 --> 00:24:38,062 of the pair of them on honeymoon 581 00:24:38,097 --> 00:24:40,824 at Broadlands Lord Mountbatten's house, 582 00:24:41,031 --> 00:24:44,586 they're looking extremely fondly at each other. 583 00:24:44,966 --> 00:24:48,072 And at that time, Prince Philip was writing, 584 00:24:48,107 --> 00:24:52,939 you know, quite dashing things about her, 585 00:24:52,974 --> 00:24:55,942 say, and she's lovely all over. 586 00:25:05,193 --> 00:25:06,850 NARRATOR: Clarence House in London 587 00:25:06,884 --> 00:25:08,265 became the royal residence. 588 00:25:08,714 --> 00:25:12,096 Marriage did give Prince Philip great stability, 589 00:25:12,131 --> 00:25:14,305 despite his denials and saying he was fine. 590 00:25:15,168 --> 00:25:17,895 It gave him... it gave him a home for a start. 591 00:25:18,137 --> 00:25:19,690 It gave him a home. 592 00:25:19,932 --> 00:25:24,108 It gave him somewhere he could be around his friends. 593 00:25:25,006 --> 00:25:26,283 NARRATOR: Despite the difficulties, 594 00:25:26,732 --> 00:25:28,872 Philip grew into his new role. 595 00:25:29,251 --> 00:25:31,702 In between a whirlwind of naval duties, 596 00:25:32,876 --> 00:25:35,948 diplomatic efforts and charitable engagements, 597 00:25:36,293 --> 00:25:38,260 the couple had two children, 598 00:25:38,813 --> 00:25:40,159 Charles in 1948 599 00:25:40,987 --> 00:25:42,886 and Anne in 1950. 600 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:46,130 He had to curb a lot of the things 601 00:25:46,165 --> 00:25:48,719 that he was thinking or what he would like to do 602 00:25:49,133 --> 00:25:51,653 until such time as the Queen came to the throne, 603 00:25:51,688 --> 00:25:53,655 he was able to do very much more after that. 604 00:25:53,690 --> 00:25:55,139 During the early years of their marriage, 605 00:25:55,174 --> 00:25:56,658 Prince Philip was in the Navy. 606 00:25:56,693 --> 00:25:59,074 So he wasn't exactly a house husband, 607 00:25:59,109 --> 00:26:03,700 but he took charge of the children. 608 00:26:04,286 --> 00:26:05,840 And obviously, they had nannies, 609 00:26:05,874 --> 00:26:08,325 but the Queen was busy with affairs of state. 610 00:26:08,877 --> 00:26:11,984 She was 26 years old. She had two young children. 611 00:26:12,191 --> 00:26:14,642 And Prince Philip made the decisions 612 00:26:14,676 --> 00:26:16,885 as far as the children were concerned. 613 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:19,301 It was very much like an old-fashioned marriage 614 00:26:19,888 --> 00:26:21,683 where the man is deferred to, 615 00:26:21,718 --> 00:26:24,099 because that's how the Queen was brought up. 616 00:26:24,134 --> 00:26:26,032 And so obviously that's the way she's going to be. 617 00:26:27,033 --> 00:26:30,243 SARAH: He really liked the idea of bringing up the children. 618 00:26:32,176 --> 00:26:34,006 Throwing Prince Charles into the swimming pool at 619 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:35,594 Buckingham Palace. 620 00:26:36,767 --> 00:26:38,355 They had this wonderfully happy time, which... 621 00:26:38,389 --> 00:26:40,046 where Prince Philip was quite often in Malta. 622 00:26:40,322 --> 00:26:42,601 The Navy was in full swing there. 623 00:26:42,911 --> 00:26:45,396 And the Grand Harbour had wonderful ships in it, 624 00:26:45,431 --> 00:26:47,985 and there were polo matches and dances 625 00:26:48,020 --> 00:26:48,917 at the Phoenicia Hotel. 626 00:26:50,367 --> 00:26:53,681 The Queen has always said Malta was the only place 627 00:26:53,715 --> 00:26:55,372 other than England that she could call home. 628 00:26:55,786 --> 00:26:57,339 She could drive around in her little car, 629 00:26:57,374 --> 00:26:59,307 she could go shopping, she could go to the cinema, 630 00:26:59,341 --> 00:27:00,929 she could go and watch Prince Philip playing polo. 631 00:27:02,172 --> 00:27:04,208 It was a place where they were very relaxed 632 00:27:04,243 --> 00:27:05,762 and where they could really 633 00:27:05,796 --> 00:27:08,109 be as normal a young family as possible. 634 00:27:10,387 --> 00:27:12,734 NARRATOR: But the simple life didn't last. 635 00:27:17,187 --> 00:27:18,291 Whilst Philip and Elizabeth 636 00:27:18,326 --> 00:27:20,052 were on a tour of Kenya, 637 00:27:20,259 --> 00:27:22,088 the king died suddenly. 638 00:27:22,433 --> 00:27:23,849 REPORTER: From Sandringham, 639 00:27:23,883 --> 00:27:25,022 the Queen Mother spoke 640 00:27:25,057 --> 00:27:26,092 to her daughter on the telephone. 641 00:27:27,266 --> 00:27:29,233 Here lay the body of the beloved king, 642 00:27:29,509 --> 00:27:31,408 whom death, with cruel suddenness 643 00:27:31,442 --> 00:27:33,030 has taken from our midst. 644 00:27:37,794 --> 00:27:41,660 The high and mighty Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary 645 00:27:41,936 --> 00:27:44,697 is now by the death of our late sovereign 646 00:27:44,732 --> 00:27:48,149 of happy memory become Queen Elizabeth the Second 647 00:27:48,494 --> 00:27:51,152 by the grace of God, Queen of This Realm. 648 00:27:55,259 --> 00:27:57,227 NARRATOR: Elizabeth was now Queen. 649 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,958 According to his equerry, Michael Parker, 650 00:28:04,165 --> 00:28:08,031 who happened to be on the trip to Kenya 651 00:28:08,065 --> 00:28:11,379 with them at the time, it was complete shock. 652 00:28:11,413 --> 00:28:15,314 He went white and he just put a newspaper 653 00:28:15,348 --> 00:28:21,147 over his face and just tried to absorb the enormity of it all 654 00:28:21,182 --> 00:28:25,289 because neither he or the Princess thought 655 00:28:25,324 --> 00:28:26,774 that her father was gonna die. 656 00:28:27,222 --> 00:28:28,776 They'd expected another 657 00:28:28,810 --> 00:28:31,779 ten years of freedom of married life 658 00:28:31,813 --> 00:28:33,746 before the Princess had to take up 659 00:28:33,781 --> 00:28:35,541 the reins of the monarchy. So it was a huge shock. 660 00:28:35,575 --> 00:28:37,923 Their happy existence was over. 661 00:28:38,924 --> 00:28:39,994 He generally thought 662 00:28:40,028 --> 00:28:42,928 that they would carry on as man and wife, 663 00:28:42,962 --> 00:28:46,310 naval officer and wife until about 1960. 664 00:28:46,345 --> 00:28:48,830 That turned out to be a vast overestimate. 665 00:28:49,141 --> 00:28:51,902 And of course, life changed considerably after that. 666 00:28:51,937 --> 00:28:53,317 He had to give up his career. 667 00:28:53,352 --> 00:28:55,423 That was a major setback for him. 668 00:28:55,975 --> 00:28:59,979 And he had to adjust to this new untested role 669 00:29:00,014 --> 00:29:04,846 as a sovereign's partner, companion to the Queen. 670 00:29:04,881 --> 00:29:07,504 It was all very unfamiliar territory to him. 671 00:29:09,609 --> 00:29:11,197 NARRATOR: As the Queen's consort, 672 00:29:11,888 --> 00:29:14,062 Philip was granted ceremonial titles. 673 00:29:14,614 --> 00:29:16,927 That is probably one of the biggest blows 674 00:29:16,962 --> 00:29:18,411 in his life that he had to face 675 00:29:18,998 --> 00:29:23,485 because he hated getting any appointments 676 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:25,142 which he hadn't earned. 677 00:29:25,177 --> 00:29:26,834 You couldn't give him anything, 678 00:29:26,868 --> 00:29:29,388 any honour unless you could prove that he'd earned it. 679 00:29:29,422 --> 00:29:32,287 So to suddenly find himself made an Admiral of the Fleet, 680 00:29:32,494 --> 00:29:34,876 a Field Marshal and Marshal of the Royal Air Force, 681 00:29:35,187 --> 00:29:37,430 he hated all that, and you can understand why. 682 00:29:37,948 --> 00:29:40,986 His uncle, Lord Mountbatten rose to be head of the Navy. 683 00:29:41,020 --> 00:29:43,229 His grandfather had risen to be head of the Navy, 684 00:29:43,264 --> 00:29:45,197 and everybody said Prince Philip could have done it 685 00:29:45,231 --> 00:29:46,785 on his own merits and he would have been. 686 00:29:47,613 --> 00:29:51,030 It's unquestionable that to be the consort 687 00:29:51,065 --> 00:29:54,793 to the Queen of England is a pretty important role. 688 00:29:55,034 --> 00:29:57,209 So you're not leaving the naval career for nothing. 689 00:29:59,107 --> 00:30:00,350 NARRATOR: Once Queen, 690 00:30:00,384 --> 00:30:02,386 Elizabeth's workload intensified. 691 00:30:02,904 --> 00:30:04,457 The Queen didn't discuss affairs of state 692 00:30:04,492 --> 00:30:06,080 with Prince Philip 693 00:30:06,114 --> 00:30:07,909 because constitutionally she's not allowed to. 694 00:30:07,944 --> 00:30:10,912 She is sovereign by an Act of Parliament 695 00:30:11,395 --> 00:30:15,606 and through succession and government papers go to her. 696 00:30:17,988 --> 00:30:20,197 While he was the Prince of the United Kingdom, 697 00:30:20,232 --> 00:30:23,131 he was not entitled to look at any state documents. 698 00:30:23,891 --> 00:30:25,237 GYLES: I said to the Duke of Edinburgh, 699 00:30:25,271 --> 00:30:26,272 "Did you know what to do?" He said, 700 00:30:26,307 --> 00:30:27,446 "No. I had no idea." I said, 701 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:28,930 "Were there people telling you what to do?" 702 00:30:28,965 --> 00:30:30,207 He said, no. 703 00:30:30,242 --> 00:30:31,933 There were people telling me what not to do. 704 00:30:32,278 --> 00:30:33,935 For the Queen, when she became queen, 705 00:30:33,970 --> 00:30:35,281 there was a role set out. 706 00:30:35,316 --> 00:30:37,628 It was clear what she was going to do 707 00:30:37,663 --> 00:30:40,217 because there is a role for the Queen, 708 00:30:40,252 --> 00:30:43,082 and she stepped into it naturally and easily. 709 00:30:43,427 --> 00:30:45,084 But he was then left on the side-lines 710 00:30:45,464 --> 00:30:47,052 and it was challenging for him 711 00:30:47,086 --> 00:30:49,951 because the Queen then had as her advisors, 712 00:30:50,158 --> 00:30:52,195 a Prime Minister, in Winston Churchill, 713 00:30:52,471 --> 00:30:56,613 who was an old man by then and who had literally sat her 714 00:30:56,647 --> 00:30:59,443 on his knee in the 1920s when she was a baby girl 715 00:30:59,927 --> 00:31:01,894 and her father's private secretary. 716 00:31:01,929 --> 00:31:04,207 So these two old men, as it were, 717 00:31:04,966 --> 00:31:08,038 and she was only 26, came to dominate the Queen 718 00:31:08,073 --> 00:31:09,626 and the Duke of Edinburgh was left out. 719 00:31:13,941 --> 00:31:16,909 The Queen is actually a fundamentally shy woman, 720 00:31:17,220 --> 00:31:20,395 and having Philip at her side helped enormously. 721 00:31:20,671 --> 00:31:23,364 Can you imagine if you've got any degree of shyness 722 00:31:23,605 --> 00:31:26,298 walking into a room where all eyes are on you, 723 00:31:26,332 --> 00:31:29,094 hundreds of people all waiting to see what you're going to say, 724 00:31:29,128 --> 00:31:30,543 what you're wearing, what you're gonna do? 725 00:31:31,268 --> 00:31:33,167 NARRATOR: The coronation of the new Queen 726 00:31:33,201 --> 00:31:35,928 brought an early chance for Philip to show his worth. 727 00:31:35,963 --> 00:31:37,965 COMMENTATOR: St James's Palace was the meeting place 728 00:31:37,999 --> 00:31:39,621 of the newly appointed Coronation Commission 729 00:31:39,656 --> 00:31:41,278 presided over by the Duke of Edinburgh. 730 00:31:43,039 --> 00:31:44,212 NARRATOR: Planning the event 731 00:31:44,247 --> 00:31:46,559 was Philip's first task as royal consort. 732 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:49,700 It went without a hitch. 733 00:31:51,979 --> 00:31:54,429 At the coronation Prince Philip's humour 734 00:31:54,464 --> 00:31:56,086 sort of stood out right from the start, 735 00:31:56,121 --> 00:31:58,675 and just after the Queen had been crowned, 736 00:31:58,709 --> 00:32:02,230 he had to kneel at her feet and swear his allegiance to her. 737 00:32:02,990 --> 00:32:04,336 And a few seconds later, he said to her, 738 00:32:05,026 --> 00:32:06,062 "Where did you get that hat?" 739 00:32:07,063 --> 00:32:08,961 And I think that's the first example 740 00:32:08,996 --> 00:32:11,619 of how he relaxed the Queen using jokes. 741 00:32:11,653 --> 00:32:13,276 He was the perfect foil for her 742 00:32:13,310 --> 00:32:16,175 because he would make her giggle at quite serious moments. 743 00:32:18,591 --> 00:32:20,352 COMMENTATOR: The royal family assembled together 744 00:32:20,386 --> 00:32:21,629 on the palace balcony 745 00:32:21,663 --> 00:32:23,458 to receive the acclamation of their subjects 746 00:32:23,493 --> 00:32:25,081 on Coronation Day. 747 00:32:25,564 --> 00:32:27,014 NARRATOR: But outside the marriage, 748 00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:29,154 Philip was frustrated 749 00:32:29,188 --> 00:32:31,018 by attempts by the British establishment 750 00:32:31,052 --> 00:32:32,536 to rein in his influence. 751 00:32:33,261 --> 00:32:35,194 When the Queen came to the throne, 752 00:32:35,539 --> 00:32:38,301 Winston Churchill insisted as Prime Minister 753 00:32:38,335 --> 00:32:40,717 that Prince Philip couldn't have his name Mountbatten 754 00:32:40,751 --> 00:32:42,270 to name his children. 755 00:32:42,684 --> 00:32:44,652 NARRATOR: Philip's uncle, Lord Mountbatten, 756 00:32:44,686 --> 00:32:46,447 had overstepped the mark. 757 00:32:48,035 --> 00:32:50,209 So Lord Mountbatten boasted at dinner, 758 00:32:50,589 --> 00:32:53,316 well, the House of Mountbatten now reigns in this land 759 00:32:53,350 --> 00:32:55,007 and he wasn't entirely wrong. 760 00:32:55,421 --> 00:32:57,803 What actually happened was that Prince Ernst of Hanover, 761 00:32:57,837 --> 00:33:00,288 who was at dinner with Lord Mountbatten, 762 00:33:00,323 --> 00:33:02,601 went to see Queen Mary, and said, you know, 763 00:33:02,635 --> 00:33:04,465 this is what Mountbatten is saying. 764 00:33:04,741 --> 00:33:08,262 And she summoned Churchill, and said, this must not be. 765 00:33:08,641 --> 00:33:10,989 And Churchill was a very powerful figure. 766 00:33:11,437 --> 00:33:12,818 And to some extent, 767 00:33:12,852 --> 00:33:15,579 I think he rather bullied the Queen into it being still 768 00:33:15,614 --> 00:33:17,374 called the House of Windsor. 769 00:33:17,409 --> 00:33:19,411 There were very many good reasons for doing that. 770 00:33:19,445 --> 00:33:21,551 The House of Windsor is a very, very good name 771 00:33:21,585 --> 00:33:23,380 for the Royal House. 772 00:33:23,415 --> 00:33:26,107 Everybody knows Windsor Castle, 773 00:33:26,142 --> 00:33:27,591 loves it, it was a very clever thing. 774 00:33:27,626 --> 00:33:29,524 That, of course, is also a made-up name 775 00:33:29,559 --> 00:33:31,181 that was made up in 1917. 776 00:33:31,492 --> 00:33:33,045 But it is said, I think, 777 00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:35,185 Prince Philip was genuinely annoyed 778 00:33:35,599 --> 00:33:38,671 because most men give their name to their family. 779 00:33:40,087 --> 00:33:41,329 NARRATOR: Mountbatten's boasting 780 00:33:41,605 --> 00:33:43,504 had sealed the fate of the dynasty. 781 00:33:45,092 --> 00:33:46,472 Philip was furious 782 00:33:46,679 --> 00:33:49,441 and their relationship would never fully recover. 783 00:33:50,614 --> 00:33:54,066 He actually complained, I'm nothing but a bloody amoeba. 784 00:33:54,308 --> 00:33:57,276 He's the only man in Christendom, he complained, 785 00:33:57,311 --> 00:33:59,623 whose own children didn't take his name. 786 00:34:00,245 --> 00:34:02,109 He was unhappy about that, 787 00:34:02,143 --> 00:34:03,662 but it was also the restrictions 788 00:34:03,696 --> 00:34:05,353 on what he could and couldn't do. 789 00:34:05,388 --> 00:34:08,149 He couldn't speak so frankly, as he had done before. 790 00:34:08,184 --> 00:34:10,600 The old school courtiers 791 00:34:10,634 --> 00:34:13,085 at Buckingham Palace were very unfriendly to him. 792 00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:14,466 They didn't like him. 793 00:34:14,500 --> 00:34:16,675 They thought he would be a philanderer. 794 00:34:16,709 --> 00:34:22,198 They didn't appreciate his views and his ideas of modernisation. 795 00:34:22,232 --> 00:34:25,511 He was a bright, sharp, opinionated young man. 796 00:34:25,822 --> 00:34:28,445 He didn't like the set up at Buckingham Palace. 797 00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:29,860 He found it stuffy. 798 00:34:29,895 --> 00:34:32,449 He found this habit of servants wearing wigs ridiculous. 799 00:34:32,794 --> 00:34:34,624 So he clearly wanted to be 800 00:34:34,658 --> 00:34:36,902 more than just your breath of fresh air. 801 00:34:36,936 --> 00:34:38,800 He was gonna make big changes 802 00:34:38,835 --> 00:34:40,354 if he was gonna stick around. 803 00:34:40,388 --> 00:34:42,701 But there was a period early on when he thought, 804 00:34:42,735 --> 00:34:44,185 "I'm not sure whether I'm cut out for this." 805 00:34:45,807 --> 00:34:47,844 NARRATOR: A world tour provided Philip 806 00:34:47,878 --> 00:34:50,226 with an escape from the restrictions of royal life. 807 00:34:51,848 --> 00:34:53,436 Prince Philip went off to Melbourne 808 00:34:53,470 --> 00:34:55,265 to open the Olympics in Australia. 809 00:34:55,645 --> 00:34:58,303 And then he took the opportunity to hijack, 810 00:34:58,337 --> 00:34:59,890 if you like, the Royal Yacht Britannia 811 00:34:59,925 --> 00:35:02,203 and sailed off for another three months with his friends. 812 00:35:03,687 --> 00:35:05,827 INGRID: Prince Philip was away for almost six months 813 00:35:05,862 --> 00:35:08,347 with his equerry, Michael Parker. 814 00:35:08,382 --> 00:35:11,661 They went off on a sort of world tour on Britannia. 815 00:35:11,695 --> 00:35:17,391 And of course it started gossip and people were imagining 816 00:35:17,598 --> 00:35:20,221 that he must be having wild affairs all over the world. 817 00:35:20,256 --> 00:35:23,190 Speculation was rife in papers, particularly abroad, 818 00:35:23,535 --> 00:35:25,606 that the marriage was in dire trouble. 819 00:35:27,401 --> 00:35:29,575 DAVID SAUNDERS: Prince Philip was an alpha male, 820 00:35:29,610 --> 00:35:30,818 very much so. 821 00:35:31,232 --> 00:35:34,477 I would describe him as a great man's man 822 00:35:34,718 --> 00:35:37,687 because he can mix with the men and be a man's man. 823 00:35:38,446 --> 00:35:40,379 But he was a ladies' man as well. 824 00:35:41,449 --> 00:35:46,765 He could have women smiling and turning to jelly. 825 00:35:49,008 --> 00:35:50,596 Prince Philip has been accused 826 00:35:50,631 --> 00:35:54,428 time and time again, and go back to French newspapers 827 00:35:54,462 --> 00:35:59,226 in the 1950s, of him having a wandering eye 828 00:35:59,260 --> 00:36:00,572 and perhaps even a wandering hand. 829 00:36:01,642 --> 00:36:03,299 PHIL DAMPIER: In the early '60s, 830 00:36:03,333 --> 00:36:05,853 it emerged that Prince Philip had been going to Thursday Club, 831 00:36:05,887 --> 00:36:07,268 which was a club in London 832 00:36:07,303 --> 00:36:09,443 with some very racy characters going to it. 833 00:36:09,857 --> 00:36:11,341 There are all sorts of rumours 834 00:36:11,376 --> 00:36:13,688 that he'd met various women there. 835 00:36:13,999 --> 00:36:15,966 There was a lot of rubbish talked 836 00:36:16,001 --> 00:36:18,762 about the orgies of the Thursday Club, 837 00:36:18,797 --> 00:36:20,488 which I think were just sort of... 838 00:36:22,007 --> 00:36:24,596 drunken boys evenings, really. 839 00:36:26,839 --> 00:36:30,498 Stories have been written about a whole legion of women 840 00:36:30,947 --> 00:36:33,950 whom Philip has allegedly been involved with. 841 00:36:33,984 --> 00:36:35,814 He certainly had an eye for pretty women, 842 00:36:35,848 --> 00:36:38,713 and he liked, you know, the company of pretty women. 843 00:36:38,748 --> 00:36:40,577 There were quite a lot of rumours. 844 00:36:41,578 --> 00:36:44,236 And the trouble is that how can you tell 845 00:36:45,651 --> 00:36:48,378 whether an affair is a physical affair 846 00:36:48,758 --> 00:36:51,450 or just a friendship and an attraction. 847 00:36:52,624 --> 00:36:54,453 And that's the problem. 848 00:36:54,488 --> 00:36:55,765 Well, Prince Philip had a way of dealing 849 00:36:55,799 --> 00:36:57,698 with accusations of past affairs. 850 00:36:57,732 --> 00:36:59,493 He said if I... you know, 851 00:36:59,527 --> 00:37:02,289 how could I do this if I always had a detective with me, 852 00:37:02,530 --> 00:37:04,498 if I was always surrounded by people. 853 00:37:04,877 --> 00:37:06,500 At the end of the day, there's never been 854 00:37:06,534 --> 00:37:07,604 any firm evidence 855 00:37:07,639 --> 00:37:08,985 that he had affairs. 856 00:37:10,435 --> 00:37:12,575 No, Prince Philip was one of those people 857 00:37:12,609 --> 00:37:13,990 that window shop, but he didn't buy. 858 00:37:15,025 --> 00:37:17,925 COMMENTATOR: On a faraway island in mid-Pacific, an escort, 859 00:37:17,959 --> 00:37:20,341 indeed a serenade by ladies of the island 860 00:37:20,376 --> 00:37:21,929 and his Royal Highness borne aloft 861 00:37:21,963 --> 00:37:23,517 on a Pacific Island throne. 862 00:37:25,484 --> 00:37:27,521 NARRATOR: Midway through the Britannia tour, 863 00:37:27,831 --> 00:37:29,971 crisis hits when Philip's equerry, 864 00:37:30,489 --> 00:37:33,492 Captain Michael Parker is sued for divorce. 865 00:37:33,837 --> 00:37:35,805 His wife alleges adultery. 866 00:37:36,564 --> 00:37:40,016 The rumours built up, particularly overseas, 867 00:37:40,430 --> 00:37:43,813 not for the first time in the last 100 years. 868 00:37:43,847 --> 00:37:46,436 It was the press in America that started the rumour 869 00:37:46,471 --> 00:37:50,302 as much as they did about King Edward VIII's affair 870 00:37:50,337 --> 00:37:52,891 with Wallis Simpson, they all emerged in America. 871 00:37:53,340 --> 00:37:56,101 And it was the American press which ran story 872 00:37:56,135 --> 00:37:57,792 after story suggesting 873 00:37:57,827 --> 00:37:59,449 that Philip was getting up to no good 874 00:37:59,829 --> 00:38:01,002 while he was out of the country. 875 00:38:02,659 --> 00:38:04,005 Such were the rumours, 876 00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:05,800 and so concerned were Buckingham Palace 877 00:38:05,835 --> 00:38:08,389 and indeed the Queen that she authorised the palace 878 00:38:08,424 --> 00:38:10,529 to issue the one and only statement 879 00:38:10,564 --> 00:38:12,842 about the state of her marriage to Prince Philip, 880 00:38:12,876 --> 00:38:14,430 basically saying, all is well. 881 00:38:17,674 --> 00:38:18,917 But significantly, 882 00:38:18,951 --> 00:38:21,816 she flew out to Portugal to meet him 883 00:38:22,058 --> 00:38:24,371 ahead of his return to the UK. 884 00:38:24,716 --> 00:38:28,375 And I think that was a significant concession, 885 00:38:28,409 --> 00:38:29,859 if you like, to all these rumours 886 00:38:29,893 --> 00:38:31,516 and to show that all was well in the marriage. 887 00:38:33,621 --> 00:38:35,761 PHIL: The Queen, assuming that he have grown a beard 888 00:38:35,796 --> 00:38:37,556 while he was away, actually turned up 889 00:38:37,591 --> 00:38:39,351 with a false beard on to try and greet him. 890 00:38:39,386 --> 00:38:41,077 In fact, he'd shaved it off by the time he got there. 891 00:38:41,111 --> 00:38:42,112 So, the joke fell a bit flat. 892 00:38:44,391 --> 00:38:46,703 But by then, they seem to have reconciled their differences. 893 00:38:47,463 --> 00:38:49,016 And then only four years later, 894 00:38:49,050 --> 00:38:50,742 Prince Andrew was born and then Prince Edward. 895 00:38:50,776 --> 00:38:53,434 So that's why Prince Andrew became known as the love child 896 00:38:53,469 --> 00:38:56,506 because it kind of indicated that the marriage 897 00:38:56,541 --> 00:38:58,025 was back on track in 1960. 898 00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:03,927 NARRATOR: The experience did not endear 899 00:39:03,962 --> 00:39:05,135 the press to Philip. 900 00:39:05,170 --> 00:39:07,621 Prince Philip did not like the media 901 00:39:07,655 --> 00:39:09,761 and really didn't want to engage 902 00:39:09,795 --> 00:39:11,590 in any kind of conversation with them. 903 00:39:11,625 --> 00:39:15,974 So the way we always see him is, as you know, 904 00:39:16,008 --> 00:39:19,805 of sort of rather grumpy personality. 905 00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:21,531 I got on extremely well with the press, 906 00:39:21,566 --> 00:39:23,568 I normally do, I think, 907 00:39:25,604 --> 00:39:26,847 but there are certain things... 908 00:39:28,987 --> 00:39:31,438 occasionally which they do, 909 00:39:31,472 --> 00:39:33,819 which perhaps I don't like so much. 910 00:39:34,164 --> 00:39:38,479 He walked away as soon as somebody asks a silly question. 911 00:39:38,859 --> 00:39:42,725 I mean, a reporter said, "How was your flight, sir?" 912 00:39:43,691 --> 00:39:45,624 And he said, "Have you ever been on an aeroplane?" 913 00:39:45,659 --> 00:39:47,454 The reporter said, "Yes," "It was just like that." 914 00:39:48,006 --> 00:39:51,665 Or "How are you feeling today, sir?" the Reporter said. 915 00:39:51,699 --> 00:39:52,873 "Well, do I look sick?" 916 00:39:57,187 --> 00:39:59,397 NARRATOR: Philip threw himself into charitable work, 917 00:40:00,501 --> 00:40:02,779 using his influence to further causes 918 00:40:02,814 --> 00:40:04,540 which he felt passionate about. 919 00:40:04,850 --> 00:40:07,577 Prince Philip said he didn't resent the loss of his career, 920 00:40:07,819 --> 00:40:10,511 but he knew he had to find something else to do. 921 00:40:10,891 --> 00:40:13,825 And because he's not the sort of man that could sit 922 00:40:13,859 --> 00:40:15,516 for five minutes doing nothing. 923 00:40:15,551 --> 00:40:17,207 What he used to do was to work out 924 00:40:17,242 --> 00:40:19,175 when he was required and the Queen did need him 925 00:40:19,209 --> 00:40:21,453 there for a lot of things in the course of the year. 926 00:40:21,488 --> 00:40:23,973 When he wasn't required, he plough his own furrow. 927 00:40:24,732 --> 00:40:26,631 COMMENTATOR: Prince Philip's recent tour of America 928 00:40:26,665 --> 00:40:29,599 helped to collect $1 million for children's charity. 929 00:40:29,806 --> 00:40:30,980 Prince Philip was a man 930 00:40:31,014 --> 00:40:32,947 who lived very much in the present. 931 00:40:32,982 --> 00:40:34,949 If you'd had his particular childhood, 932 00:40:34,984 --> 00:40:37,089 you don't spend a lot of time looking back. 933 00:40:37,573 --> 00:40:42,509 And he was a man who liked to be moving forward 934 00:40:42,543 --> 00:40:44,959 at all points and, you know, a man of action. 935 00:40:44,994 --> 00:40:47,479 And there was always a new issue and a new problem, 936 00:40:47,514 --> 00:40:48,860 new things to be solved. 937 00:40:48,894 --> 00:40:50,033 Shortly after the war, 938 00:40:50,068 --> 00:40:51,828 the National Playing Fields Association 939 00:40:51,863 --> 00:40:53,105 was set up because local authorities 940 00:40:53,140 --> 00:40:54,693 wanted to build on bomb sites 941 00:40:54,728 --> 00:40:56,626 and wanted to build on green belt 942 00:40:56,661 --> 00:40:58,835 'cause there was a desperate shortage of housing 943 00:40:58,870 --> 00:41:03,046 because they'd been flattened during the sort of '39-'45 war. 944 00:41:03,530 --> 00:41:05,808 And Prince Philip put his foot down 945 00:41:05,842 --> 00:41:08,535 with Kurt Hahn, who established Gordonstoun, 946 00:41:08,569 --> 00:41:10,502 and said, "No, children must have space 947 00:41:10,778 --> 00:41:12,918 to run around, must have space to breathe." 948 00:41:12,953 --> 00:41:15,818 And that's why we have so many open spaces and parks 949 00:41:15,852 --> 00:41:18,130 and greenbelt throughout the United Kingdom." 950 00:41:18,165 --> 00:41:20,167 And it's largely down to him. 951 00:41:20,616 --> 00:41:23,619 And, you know, people don't know about it. 952 00:41:23,653 --> 00:41:26,000 It had been the first national charity 953 00:41:26,035 --> 00:41:29,107 that he became involved in when he became engaged 954 00:41:29,141 --> 00:41:31,247 to Princess Elizabeth back in 1947. 955 00:41:31,972 --> 00:41:34,768 And what surprised me when I turned up at the offices, 956 00:41:34,802 --> 00:41:36,079 it was to find, A, 957 00:41:36,114 --> 00:41:39,048 he was the President and he was there, and B, 958 00:41:39,082 --> 00:41:41,947 he found somebody very committed to the task in hand 959 00:41:41,982 --> 00:41:43,846 and extremely hands on. 960 00:41:44,087 --> 00:41:46,296 He was interested in psychology. 961 00:41:46,780 --> 00:41:48,126 He read a lot of Carl Jung, 962 00:41:48,367 --> 00:41:50,577 the Swiss analytical psychologist. 963 00:41:51,578 --> 00:41:53,096 Jung thought that the happy people 964 00:41:53,131 --> 00:41:54,581 in this life are outward looking, 965 00:41:54,615 --> 00:41:55,927 not interested in themselves, 966 00:41:56,134 --> 00:41:58,308 interested in other people and the world around them, 967 00:41:58,826 --> 00:42:01,898 science, nature, art, the world beyond themselves. 968 00:42:02,968 --> 00:42:05,281 Philip had real reservations about people 969 00:42:05,315 --> 00:42:07,283 who spent time brooding about themselves, 970 00:42:07,732 --> 00:42:10,044 thinking about themselves, hugging themselves, 971 00:42:10,079 --> 00:42:12,115 being kind to themselves. 972 00:42:12,150 --> 00:42:13,807 He didn't have much chock with any of that. 973 00:42:14,324 --> 00:42:16,050 PHIL DAMPIER: He had a great deal of interest 974 00:42:16,085 --> 00:42:17,949 in physical fitness for young people. 975 00:42:17,983 --> 00:42:19,813 He once said that he was worried 976 00:42:19,847 --> 00:42:21,642 that kids in future would only have to bother 977 00:42:21,677 --> 00:42:23,161 about lifting a knife and a fork. 978 00:42:23,402 --> 00:42:24,921 And this was decades 979 00:42:24,956 --> 00:42:27,683 before we started to get worried about obesity. 980 00:42:27,717 --> 00:42:29,581 The Duke of Edinburgh's Award scheme 981 00:42:29,616 --> 00:42:31,894 has touched the lives of millions of people. 982 00:42:32,101 --> 00:42:33,758 It teaches leadership 983 00:42:34,137 --> 00:42:37,555 and then they have the ability to earn various certificates. 984 00:42:38,383 --> 00:42:40,592 Once you get a gold standard, you've really got somewhere. 985 00:42:46,011 --> 00:42:50,119 He was the first royal person to talk about overpopulation. 986 00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:52,880 He talked about conservation. 987 00:42:53,122 --> 00:42:56,608 He knew that certain species, 988 00:42:56,919 --> 00:43:00,681 you know, were going to die out unless they were preserved. 989 00:43:00,716 --> 00:43:02,027 RICHARD GRIFFIN: Prince Philip was President 990 00:43:02,062 --> 00:43:03,650 of the World Wide Fund for Nature 991 00:43:03,857 --> 00:43:05,203 for many, many years. 992 00:43:06,376 --> 00:43:08,102 He could go to any country in the world 993 00:43:08,724 --> 00:43:10,311 and get access to the head of states. 994 00:43:11,658 --> 00:43:13,314 The work he did with conservation 995 00:43:13,349 --> 00:43:15,006 over the years was amazing. 996 00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:18,319 He also alleviated the burden of the Queen 997 00:43:18,354 --> 00:43:19,804 from running the royal estates. 998 00:43:19,838 --> 00:43:21,702 He did all that for her because he realised 999 00:43:21,737 --> 00:43:24,602 that was somewhere where he could help her a lot. 1000 00:43:25,326 --> 00:43:28,985 He was very much to the fore when it came to managing 1001 00:43:29,020 --> 00:43:32,644 the estates of Sandringham and Balmoral. 1002 00:43:32,679 --> 00:43:34,888 He was also a deputy ranger at Windsor Castle. 1003 00:43:35,095 --> 00:43:37,891 So he got a tremendous input for sustainability 1004 00:43:37,925 --> 00:43:39,030 within the homes. 1005 00:43:40,203 --> 00:43:42,861 He had to, for himself, find his own role 1006 00:43:43,275 --> 00:43:46,313 and that he did through all the different projects 1007 00:43:46,347 --> 00:43:49,212 in which he got hands on involvement. 1008 00:43:49,903 --> 00:43:54,148 And then the other 830 and more organisations 1009 00:43:54,183 --> 00:43:55,391 in which he was involved. 1010 00:43:56,254 --> 00:43:58,152 COMMENTATOR: The evening raised 10,000 pounds 1011 00:43:58,187 --> 00:43:59,360 for the Duke's Award scheme. 1012 00:43:59,395 --> 00:44:01,397 So a good time was had by all. 1013 00:44:02,087 --> 00:44:04,055 He made a real difference to people's lives. 1014 00:44:04,711 --> 00:44:07,679 As he said to me once, "The fundraising never stops." 1015 00:44:12,235 --> 00:44:13,996 NARRATOR: When the endless cycle of royal 1016 00:44:14,030 --> 00:44:16,274 and charitable duties got too much, 1017 00:44:16,930 --> 00:44:19,415 Philip retreated to the family's country estates. 1018 00:44:20,934 --> 00:44:25,145 Working for anyone that's powerful, rich, famous, 1019 00:44:25,904 --> 00:44:27,906 which of course the royal family are all of the above, 1020 00:44:30,081 --> 00:44:31,427 they have two lives. 1021 00:44:31,979 --> 00:44:34,430 There's their work, and there's their pleasure. 1022 00:44:35,396 --> 00:44:37,467 And I was very, very fortunate 1023 00:44:37,502 --> 00:44:40,919 because I was part of His Royal Highness' pleasure. 1024 00:44:40,954 --> 00:44:42,265 I started off at the bottom of the ladder 1025 00:44:42,300 --> 00:44:44,682 and worked my way up to the private coachman 1026 00:44:45,406 --> 00:44:47,443 to His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. 1027 00:44:48,409 --> 00:44:50,722 Prince Philip would come from Buckingham Palace, 1028 00:44:50,757 --> 00:44:52,793 which was the office to Windsor Castle, 1029 00:44:53,345 --> 00:44:55,865 have a wonderful weekend driving the horses. 1030 00:44:55,900 --> 00:44:58,350 The horses didn't care who he was. 1031 00:44:58,799 --> 00:45:01,319 They would sometimes act good and sometimes not act good. 1032 00:45:01,906 --> 00:45:05,288 But for him, it was a spiritual release. 1033 00:45:08,326 --> 00:45:10,777 He enjoyed the fact that 1034 00:45:10,811 --> 00:45:13,193 just because he told the horses to do something, 1035 00:45:13,227 --> 00:45:14,712 they didn't always do it. 1036 00:45:15,782 --> 00:45:17,749 I think it was his therapy personally. 1037 00:45:22,064 --> 00:45:24,825 NARRATOR: But Philip wasn't satisfied with a gentle trot. 1038 00:45:25,032 --> 00:45:28,726 Three, two, one, go. 1039 00:45:29,312 --> 00:45:31,556 NARRATOR: He helped to develop competitive carriage driving 1040 00:45:31,590 --> 00:45:34,352 into a fast-paced international sport. 1041 00:45:34,559 --> 00:45:38,321 It was quite surreal, actually, that her husband, 1042 00:45:38,356 --> 00:45:39,978 Her Majesty the Queen's husband, 1043 00:45:40,358 --> 00:45:43,430 was driving a carriage that him and I had designed 1044 00:45:43,464 --> 00:45:46,985 and built to a sport that he'd invented 1045 00:45:47,365 --> 00:45:49,056 with horses she'd bred. 1046 00:45:50,057 --> 00:45:52,888 And I think that's pretty unique. 1047 00:45:54,890 --> 00:45:56,477 We went to several European, World 1048 00:45:56,512 --> 00:45:57,582 and National Championships. 1049 00:45:57,616 --> 00:45:59,170 He was an international competitor. 1050 00:45:59,515 --> 00:46:00,861 On his own merit, 1051 00:46:01,482 --> 00:46:04,451 he won two bronze and a gold medal 1052 00:46:04,485 --> 00:46:06,142 as part of the British Team driving, 1053 00:46:06,177 --> 00:46:07,799 so he was an excellent horseman. 1054 00:46:09,836 --> 00:46:11,458 To do anything with horses, 1055 00:46:11,492 --> 00:46:13,184 you have to be a great communicator. 1056 00:46:14,185 --> 00:46:16,946 Competitions we'd go to, they'd always be a drinks party 1057 00:46:16,981 --> 00:46:18,361 or a cocktail party, 1058 00:46:18,396 --> 00:46:20,916 and to see him working his way around the room was - 1059 00:46:22,503 --> 00:46:25,403 I would love to have 10% of that. 1060 00:46:27,129 --> 00:46:28,406 But of course, 1061 00:46:28,855 --> 00:46:30,477 when you're in the heat of competition, 1062 00:46:31,029 --> 00:46:35,516 sometimes Prince Philip was guilty of talking 1063 00:46:35,551 --> 00:46:38,381 like a sailor to his horses 1064 00:46:38,416 --> 00:46:41,177 sometimes when we were going through the obstacles, 1065 00:46:41,212 --> 00:46:43,352 if they didn't go exactly where he wanted them to go. 1066 00:46:47,356 --> 00:46:49,807 NARRATOR: But Philip was never far from his main role 1067 00:46:50,428 --> 00:46:52,188 as husband to the Queen. 1068 00:46:56,261 --> 00:47:00,921 By 1977, Elizabeth had been on the throne for 25 years 1069 00:47:01,266 --> 00:47:03,268 and was in the limelight wherever she went. 1070 00:47:04,994 --> 00:47:06,582 Nobody can be normal with the Queen. 1071 00:47:06,616 --> 00:47:08,549 There is an invisible moat around the Queen. 1072 00:47:08,584 --> 00:47:11,242 The Queen's own children bow or curtsey 1073 00:47:11,276 --> 00:47:12,899 to her when they meet her for the first time in the day. 1074 00:47:14,072 --> 00:47:15,522 NARRATOR: The renown reflected onto Philip. 1075 00:47:17,420 --> 00:47:19,595 The first time I met the Duke of Edinburgh, 1076 00:47:19,629 --> 00:47:21,528 I was slightly nervous. 1077 00:47:21,562 --> 00:47:23,944 You know, worried about saying or doing something wrong. 1078 00:47:24,151 --> 00:47:26,464 But he was an absolute gentleman. 1079 00:47:26,498 --> 00:47:29,501 He made me feel very much at home, 1080 00:47:29,536 --> 00:47:30,468 very comfortable. 1081 00:47:32,125 --> 00:47:34,127 The Duke was the only person on the planet 1082 00:47:34,161 --> 00:47:36,923 that would treat the Queen as a human being 1083 00:47:38,027 --> 00:47:39,580 simply because he was her partner, 1084 00:47:39,615 --> 00:47:42,411 her soul mate, her best friend. 1085 00:47:42,445 --> 00:47:44,654 Prince Philip wore the trousers behind the scenes. 1086 00:47:46,933 --> 00:47:48,141 PHIL: There was an example of that 1087 00:47:48,175 --> 00:47:50,557 when he was driving with his uncle, 1088 00:47:50,591 --> 00:47:52,248 Lord Mountbatten, in the back of the car. 1089 00:47:52,283 --> 00:47:54,112 They were driving across the royal estate 1090 00:47:54,664 --> 00:47:56,597 and the queen started complaining 1091 00:47:56,632 --> 00:47:58,910 that Prince Philip was driving far too fast. 1092 00:47:58,945 --> 00:48:00,601 And he said, if you make another complaint 1093 00:48:00,636 --> 00:48:02,465 about my driving, I'll chuck you out. 1094 00:48:02,500 --> 00:48:03,639 And she just went quiet. 1095 00:48:03,673 --> 00:48:04,985 And when they stopped, 1096 00:48:05,020 --> 00:48:06,435 Lord Mountbatten said to the Queen, 1097 00:48:06,469 --> 00:48:08,126 "Why do you let him talk to you like that?" 1098 00:48:08,161 --> 00:48:10,163 She said, "Well, because he would have thrown me out." 1099 00:48:10,197 --> 00:48:12,268 I once went with the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh 1100 00:48:12,303 --> 00:48:13,891 to the Royal Variety Show. 1101 00:48:14,443 --> 00:48:16,479 And she disappeared into the middle of the crowd 1102 00:48:16,514 --> 00:48:18,240 to be introduced to various people. 1103 00:48:18,516 --> 00:48:20,656 And I stood at the edge of the gathering 1104 00:48:21,139 --> 00:48:22,451 with Prince Philip. 1105 00:48:22,485 --> 00:48:24,142 And he was observing the scene. 1106 00:48:24,625 --> 00:48:26,662 And suddenly I realised that he'd caught her eye 1107 00:48:27,352 --> 00:48:28,975 and across the crowded room, 1108 00:48:29,009 --> 00:48:30,252 I watched them look at each other, 1109 00:48:30,735 --> 00:48:33,151 and she smiled and he raised his glass to her. 1110 00:48:34,014 --> 00:48:35,360 I thought, "Yes, of course, 1111 00:48:35,982 --> 00:48:39,019 there is something special between these two people." 1112 00:48:39,054 --> 00:48:41,401 It isn't obvious, but it's there. 1113 00:48:50,548 --> 00:48:52,550 NARRATOR: Philip played up to his role 1114 00:48:52,584 --> 00:48:54,414 as a representative of Her Majesty. 1115 00:48:55,139 --> 00:48:57,451 He enjoyed looking the part. 1116 00:48:57,486 --> 00:48:59,937 He always dressed immaculately. 1117 00:49:00,351 --> 00:49:02,560 He was conscious of what he was wearing. 1118 00:49:03,009 --> 00:49:05,528 Whenever we turned up for an event, 1119 00:49:05,563 --> 00:49:07,565 he would always be wearing the correct tie. 1120 00:49:08,083 --> 00:49:10,188 He always had a handkerchief in his pocket 1121 00:49:10,223 --> 00:49:11,707 at exactly the angle, 1122 00:49:11,741 --> 00:49:14,537 the same line that his father used to have. 1123 00:49:15,228 --> 00:49:19,370 He comes from that era when men did dress very smartly. 1124 00:49:19,611 --> 00:49:21,475 You would never see him out and about with a shirt 1125 00:49:21,510 --> 00:49:22,683 and a tie and a jacket. 1126 00:49:23,581 --> 00:49:25,376 They were around in the days of, let's say, 1127 00:49:25,410 --> 00:49:26,722 the old Hollywood. 1128 00:49:26,756 --> 00:49:29,069 Even though they were never classed celebrities, 1129 00:49:29,104 --> 00:49:30,277 you would see them at these different events, 1130 00:49:30,484 --> 00:49:32,555 white tie, black tie... 1131 00:49:33,211 --> 00:49:36,594 lounge suit, he always looked immaculate. 1132 00:49:39,045 --> 00:49:40,736 NARRATOR: So impactful was Philip's style 1133 00:49:42,186 --> 00:49:43,221 that to some, 1134 00:49:43,256 --> 00:49:45,499 he attained a spiritual status. 1135 00:49:47,260 --> 00:49:50,711 There's an island in the deepest part of the Pacific Ocean, 1136 00:49:51,816 --> 00:49:56,165 where locals worship Prince Philip as a deity, 1137 00:49:56,200 --> 00:49:57,063 as a god. 1138 00:50:00,411 --> 00:50:04,725 It's the one place on Earth where he is senior, 1139 00:50:04,760 --> 00:50:07,694 if you like, to his wife because everywhere else 1140 00:50:08,591 --> 00:50:10,110 she is the sovereign. 1141 00:50:10,145 --> 00:50:11,284 She is the Queen, 1142 00:50:12,354 --> 00:50:14,770 he's the man two steps - two paces behind or so. 1143 00:50:15,219 --> 00:50:18,394 And here he is the godlike figure who they worship. 1144 00:50:19,257 --> 00:50:22,122 GYLES: They venerate him as a god. 1145 00:50:23,123 --> 00:50:25,125 What was interesting when I raised this with him, 1146 00:50:25,160 --> 00:50:26,437 he said, "I don't want to talk about that." 1147 00:50:26,471 --> 00:50:27,610 And I said, "Why not?" 1148 00:50:27,645 --> 00:50:29,302 He said, "Because, you know, 1149 00:50:29,336 --> 00:50:31,200 you would just want to make fun of these people. 1150 00:50:31,235 --> 00:50:33,823 You want to make - it's a funny story for you. 1151 00:50:33,858 --> 00:50:37,724 A picture of these native people with a picture of me 1152 00:50:37,758 --> 00:50:39,726 in their boat as though it's - 1153 00:50:39,760 --> 00:50:41,555 can't we respect people's traditions, 1154 00:50:41,590 --> 00:50:43,143 whatever they may be?" 1155 00:50:43,178 --> 00:50:46,388 Indeed, they even very kindly sent him 1156 00:50:46,422 --> 00:50:49,046 a penis gourd at one point and got a letter back 1157 00:50:49,770 --> 00:50:51,220 when the Palace was asked 1158 00:50:51,255 --> 00:50:52,463 whether Prince Philip was going to wear this, 1159 00:50:52,773 --> 00:50:54,810 the answer came back from the courtier, 1160 00:50:54,844 --> 00:50:57,123 we are reluctant to commit His Royal Highness. 1161 00:51:04,337 --> 00:51:06,477 GYLES: When you meet royalty, it's always difficult. 1162 00:51:07,374 --> 00:51:09,169 Somebody once said, when royalty leaves the room, 1163 00:51:09,445 --> 00:51:11,758 it's rather like getting a seed out of your tooth. 1164 00:51:12,310 --> 00:51:14,519 You know, it's a relief because it's quite awkward. 1165 00:51:14,554 --> 00:51:16,280 The Duke of Edinburgh was aware of that, 1166 00:51:16,314 --> 00:51:19,179 and whenever he went down a line meeting people, 1167 00:51:19,214 --> 00:51:20,870 he went out of his way to try to make 1168 00:51:20,905 --> 00:51:23,839 at least one of them laugh, and he usually succeeded. 1169 00:51:24,633 --> 00:51:27,636 You're going to watch the world's leading 1170 00:51:27,670 --> 00:51:29,362 plaque-unveiler at work. 1171 00:51:33,883 --> 00:51:35,333 The royal tours were great fun 1172 00:51:35,368 --> 00:51:36,438 with the Queen and Prince Philip. 1173 00:51:36,472 --> 00:51:38,440 And I always used to try and take a day 1174 00:51:38,474 --> 00:51:40,649 where I just follow Prince Philip around. 1175 00:51:41,650 --> 00:51:44,170 It was very, very funny to see him at close range 1176 00:51:44,204 --> 00:51:45,343 and how he interacted with people. 1177 00:51:47,759 --> 00:51:49,209 A classic example was 1178 00:51:49,244 --> 00:51:51,246 when they went to the National Cyber Centre. 1179 00:51:51,901 --> 00:51:53,834 This centre was basically monitoring 1180 00:51:54,249 --> 00:51:57,424 any possible nuclear attacks or spy networks. 1181 00:51:57,735 --> 00:52:00,186 And he said to one of the chaps sitting in their computer, 1182 00:52:00,600 --> 00:52:02,395 "Do you speak Russian or Chinese?" 1183 00:52:02,671 --> 00:52:04,397 And the bloke said, "No." 1184 00:52:04,431 --> 00:52:05,881 He said, "Well, let's hope they don't attack 1185 00:52:05,915 --> 00:52:07,158 when you're in charge." 1186 00:52:08,746 --> 00:52:10,437 He was in Ghana and said, 1187 00:52:10,472 --> 00:52:12,301 "How many MPs have you got in your parliament?" 1188 00:52:12,336 --> 00:52:14,165 And the chap said, "About 200." 1189 00:52:14,200 --> 00:52:15,546 And he said, "That's about right." 1190 00:52:15,580 --> 00:52:18,342 He said, "We've got 650 in our parliament, 1191 00:52:18,376 --> 00:52:19,860 and most of them are absolutely bloody useless." 1192 00:52:21,345 --> 00:52:26,453 1963 at the Kenyan Independence ceremony, 1193 00:52:26,488 --> 00:52:28,904 and he was out there, a lot of countries were handed over 1194 00:52:28,938 --> 00:52:30,147 obviously from the British Empire. 1195 00:52:31,182 --> 00:52:33,219 And as midnight struck and the band struck up 1196 00:52:33,253 --> 00:52:35,359 and the union jet came down 1197 00:52:35,393 --> 00:52:37,637 and the Kenyan flag was about to be raised, 1198 00:52:37,671 --> 00:52:41,261 he turned to Jomo Kenyatta, the Kenyan leader, and said, 1199 00:52:41,468 --> 00:52:42,469 "Are you sure you want to go through with this?" 1200 00:52:48,510 --> 00:52:50,201 NARRATOR: But the jokes didn't always land. 1201 00:52:51,444 --> 00:52:53,308 He occasionally got into trouble 1202 00:52:53,342 --> 00:52:55,896 because he wasn't particularly politically correct. 1203 00:52:57,450 --> 00:53:01,695 He just spoke as he found, he was easy with people. 1204 00:53:01,730 --> 00:53:03,490 He tried to keep the conversation going. 1205 00:53:05,734 --> 00:53:07,770 So he makes the odd remark. 1206 00:53:08,254 --> 00:53:10,739 And occasionally they would go adrift. 1207 00:53:13,431 --> 00:53:15,744 He once said to me that it always made his heart sink 1208 00:53:16,262 --> 00:53:18,298 if he saw he was going on a foreign trip 1209 00:53:18,333 --> 00:53:19,955 and he saw the British press were going to be there 1210 00:53:19,989 --> 00:53:22,544 'cause he knew they'd spend the four days of the trip 1211 00:53:22,578 --> 00:53:24,511 just waiting for him to make a gaffe, 1212 00:53:24,891 --> 00:53:26,617 and that would become the story. 1213 00:53:26,651 --> 00:53:28,826 What I liked about him was that when he'd done 1214 00:53:28,860 --> 00:53:31,656 one of these so-called gaffes, he never ever apologised for it. 1215 00:53:31,863 --> 00:53:33,589 If you saw him the next day, 1216 00:53:33,624 --> 00:53:35,315 he would just carry on as if nothing had happened. 1217 00:53:35,626 --> 00:53:39,008 If we're having a conversation and somebody pokes 1218 00:53:39,043 --> 00:53:41,010 one of these at you with a tape recorder behind 1219 00:53:41,045 --> 00:53:43,427 or one of those long listening devices 1220 00:53:43,461 --> 00:53:46,395 and they can overhear a conversation 20 yards away, 1221 00:53:46,878 --> 00:53:48,466 you get a bit anxious. 1222 00:53:49,018 --> 00:53:52,815 He argued that we in the media have got this all wrong, 1223 00:53:53,368 --> 00:53:56,854 that all he is doing is breaking the ice. 1224 00:53:57,303 --> 00:53:58,821 He always wanted to get a rise out of people 1225 00:53:58,856 --> 00:54:00,409 and he'd like to make them laugh. 1226 00:54:00,685 --> 00:54:01,928 Sometimes it could be offensive. 1227 00:54:01,962 --> 00:54:03,516 You had to know his ways. 1228 00:54:03,550 --> 00:54:05,449 I remember thinking, whatever he says, 1229 00:54:05,483 --> 00:54:06,864 he doesn't really mean it. 1230 00:54:06,898 --> 00:54:08,935 He's just sort of - it's just his manner. 1231 00:54:08,969 --> 00:54:10,971 The great thing about the Duke of Edinburgh, 1232 00:54:11,006 --> 00:54:13,319 there isn't really any kind of myths 1233 00:54:13,353 --> 00:54:15,631 or anything, that people say to me, 1234 00:54:15,666 --> 00:54:17,012 is this true or is that true" 1235 00:54:17,046 --> 00:54:20,360 because what you see is what you get. 1236 00:54:20,395 --> 00:54:21,706 That is the reality with him. 1237 00:54:26,849 --> 00:54:27,988 Well... 1238 00:54:30,957 --> 00:54:33,270 I'm delighted he took it down. 1239 00:54:33,477 --> 00:54:34,512 I hope he did it. 1240 00:54:36,031 --> 00:54:37,550 He was probably the last man 1241 00:54:37,584 --> 00:54:39,828 who'd get away with politically incorrect jokes. 1242 00:54:39,862 --> 00:54:41,347 I think a lot of people admired that. 1243 00:54:45,696 --> 00:54:47,076 GYLES: What's interesting about the Duke of Edinburgh 1244 00:54:47,111 --> 00:54:50,114 is that he wasn't particularly concerned 1245 00:54:50,148 --> 00:54:52,634 as to whether the public liked him or not. 1246 00:54:53,082 --> 00:54:55,533 He came from an era where he fought in the war 1247 00:54:55,568 --> 00:54:56,914 and he saw some horrors there. 1248 00:54:57,742 --> 00:54:59,848 He thought that most people in the modern era 1249 00:54:59,882 --> 00:55:01,850 are a little bit too sensitive and, 1250 00:55:01,884 --> 00:55:03,127 therefore, you know, they're 1251 00:55:03,161 --> 00:55:05,060 a little bit too sensitive to criticism. 1252 00:55:05,094 --> 00:55:06,682 And he certainly wasn't that. 1253 00:55:06,717 --> 00:55:09,513 He'd take on board any criticism and just brush it off, 1254 00:55:09,547 --> 00:55:11,584 and he accepted that that was part of the job. 1255 00:55:13,068 --> 00:55:15,622 When he went to Canada many years ago, 1256 00:55:15,967 --> 00:55:17,900 he actually said openly, "If you want us, 1257 00:55:18,107 --> 00:55:19,833 we're here, we'll do our bit. 1258 00:55:19,868 --> 00:55:21,352 But if you don't want us, 1259 00:55:21,387 --> 00:55:22,733 just let us know, we'll go away again." 1260 00:55:24,113 --> 00:55:26,599 He said people seem to think 1261 00:55:26,633 --> 00:55:28,601 the monarchy is there for itself. 1262 00:55:28,946 --> 00:55:30,913 The monarchy is not there for itself. 1263 00:55:30,948 --> 00:55:32,570 It's there for the people. 1264 00:55:32,605 --> 00:55:34,745 And if the people want change, then they can have change, 1265 00:55:34,779 --> 00:55:36,091 they can vote for it 1266 00:55:36,125 --> 00:55:38,473 because that's what democracy is all about. 1267 00:55:38,507 --> 00:55:40,613 Perhaps it was a little bit unfair to concentrate 1268 00:55:40,647 --> 00:55:43,063 sometimes on his witty one-liners 1269 00:55:43,098 --> 00:55:45,376 and not the immense contribution 1270 00:55:45,411 --> 00:55:46,481 that he actually made to public life. 1271 00:55:49,553 --> 00:55:51,727 NARRATOR: The global attention necessitated 1272 00:55:51,762 --> 00:55:52,901 a level of protection. 1273 00:55:53,660 --> 00:55:56,042 Prince Philip tolerated police officers, 1274 00:55:56,076 --> 00:55:58,907 and he liked his freedom. 1275 00:55:58,941 --> 00:56:01,461 And obviously he never had protection 1276 00:56:01,496 --> 00:56:02,911 until he got married to the Queen, 1277 00:56:02,945 --> 00:56:04,430 then he had to put up with it. 1278 00:56:05,189 --> 00:56:07,743 NARRATOR: Like it or not, security was important. 1279 00:56:08,088 --> 00:56:10,988 In 1979, Lord Mountbatten, 1280 00:56:11,022 --> 00:56:13,059 now Prince Charles's mentor, 1281 00:56:13,093 --> 00:56:15,544 was killed by an IRA bomb. 1282 00:56:15,579 --> 00:56:17,788 When we were at Sandringham and Balmoral, 1283 00:56:17,822 --> 00:56:20,963 if he wanted some free time, we would step away. 1284 00:56:20,998 --> 00:56:22,448 And at the end of the day, 1285 00:56:22,482 --> 00:56:23,656 if Prince Philip's gonna get in his car 1286 00:56:23,690 --> 00:56:25,485 and drive off with the protection officer, 1287 00:56:25,520 --> 00:56:27,038 there's not a lot you can do about it. 1288 00:56:27,522 --> 00:56:32,078 Prince Philip was really not that security minded. 1289 00:56:32,112 --> 00:56:35,633 He was a strong, healthy, vigorous man. 1290 00:56:35,668 --> 00:56:36,910 You've got something interesting 1291 00:56:36,945 --> 00:56:38,671 to talk about like carriage driving. 1292 00:56:38,705 --> 00:56:40,155 I always used to say, "Well, can I come with you? 1293 00:56:40,189 --> 00:56:41,639 'Cause I'm interested in carriage driving. 1294 00:56:41,674 --> 00:56:43,123 I'm not coming with you as the bodyguard." 1295 00:56:43,607 --> 00:56:47,024 And he sort of allowed him to go that way. 1296 00:56:48,784 --> 00:56:51,442 Equally, there were other times when I could go and say, 1297 00:56:51,477 --> 00:56:52,788 "Sir, you really need a policeman with you today." 1298 00:56:54,480 --> 00:56:55,998 NARRATOR: Philip was often required to adapt 1299 00:56:56,033 --> 00:56:57,586 to security concerns. 1300 00:56:58,000 --> 00:56:59,864 DAVID: Most weekends when we were driving, 1301 00:56:59,899 --> 00:57:03,454 he would say to me, "We have a guest this weekend." 1302 00:57:03,972 --> 00:57:06,146 One day, he said to me, "We're taking 1303 00:57:07,009 --> 00:57:09,218 Mrs Reagan on the carriage." 1304 00:57:09,909 --> 00:57:11,462 NARRATOR: President Ronald Reagan 1305 00:57:11,497 --> 00:57:12,774 and the First Lady, 1306 00:57:12,808 --> 00:57:15,639 Nancy Reagan were in the UK for a state visit. 1307 00:57:16,985 --> 00:57:18,227 But security was tight. 1308 00:57:19,919 --> 00:57:21,092 Prince Philip came out for a drive. 1309 00:57:21,127 --> 00:57:23,163 He said, "Bloody woman." 1310 00:57:23,198 --> 00:57:24,717 I said, "What's happening, sir?" 1311 00:57:24,751 --> 00:57:26,719 He said, "Oh, we've got to have secret service men 1312 00:57:26,753 --> 00:57:27,858 riding on the carriage." 1313 00:57:27,892 --> 00:57:29,169 Security men had a suit 1314 00:57:29,204 --> 00:57:32,518 that was two sizes too small and no neck, 1315 00:57:32,552 --> 00:57:34,209 just a head put on top of his shoulders. 1316 00:57:34,727 --> 00:57:36,832 We get on the carriage and we drive up. 1317 00:57:36,867 --> 00:57:38,524 The Queen and the President 1318 00:57:38,558 --> 00:57:39,732 was riding two horses from Canada. 1319 00:57:40,836 --> 00:57:42,907 We finished up at this area. 1320 00:57:42,942 --> 00:57:45,703 You drive between these plastic cones 1321 00:57:45,945 --> 00:57:48,603 that are about six inches wider than the carriage. 1322 00:57:48,879 --> 00:57:51,226 And of course, we're driving by them. 1323 00:57:51,606 --> 00:57:53,642 And she said, "Oh, what are these?" 1324 00:57:53,677 --> 00:57:55,092 "Oh, I'll show you," he said. 1325 00:57:55,679 --> 00:57:58,198 So we then start, trot on, 1326 00:57:58,233 --> 00:57:59,993 and we started trotting around these cones. 1327 00:58:00,235 --> 00:58:01,788 And I looked up and there's the Queen 1328 00:58:01,995 --> 00:58:03,928 and the President. 1329 00:58:03,963 --> 00:58:05,861 And I'm thinking all this security 1330 00:58:05,896 --> 00:58:07,829 and we're going to kill the President's wife 1331 00:58:07,863 --> 00:58:08,899 driving through the cones. 1332 00:58:14,836 --> 00:58:17,114 Constitutionally, of course, Prince Philip did not have 1333 00:58:17,148 --> 00:58:18,909 an official role of any kind, 1334 00:58:18,943 --> 00:58:22,015 but it's entirely up to the Queen, 1335 00:58:22,050 --> 00:58:23,914 how much she consulted him about whatever. 1336 00:58:23,948 --> 00:58:26,779 On private family matters, of course, 1337 00:58:26,813 --> 00:58:30,576 she deferred to him as any wife would of that generation. 1338 00:58:30,610 --> 00:58:31,784 Philip was the head of the family. 1339 00:58:31,818 --> 00:58:33,130 That was Philip's role. 1340 00:58:33,164 --> 00:58:35,857 And the Queen pretty much made that clear 1341 00:58:36,305 --> 00:58:38,307 from when they started having children 1342 00:58:38,342 --> 00:58:41,966 that Philip's role would be inviolate. 1343 00:58:42,933 --> 00:58:46,143 NARRATOR: As eldest child, Charles would one day be king. 1344 00:58:47,075 --> 00:58:50,872 Prince Philip was very close to his daughter, 1345 00:58:50,906 --> 00:58:53,840 Princess Anne and Prince Edward. 1346 00:58:54,358 --> 00:58:57,016 He was never particularly close to Prince Charles. 1347 00:58:57,844 --> 00:59:00,329 Charles wasn't the man that he wanted him to be, 1348 00:59:00,813 --> 00:59:02,677 and that used to really rile him. 1349 00:59:03,332 --> 00:59:04,920 I once asked the Duke of Edinburgh 1350 00:59:04,955 --> 00:59:06,888 about his relationship with Prince Charles, 1351 00:59:06,922 --> 00:59:10,270 and I said, "To me, sir, you both seem so similar. 1352 00:59:10,305 --> 00:59:12,652 I mean, you walk the same way, you talk the same way, 1353 00:59:12,687 --> 00:59:14,896 you share interests in all sorts of things 1354 00:59:14,930 --> 00:59:16,000 that are similar. 1355 00:59:16,035 --> 00:59:18,002 You know, young people, nature, 1356 00:59:18,037 --> 00:59:19,176 the environment." 1357 00:59:19,694 --> 00:59:21,178 Then he stopped me, he said, "No, no, no." 1358 00:59:21,627 --> 00:59:23,111 He said, "Yeah, we are very similar. 1359 00:59:23,145 --> 00:59:24,284 Of course, we're very similar. 1360 00:59:24,319 --> 00:59:26,079 But there is a fundamental difference. 1361 00:59:26,114 --> 00:59:27,356 And the difference is this, 1362 00:59:27,874 --> 00:59:31,326 that Charles is a romantic and I'm a pragmatist." 1363 00:59:32,189 --> 00:59:34,260 And Prince Philip was a real pragmatist. 1364 00:59:34,294 --> 00:59:36,262 He liked to solve things. 1365 00:59:36,296 --> 00:59:38,057 He liked to get things done. 1366 00:59:38,713 --> 00:59:43,580 He was a doer, he was practical, he was - he wasn't a romantic. 1367 00:59:43,994 --> 00:59:46,375 They're not at all the same sort of person. 1368 00:59:46,893 --> 00:59:49,965 And I think that Prince Philip 1369 00:59:50,000 --> 00:59:53,348 perhaps expected too much of Prince Charles. 1370 00:59:53,831 --> 00:59:56,178 Whenever Prince Charles came up with a new scheme, 1371 00:59:56,213 --> 00:59:57,939 be it some sort of green initiative 1372 00:59:58,215 --> 01:00:01,114 or some sort of idea to do with architecture or farming, 1373 01:00:01,425 --> 01:00:03,185 his father would always question him on it. 1374 01:00:03,220 --> 01:00:05,981 And he would always try and put him on the spot 1375 01:00:06,016 --> 01:00:08,397 and get an answer out of him as to why he was doing this. 1376 01:00:08,432 --> 01:00:10,296 And maybe sometimes he agreed with him, 1377 01:00:10,330 --> 01:00:11,711 but he would never sort of let him know 1378 01:00:11,746 --> 01:00:13,057 that he agreed straight away. 1379 01:00:13,092 --> 01:00:14,403 He was always... You know, 1380 01:00:14,438 --> 01:00:15,888 he always tended to sort of make people 1381 01:00:15,922 --> 01:00:18,062 explain things to make sure that they knew 1382 01:00:18,097 --> 01:00:18,994 why they were doing it. 1383 01:00:20,720 --> 01:00:22,895 DICKIE ARBITER: There was a time when the media 1384 01:00:22,929 --> 01:00:24,310 was full of Prince of Wales 1385 01:00:24,344 --> 01:00:25,898 and his relationship with his parents, 1386 01:00:25,932 --> 01:00:27,865 and he didn't get on with his parents. 1387 01:00:27,900 --> 01:00:29,626 It's like any other family. 1388 01:00:29,902 --> 01:00:31,662 There are times you get on with your family 1389 01:00:31,697 --> 01:00:33,906 and there are times you don't get on with your family. 1390 01:00:34,251 --> 01:00:36,805 But this is a high profile family. 1391 01:00:37,047 --> 01:00:41,258 So they can't sneeze without it being reported as having flu. 1392 01:00:41,292 --> 01:00:43,122 They can't cough without it being reported 1393 01:00:43,156 --> 01:00:44,779 as having bronchitis. 1394 01:00:45,227 --> 01:00:48,334 So, every everything they do, 1395 01:00:48,368 --> 01:00:51,164 every move they make is under the microscope, 1396 01:00:51,371 --> 01:00:53,270 and every move they make is reported on. 1397 01:00:57,792 --> 01:00:59,069 Prince Charles went through 1398 01:00:59,103 --> 01:01:01,934 a period of being a bit sorry for himself. 1399 01:01:01,968 --> 01:01:05,696 He co-operated with a biography in which he talked, 1400 01:01:05,731 --> 01:01:09,286 about as a small child, feeling lonely in his perambulator. 1401 01:01:09,769 --> 01:01:11,391 And I think Prince Philip would have found 1402 01:01:11,426 --> 01:01:13,946 that sort of thing disappointing to read about. 1403 01:01:14,222 --> 01:01:17,018 And it wouldn't have made much sense to him either, 1404 01:01:17,052 --> 01:01:18,467 because he belonged to the generation 1405 01:01:18,502 --> 01:01:20,124 where you don't complain about your childhood. 1406 01:01:20,159 --> 01:01:21,401 You just get on with life. 1407 01:01:21,436 --> 01:01:22,782 These are the cards you've been dealt with, 1408 01:01:22,817 --> 01:01:23,990 you play the hand you've got. 1409 01:01:29,996 --> 01:01:32,033 NARRATOR: Philip watched as Charles's relationships 1410 01:01:32,067 --> 01:01:33,241 dominated the media. 1411 01:01:35,761 --> 01:01:38,280 The arrival of Diana Spencer brought more attention. 1412 01:01:40,075 --> 01:01:41,939 RICARD: In the beginning, I think Philip possibly had 1413 01:01:41,974 --> 01:01:43,354 the easiest relationship with her. 1414 01:01:43,803 --> 01:01:45,805 Philip had been an outsider. 1415 01:01:45,840 --> 01:01:47,773 Diana was a bit of an outsider herself. 1416 01:01:47,807 --> 01:01:49,257 She married into the royal family. 1417 01:01:49,291 --> 01:01:51,017 He married into the royal family. 1418 01:01:51,052 --> 01:01:54,227 She was an outsider as far as the royal family was concerned. 1419 01:01:54,883 --> 01:01:59,992 She wasn't an outsider as far as grand English life was concerned 1420 01:02:00,026 --> 01:02:03,927 because she was the daughter of an earl. 1421 01:02:11,141 --> 01:02:12,487 In some ways, 1422 01:02:12,521 --> 01:02:14,454 Prince Philip was to blame for the marriage 1423 01:02:14,489 --> 01:02:16,456 of Charles and Diana because he did put pressure 1424 01:02:16,491 --> 01:02:18,873 on Prince Charles to marry her. 1425 01:02:18,907 --> 01:02:21,358 And clearly, she wasn't the right - 1426 01:02:21,392 --> 01:02:23,015 she wasn't the right wife to Charles 1427 01:02:23,049 --> 01:02:24,948 and he told him to stop, 1428 01:02:24,982 --> 01:02:26,915 stop dithering and make your mind up. 1429 01:02:28,020 --> 01:02:29,435 I'm sure at the time, he was probably joking, 1430 01:02:29,469 --> 01:02:31,195 but he even said, "If it doesn't work out, 1431 01:02:31,230 --> 01:02:32,231 you can go back to Camilla." 1432 01:02:35,303 --> 01:02:36,891 NARRATOR: With Charles and Diana married, 1433 01:02:37,374 --> 01:02:38,996 and before long, 1434 01:02:39,031 --> 01:02:41,171 parents to another future king, William, 1435 01:02:42,586 --> 01:02:45,209 the royal family's prospects seemed assured. 1436 01:02:48,868 --> 01:02:51,284 Even the Queen and Philip's second son, Andrew, 1437 01:02:51,319 --> 01:02:52,838 had settled down. 1438 01:02:53,252 --> 01:02:55,564 Andrew was hard work, the Queen's favourite, 1439 01:02:55,599 --> 01:02:57,981 but in many ways, a spoiled child 1440 01:02:58,015 --> 01:03:00,397 and a successful serviceman. 1441 01:03:00,431 --> 01:03:02,226 He made a great career in the Navy. 1442 01:03:03,503 --> 01:03:06,127 And then Fergie came into his life, 1443 01:03:06,161 --> 01:03:07,542 and they were thrilled. 1444 01:03:07,576 --> 01:03:09,268 I mean, they were delighted. 1445 01:03:10,027 --> 01:03:12,616 NARRATOR: Sarah Ferguson had aristocratic ancestry 1446 01:03:12,650 --> 01:03:14,583 and a promising career in PR. 1447 01:03:15,515 --> 01:03:16,965 Philip approved. 1448 01:03:17,345 --> 01:03:20,866 He had initially taken to her greatly. 1449 01:03:20,900 --> 01:03:22,488 I mean he thought she was marvellous. 1450 01:03:22,522 --> 01:03:24,076 I mean, like the Queen, 1451 01:03:24,110 --> 01:03:26,837 they were astonished that anyone wanted to take 1452 01:03:26,872 --> 01:03:28,321 Prince Andrew off their hands. 1453 01:03:29,529 --> 01:03:31,324 NARRATOR: But Andrew and Sarah's relationship 1454 01:03:31,359 --> 01:03:35,018 soon ran into trouble and became front page news 1455 01:03:35,052 --> 01:03:37,365 when she was photographed sunbathing topless 1456 01:03:37,399 --> 01:03:40,230 while having her toes sucked by her financial adviser. 1457 01:03:42,163 --> 01:03:46,305 When the toe sucking fiasco erupted in that summer of '92, 1458 01:03:46,546 --> 01:03:49,239 Philip was utterly furious. 1459 01:03:49,273 --> 01:03:51,344 I mean, he thought that she had brought great shame 1460 01:03:51,379 --> 01:03:52,276 on the royal family. 1461 01:03:53,381 --> 01:03:56,522 And he let his feelings be known quite obviously. 1462 01:03:59,456 --> 01:04:01,941 It wasn't just the toe sucking, I mean, 1463 01:04:01,976 --> 01:04:04,288 it was the whole collapse of the marriage, 1464 01:04:04,323 --> 01:04:09,121 her inappropriate gestures she did, her largesse. 1465 01:04:09,431 --> 01:04:11,295 She spent lots of money. 1466 01:04:11,330 --> 01:04:13,366 She was always seemed to be buying things, 1467 01:04:13,401 --> 01:04:14,920 travelling first class, 1468 01:04:15,472 --> 01:04:19,614 doing un-royal things in a slightly undignified way. 1469 01:04:21,650 --> 01:04:23,480 He really didn't want anything more to do with her, 1470 01:04:23,514 --> 01:04:25,482 and if she walked into a room, he would walk out. 1471 01:04:26,517 --> 01:04:30,383 And it got to the extent where Fergie would only be 1472 01:04:30,418 --> 01:04:32,592 welcome in royal homes 1473 01:04:33,110 --> 01:04:35,664 when Prince Philip was away or not present. 1474 01:04:36,182 --> 01:04:38,633 And their relationship never really recovered. 1475 01:04:43,293 --> 01:04:44,673 NARRATOR: Andrew wasn't the only son 1476 01:04:45,191 --> 01:04:46,606 with a troubled relationship. 1477 01:04:50,058 --> 01:04:52,336 Charles and Diana were struggling to reconcile 1478 01:04:52,371 --> 01:04:55,892 a life of royal duties with a 12-year age difference. 1479 01:04:56,478 --> 01:05:00,482 Prince Philip and Princess Diana got on really well actually. 1480 01:05:01,035 --> 01:05:03,071 He had a great deal of sympathy, 1481 01:05:03,554 --> 01:05:05,971 and I think that he disapproved 1482 01:05:06,005 --> 01:05:10,078 of how Charles behaved to Diana. 1483 01:05:10,320 --> 01:05:13,599 And he'd write nice letters to her, 1484 01:05:13,633 --> 01:05:16,119 describing himself as Pa 1485 01:05:16,153 --> 01:05:19,501 and the queen as Ma and supporting her. 1486 01:05:21,227 --> 01:05:25,231 There was a lot of stuff about how royal duty interferes 1487 01:05:25,266 --> 01:05:28,062 so much in a royal marriage, quite unlike any other marriage. 1488 01:05:28,476 --> 01:05:31,341 And he was trying to be sympathetic and helpful. 1489 01:05:32,652 --> 01:05:35,517 The marriage of the heir to the throne was important. 1490 01:05:35,552 --> 01:05:37,312 It was important to the country, 1491 01:05:37,347 --> 01:05:38,935 to the monarchy, and to the Commonwealth 1492 01:05:39,383 --> 01:05:42,352 that he felt he should get involved if he could. 1493 01:05:42,593 --> 01:05:44,147 I've read the letters that he wrote 1494 01:05:44,181 --> 01:05:46,425 to the Princess of Wales and I've read her replies. 1495 01:05:46,666 --> 01:05:50,118 And they are very good letters on both sides. 1496 01:05:50,153 --> 01:05:51,568 They are very moving, 1497 01:05:51,602 --> 01:05:54,053 particularly since we know what eventually happened. 1498 01:05:54,329 --> 01:05:58,402 But he was really trying to engage with her 1499 01:05:58,437 --> 01:06:00,301 and to find points of contact. 1500 01:06:00,611 --> 01:06:03,373 And saying things like, you know, 1501 01:06:03,407 --> 01:06:04,477 you both like the opera. 1502 01:06:04,512 --> 01:06:05,996 Why don't you try and go to the opera 1503 01:06:06,031 --> 01:06:07,308 together a bit more? That sort of thing. 1504 01:06:07,342 --> 01:06:08,550 All sorts of things like that. 1505 01:06:08,585 --> 01:06:10,207 I said to her - at the time, I said, well, 1506 01:06:10,242 --> 01:06:12,347 these are very helpful letters. 1507 01:06:12,382 --> 01:06:13,555 They're supportive letters. 1508 01:06:14,108 --> 01:06:15,764 And she acknowledged that they were, 1509 01:06:16,317 --> 01:06:19,389 but she said that the time she received them, 1510 01:06:19,423 --> 01:06:21,736 she found it hard to accept 1511 01:06:21,770 --> 01:06:23,980 that they were being offered on that basis. 1512 01:06:24,773 --> 01:06:26,189 INGRID SEWARD: He gradually 1513 01:06:26,706 --> 01:06:28,708 became more and more annoyed with her. 1514 01:06:29,606 --> 01:06:31,366 He said to her, Diana, 1515 01:06:31,401 --> 01:06:33,575 you must remember it's not all about you. 1516 01:06:34,473 --> 01:06:37,165 You're part of us, and it's about us as a whole. 1517 01:06:38,477 --> 01:06:42,343 At the end, Diana said, "I hate Prince Philip, 1518 01:06:42,377 --> 01:06:43,551 I hate him." 1519 01:06:43,585 --> 01:06:45,415 So she took really against him. 1520 01:06:48,314 --> 01:06:49,833 NARRATOR: Philip was not often in a position 1521 01:06:49,867 --> 01:06:51,731 where he didn't get his own way. 1522 01:06:53,319 --> 01:06:55,252 Diana told me that he shouted at his staff 1523 01:06:55,287 --> 01:06:58,290 and she told me that she told William and Harry 1524 01:06:58,324 --> 01:07:02,190 never ever speak to people that work for you like that. 1525 01:07:02,225 --> 01:07:03,743 But I think Prince Philip 1526 01:07:04,606 --> 01:07:07,195 had a very loyal band of old retainers. 1527 01:07:07,230 --> 01:07:10,302 If he tore a strip off somebody in his office, 1528 01:07:10,509 --> 01:07:12,166 he'd go in later in the day and say, 1529 01:07:12,200 --> 01:07:13,615 "Could you just look through these papers for me?" 1530 01:07:13,650 --> 01:07:16,308 And you'd realise that, "OK, you are on track again." 1531 01:07:16,342 --> 01:07:17,585 If I made a mistake 1532 01:07:17,619 --> 01:07:19,276 or what he thought was a mistake, 1533 01:07:19,311 --> 01:07:20,864 I could say to him, "Well, hang on a minute, 1534 01:07:20,898 --> 01:07:22,762 so we did that 'cause of A, B, C." 1535 01:07:23,142 --> 01:07:26,042 And sometimes he'd accept it. 1536 01:07:26,490 --> 01:07:27,802 But other times he would say, 1537 01:07:27,836 --> 01:07:29,286 "Well, you could have done that better." 1538 01:07:29,321 --> 01:07:30,425 And you say, "Yeah, fair comment." 1539 01:07:30,805 --> 01:07:32,324 But you could argue the point. 1540 01:07:32,358 --> 01:07:33,739 Did he like a good argument? 1541 01:07:33,773 --> 01:07:35,534 No, he likes a good discussion. 1542 01:07:35,810 --> 01:07:37,501 And if the discussion became heated, 1543 01:07:37,536 --> 01:07:38,468 so much, the better. 1544 01:07:39,331 --> 01:07:41,229 I wouldn't go as far to say argument, 1545 01:07:41,264 --> 01:07:43,093 and it becomes a shouting match. 1546 01:07:43,128 --> 01:07:45,337 It's a good... a good discussion, 1547 01:07:45,371 --> 01:07:46,510 a good debate. 1548 01:07:46,545 --> 01:07:48,823 NARRATOR: Despite Philip's debating skills 1549 01:07:49,479 --> 01:07:51,101 and with all the pressure, 1550 01:07:51,136 --> 01:07:52,654 Diana declared war. 1551 01:07:53,724 --> 01:07:56,175 Prince Philip kept saying to the Queen, Lilibet, 1552 01:07:56,210 --> 01:07:57,797 you have to do something about Diana. 1553 01:07:58,281 --> 01:07:59,351 This is when they were 1554 01:07:59,385 --> 01:08:01,560 at the height of the war of the Wales', 1555 01:08:02,250 --> 01:08:05,115 and the Queen kept thinking if she didn't do anything, 1556 01:08:05,150 --> 01:08:06,185 it would go away. 1557 01:08:06,220 --> 01:08:07,600 And Prince Philip kept saying, 1558 01:08:07,635 --> 01:08:08,601 "You've got to do something." 1559 01:08:08,636 --> 01:08:11,294 So he was chiding her. 1560 01:08:11,328 --> 01:08:15,332 When the Queen is dealing with political situations 1561 01:08:15,367 --> 01:08:18,128 and things, she will take advice and act on it. 1562 01:08:18,163 --> 01:08:20,096 And so there are two different people. 1563 01:08:20,372 --> 01:08:23,478 One is what should the Queen do as opposed to 1564 01:08:23,513 --> 01:08:25,860 what would the person inside the Queen like to do? 1565 01:08:26,274 --> 01:08:28,656 He did write a letter suggesting that 1566 01:08:29,898 --> 01:08:33,902 they could lead separate lives and carry on with their duties. 1567 01:08:35,628 --> 01:08:37,320 But unfortunately, 1568 01:08:37,354 --> 01:08:40,599 that wasn't the view taken by the couple. 1569 01:08:40,909 --> 01:08:43,671 Princess Anne was the first of the royal children 1570 01:08:43,705 --> 01:08:45,673 to battle it out through the divorce courts, 1571 01:08:45,707 --> 01:08:48,538 with her tank driving husband, Captain Mark Phillips. 1572 01:08:48,917 --> 01:08:50,678 Divorce is a matter of great sadness. 1573 01:08:50,712 --> 01:08:53,474 And for the for the royal family 1574 01:08:54,509 --> 01:08:56,822 to have three marriages go wrong, 1575 01:08:56,856 --> 01:08:58,686 it must have been profoundly shocking 1576 01:08:58,720 --> 01:09:00,412 and deeply disturbing for them. 1577 01:09:00,446 --> 01:09:04,899 I think Prince Philip's viewpoint would be 1578 01:09:06,245 --> 01:09:07,867 if they can't make it work, 1579 01:09:10,698 --> 01:09:13,425 it's better that they are out of it 1580 01:09:13,459 --> 01:09:16,324 rather than their destructive 1581 01:09:17,567 --> 01:09:19,258 publicity affecting the monarchy. 1582 01:09:20,949 --> 01:09:22,365 NARRATOR: But nothing could prepare the palace 1583 01:09:22,675 --> 01:09:23,780 for what was to follow. 1584 01:09:36,965 --> 01:09:38,726 Diana's death put the royal family 1585 01:09:38,760 --> 01:09:40,210 under intense focus. 1586 01:09:43,489 --> 01:09:45,388 There was a lot of criticism levelled at the Queen 1587 01:09:45,422 --> 01:09:47,666 and Prince Philip for not coming back to London. 1588 01:09:48,494 --> 01:09:52,257 And unfortunately, again, it was media instigated, 1589 01:09:52,291 --> 01:09:53,568 you go and ask the question, 1590 01:09:53,879 --> 01:09:55,363 "Do you think the Queen 1591 01:09:55,398 --> 01:09:56,813 and Prince Philip should be in London?" 1592 01:09:57,676 --> 01:09:59,333 And the answer, "Yeah, of course they should." 1593 01:10:00,610 --> 01:10:02,198 If you put the question, 1594 01:10:02,784 --> 01:10:04,993 "The Queen and Prince Philip are up at Balmoral supporting 1595 01:10:06,063 --> 01:10:07,306 their grandchildren, 1596 01:10:07,341 --> 01:10:10,930 William aged 15, Harry aged 12. 1597 01:10:12,967 --> 01:10:14,451 Do you think they're doing the right thing for them?" 1598 01:10:14,486 --> 01:10:15,935 And the answer would be yes. 1599 01:10:16,350 --> 01:10:17,834 So it depends how you put it. 1600 01:10:21,355 --> 01:10:23,357 It was a very, very difficult period 1601 01:10:23,633 --> 01:10:25,497 and it was only really because the Queen 1602 01:10:25,531 --> 01:10:27,602 and Prince Philip supporting had dug in 1603 01:10:27,637 --> 01:10:29,397 and just kept their heads down 1604 01:10:29,432 --> 01:10:31,813 and carried on that they were able to survive. 1605 01:10:31,848 --> 01:10:34,264 And I think if it hadn't been for their characters, 1606 01:10:35,507 --> 01:10:36,784 the monarchy could have been finished. 1607 01:10:46,069 --> 01:10:47,829 NARRATOR: Just a few months after Diana's death, 1608 01:10:50,556 --> 01:10:53,801 Philip and Elizabeth celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. 1609 01:10:56,735 --> 01:10:58,944 I think that the main lesson that we've learned 1610 01:10:58,978 --> 01:11:02,085 is that tolerance is the one essential ingredient 1611 01:11:02,119 --> 01:11:03,811 of any happy marriage. 1612 01:11:03,845 --> 01:11:07,297 And you can take it from me that the Queen 1613 01:11:07,332 --> 01:11:09,023 has the quality of tolerance and abundance. 1614 01:11:11,715 --> 01:11:13,855 NARRATOR: After half a century as the Duke of Edinburgh, 1615 01:11:14,373 --> 01:11:16,306 Philip had developed many hobbies 1616 01:11:16,341 --> 01:11:17,583 for the Queen to tolerate. 1617 01:11:19,620 --> 01:11:22,588 There were so many things, science, technology, 1618 01:11:22,623 --> 01:11:24,694 all those things, he was interested in, industry. 1619 01:11:25,488 --> 01:11:27,559 I mean, you know, it's endless. 1620 01:11:28,422 --> 01:11:30,527 The arts as well, pictures, 1621 01:11:30,562 --> 01:11:32,667 he had a huge collection of pictures he was buying. 1622 01:11:32,702 --> 01:11:35,049 He was an extremely knowledgeable ornithologist. 1623 01:11:36,706 --> 01:11:39,674 Prince Philip has written over a dozen books. 1624 01:11:40,951 --> 01:11:43,713 He's written about conservation. 1625 01:11:43,747 --> 01:11:45,439 He's written about science. 1626 01:11:46,785 --> 01:11:48,545 He's written about carriage driving 1627 01:11:48,580 --> 01:11:49,719 and managing estates. 1628 01:11:51,721 --> 01:11:53,585 He was fascinated by comparative religion, 1629 01:11:53,619 --> 01:11:55,034 and he had friends who were Buddhists, 1630 01:11:55,069 --> 01:11:56,760 who were Muslims, who were Jewish people. 1631 01:11:57,416 --> 01:12:00,005 He went to the Vatican for a private audience 1632 01:12:00,039 --> 01:12:01,627 with Pope John Paul II. 1633 01:12:02,801 --> 01:12:04,941 But he wouldn't want to talk about that in public. 1634 01:12:04,975 --> 01:12:06,080 That wasn't his style. 1635 01:12:06,114 --> 01:12:08,807 He did studied religion very deeply. 1636 01:12:08,841 --> 01:12:12,811 He's got a collection of about 600 books on religion. 1637 01:12:13,467 --> 01:12:15,434 GYLES: In fact, he published three books 1638 01:12:15,469 --> 01:12:17,056 about faith and the environment. 1639 01:12:18,782 --> 01:12:20,750 Nobody reads them. They are too complicated for people. 1640 01:12:22,441 --> 01:12:24,616 He was a voracious reader, which Sophie of Wessex, 1641 01:12:24,650 --> 01:12:26,411 Prince Edward's wife, 1642 01:12:27,481 --> 01:12:30,380 told me not too long ago that he was constantly reading 1643 01:12:30,415 --> 01:12:31,933 and even well into his 90s. 1644 01:12:31,968 --> 01:12:34,591 He also used to take the UFO monthly magazine. 1645 01:12:34,626 --> 01:12:35,454 Yes, he did. 1646 01:12:40,079 --> 01:12:42,599 NARRATOR: Philip didn't limit his interests to academia. 1647 01:12:44,083 --> 01:12:46,154 GYLES: He kept himself very fit indeed. 1648 01:12:46,603 --> 01:12:49,365 Exercises, stretching exercises, he went swimming. 1649 01:12:49,813 --> 01:12:52,782 He did his own version of the Atkins diet, you know? 1650 01:12:52,816 --> 01:12:54,853 He didn't eat too much, not too many carbohydrates. 1651 01:12:55,094 --> 01:12:56,579 He was good on that sort of thing. 1652 01:12:56,613 --> 01:12:59,167 Moderation in all things. He didn't drink very much. 1653 01:12:59,202 --> 01:13:01,135 But he could mix a mean gin and tonic. 1654 01:13:02,585 --> 01:13:04,034 You know, he drank a little bit of beer. 1655 01:13:04,587 --> 01:13:08,107 He was very self-disciplined, actually. 1656 01:13:08,591 --> 01:13:09,764 When he was a young man, 1657 01:13:10,075 --> 01:13:12,940 he would run around the garden 1658 01:13:12,974 --> 01:13:15,183 at Windlesham Manor wearing sweats 1659 01:13:15,770 --> 01:13:17,531 and a lot of jerseys, 1660 01:13:18,842 --> 01:13:20,465 you know, which is what people do now. 1661 01:13:20,499 --> 01:13:22,087 And then it used to make the Queen laugh. 1662 01:13:22,121 --> 01:13:24,089 She says, "Why are you doing this ridiculous 1663 01:13:24,123 --> 01:13:25,746 running in all those clothes?" 1664 01:13:25,780 --> 01:13:27,161 He said, "Because I want to sweat it off." 1665 01:13:28,990 --> 01:13:31,545 GYLES: Flying was one of the great passions of his life. 1666 01:13:32,580 --> 01:13:35,100 He went on flying from being a young man in his 20s 1667 01:13:35,134 --> 01:13:37,482 through to being in his 60s went on flying. 1668 01:13:37,516 --> 01:13:39,794 He flew as much in his lifetime 1669 01:13:39,829 --> 01:13:42,866 as somebody in the RAF would have done. 1670 01:13:42,901 --> 01:13:45,075 I felt that if I knew how to fly, 1671 01:13:45,731 --> 01:13:51,496 I might begin to understand some of the demands on 1672 01:13:51,530 --> 01:13:54,153 and some of the difficulties of pilots 1673 01:13:54,188 --> 01:13:56,190 whether service or airline. 1674 01:13:57,053 --> 01:14:00,021 The Queen's Flights upgraded 1675 01:14:00,056 --> 01:14:03,577 from turboprop to a jet aircraft. 1676 01:14:04,025 --> 01:14:06,096 So he said to me, "Oh, I can't drive too much 1677 01:14:06,131 --> 01:14:07,477 over the next couple of weeks. 1678 01:14:07,512 --> 01:14:08,858 I want to upgrade my licence." 1679 01:14:10,687 --> 01:14:12,482 This is the Queen's husband. He's learned to fly a jet. 1680 01:14:13,897 --> 01:14:16,831 So he had to take a helicopter 1681 01:14:16,866 --> 01:14:19,938 from the East Terrace of Windsor Castle, 1682 01:14:21,042 --> 01:14:24,183 fly to Brize Norton, jump in a jet fly that, 1683 01:14:25,253 --> 01:14:26,841 fly a helicopter back. 1684 01:14:27,739 --> 01:14:29,223 After about the third day, I said, 1685 01:14:29,257 --> 01:14:30,258 "How do you do this, sir? 1686 01:14:30,845 --> 01:14:33,538 I mean, I know driving four horses isn't simple, 1687 01:14:33,572 --> 01:14:35,229 but here you are driving four horses, 1688 01:14:35,263 --> 01:14:36,989 then flying a helicopter, 1689 01:14:37,024 --> 01:14:38,163 which is not that I know anything 1690 01:14:38,197 --> 01:14:39,198 about flying a helicopter, 1691 01:14:39,233 --> 01:14:40,717 but it's not like flying a plane, 1692 01:14:40,752 --> 01:14:42,616 and flying a plane is nothing like, 1693 01:14:42,650 --> 01:14:44,721 how do you - how do you get it all in your brain?" 1694 01:14:45,895 --> 01:14:48,829 He said, "Funnily enough, it's all very similar. 1695 01:14:49,105 --> 01:14:51,072 You're at the mercy of the elements 1696 01:14:51,107 --> 01:14:52,867 and you can't control the wind, 1697 01:14:52,902 --> 01:14:56,699 you can't control updrafts, you can't control downdrafts. 1698 01:14:56,733 --> 01:14:58,563 You have to kind of go with the flow." 1699 01:14:59,080 --> 01:15:02,256 And of course, if I was to 1700 01:15:04,983 --> 01:15:06,709 describe him in one word, 1701 01:15:07,813 --> 01:15:09,643 he kind of goes with the flow 1702 01:15:10,644 --> 01:15:11,817 as long as it's in his direction. 1703 01:15:13,957 --> 01:15:15,752 Prince Philip would fly the aeroplane, 1704 01:15:15,787 --> 01:15:17,616 and when it got to its cruising height, 1705 01:15:17,892 --> 01:15:19,515 he would come back and sit with us 1706 01:15:19,894 --> 01:15:21,102 and do his paperwork, 1707 01:15:21,758 --> 01:15:23,104 but of course he would leave his captain 1708 01:15:23,139 --> 01:15:24,623 and co-pilot on the flight deck. 1709 01:15:25,003 --> 01:15:26,867 I remember once we were doing a trip 1710 01:15:26,901 --> 01:15:29,317 and the World Wide Fund for Nature lady with us 1711 01:15:29,870 --> 01:15:31,803 didn't realise they've got pilots at the front, 1712 01:15:32,148 --> 01:15:34,564 and she spent the entire flight watching the altimeter 1713 01:15:34,599 --> 01:15:36,290 in the cabin worried 1714 01:15:36,324 --> 01:15:38,603 that Prince Philip wasn't going back on the flight deck. 1715 01:15:38,637 --> 01:15:41,157 We let it get down to about 1,000 feet 1716 01:15:41,191 --> 01:15:43,159 when she was really panicking before we went back 1717 01:15:43,193 --> 01:15:44,298 and took over the controls. 1718 01:15:49,993 --> 01:15:52,617 NARRATOR: As he grew older, Philip had to abandon 1719 01:15:52,651 --> 01:15:54,688 many of his more adventurous hobbies. 1720 01:15:55,654 --> 01:15:57,345 But he remained at the Queen's side. 1721 01:15:58,346 --> 01:16:00,694 The real role that the Queen 1722 01:16:00,728 --> 01:16:03,213 and Prince Philip had was as conciliators. 1723 01:16:03,731 --> 01:16:06,078 They were always trying to move things forward 1724 01:16:06,113 --> 01:16:07,286 and make things better for the rest of us. 1725 01:16:08,978 --> 01:16:10,842 You could go back to things 1726 01:16:10,876 --> 01:16:14,190 like German state visits and Japanese state visits, 1727 01:16:14,224 --> 01:16:17,193 but obviously the one that would be most easily 1728 01:16:17,227 --> 01:16:20,645 remembered today would be the Ireland visit. 1729 01:16:21,404 --> 01:16:23,095 NARRATOR: Irish Republican terrorists 1730 01:16:23,130 --> 01:16:25,166 were to blame for the death of Philip's uncle, 1731 01:16:25,201 --> 01:16:26,202 Lord Mountbatten. 1732 01:16:28,342 --> 01:16:30,378 HUGO: Prince Philip would have had a very personal reason 1733 01:16:30,413 --> 01:16:32,346 for not wishing to engage with the Irish. 1734 01:16:32,380 --> 01:16:35,349 But he said once that people should consider, 1735 01:16:35,383 --> 01:16:38,766 you know, it's very easy for them to stir up hatred 1736 01:16:38,801 --> 01:16:40,181 and things with their enemies. 1737 01:16:40,216 --> 01:16:42,701 But if you'd make friends with them, 1738 01:16:42,736 --> 01:16:44,600 you very often get a much better result. 1739 01:16:45,152 --> 01:16:49,052 NATO is a defensive and a co-operative alliance 1740 01:16:49,708 --> 01:16:52,746 and never intended in any way to initiate 1741 01:16:53,678 --> 01:16:55,714 or to support aggression of any kind. 1742 01:16:55,990 --> 01:16:59,960 On two public occasions, both times, I think, 1743 01:16:59,994 --> 01:17:01,824 celebrating wedding anniversaries, 1744 01:17:01,858 --> 01:17:04,896 the Queen has spoken very deeply 1745 01:17:04,930 --> 01:17:07,726 and movingly of how much she depends on Philip. 1746 01:17:07,761 --> 01:17:10,211 You know, "my strength and stay" 1747 01:17:10,246 --> 01:17:12,800 is her commonest phrase she uses. 1748 01:17:12,835 --> 01:17:15,182 And I think that summed him up. 1749 01:17:15,216 --> 01:17:16,908 I mean, he's been there for her. 1750 01:17:16,942 --> 01:17:18,841 He's always been there for her. 1751 01:17:18,875 --> 01:17:21,947 And it's hard to imagine that she could have functioned 1752 01:17:22,189 --> 01:17:25,399 as Queen in the way she has without Prince Philip. 1753 01:17:27,090 --> 01:17:28,471 NARRATOR: Philip was still carrying out 1754 01:17:28,505 --> 01:17:31,025 royal duties well into his 90s. 1755 01:17:33,441 --> 01:17:35,685 He joked once that he and the Queen had to live 1756 01:17:35,720 --> 01:17:37,238 to a hundred to keep Charles off the throne 1757 01:17:37,963 --> 01:17:40,828 because they were worried that he did have some ideas 1758 01:17:40,863 --> 01:17:42,278 that were a bit off the wall 1759 01:17:42,312 --> 01:17:45,453 and also that he could tend to be a bit mercurial 1760 01:17:45,902 --> 01:17:47,870 and he might not have been as strong a character as they were. 1761 01:17:48,111 --> 01:17:49,768 But in later life, 1762 01:17:49,803 --> 01:17:51,183 he had a much better relationship 1763 01:17:51,218 --> 01:17:52,322 with Prince Charles, 1764 01:17:52,357 --> 01:17:54,324 and he was very pleased to see 1765 01:17:54,359 --> 01:17:56,085 how Prince William turned out 1766 01:17:56,775 --> 01:17:58,259 the fact that he married well to Kate. 1767 01:18:00,986 --> 01:18:01,918 And I think they think 1768 01:18:01,953 --> 01:18:04,300 that however long Charles is on the throne, 1769 01:18:04,749 --> 01:18:06,992 the long-term future of the monarchy is in safe hands. 1770 01:18:09,098 --> 01:18:10,340 DICKIE: His grandchildren adored him 1771 01:18:10,375 --> 01:18:11,790 and they admired him. 1772 01:18:12,135 --> 01:18:13,309 And if they've got a problem, 1773 01:18:13,343 --> 01:18:15,138 if they need to talk something through, 1774 01:18:15,760 --> 01:18:17,140 it's easy to go and talk to Grandad. 1775 01:18:17,762 --> 01:18:19,315 He's been around a long time. 1776 01:18:20,040 --> 01:18:22,111 He's been through the mill so he could advise them. 1777 01:18:25,942 --> 01:18:27,323 They adored him, 1778 01:18:27,357 --> 01:18:29,463 and they have huge respect for what he's done. 1779 01:18:30,844 --> 01:18:32,949 NARRATOR: He was also extremely good 1780 01:18:32,984 --> 01:18:35,296 to various descendants of his sisters. 1781 01:18:35,918 --> 01:18:37,816 He educated quietly 1782 01:18:37,851 --> 01:18:39,335 and privately without people knowing it, 1783 01:18:39,853 --> 01:18:42,476 quite a number of their children and grandchildren. 1784 01:18:42,994 --> 01:18:45,824 And I remember his private secretary, 1785 01:18:45,859 --> 01:18:49,034 Sir Brian McGrath had to deal with odd people, 1786 01:18:49,345 --> 01:18:52,003 descendants of some of these, great nephews of Prince Philip, 1787 01:18:52,037 --> 01:18:54,143 who wound up in trouble in India and would sort of say, 1788 01:18:54,177 --> 01:18:55,938 I'm a great nephew of the Duke of Edinburgh. 1789 01:18:55,972 --> 01:18:57,802 So the call would go through to Buckingham Palace 1790 01:18:57,836 --> 01:18:59,873 and Sir Brian would have to sort it out. 1791 01:18:59,907 --> 01:19:01,322 One or two caused quite a lot of trouble. 1792 01:19:06,189 --> 01:19:08,364 Near the very, very end of Prince Philip's life 1793 01:19:08,847 --> 01:19:11,229 because he had lived to face such a very great age, 1794 01:19:12,851 --> 01:19:16,165 the Queen decided that he should be allowed 1795 01:19:16,199 --> 01:19:20,376 to retire and that he shouldn't have to follow her around 1796 01:19:20,583 --> 01:19:23,517 on all their sort of engagements that they used to do jointly. 1797 01:19:25,346 --> 01:19:26,865 And in the last years, there were times 1798 01:19:26,900 --> 01:19:30,041 when he was just sort of following along 1799 01:19:30,075 --> 01:19:31,559 and he'd make the odd remark here and there. 1800 01:19:39,050 --> 01:19:42,191 He wanted to get away from that whole royal round, 1801 01:19:42,225 --> 01:19:45,504 the constant comings and goings of palace life. 1802 01:19:48,853 --> 01:19:50,855 NARRATOR: Prince Philip's final royal duty 1803 01:19:51,165 --> 01:19:53,064 came 65 years 1804 01:19:53,098 --> 01:19:55,514 after his naval career came to an abrupt end. 1805 01:19:56,239 --> 01:19:58,034 Since 1952, 1806 01:19:58,069 --> 01:20:02,107 he had carried out over 22,000 public engagements. 1807 01:20:02,556 --> 01:20:04,454 He sort of really was able to then drift off 1808 01:20:04,489 --> 01:20:05,904 and do whatever he liked. 1809 01:20:14,948 --> 01:20:16,915 He moved to Sandringham. 1810 01:20:16,950 --> 01:20:18,641 He was living not in the great big house, 1811 01:20:18,675 --> 01:20:20,022 but at Wood Farm, 1812 01:20:20,056 --> 01:20:22,058 which is a fairly modest farmhouse 1813 01:20:22,093 --> 01:20:23,439 on the royal estate. 1814 01:20:23,473 --> 01:20:25,924 It's a property that perhaps belongs to the Queen. 1815 01:20:25,959 --> 01:20:27,063 And the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh 1816 01:20:27,098 --> 01:20:30,998 do very much treat it as one of the private homes, 1817 01:20:31,274 --> 01:20:34,001 and it's got a lovely... it's got a lovely feel about it. 1818 01:20:34,036 --> 01:20:35,175 It's very cosy. 1819 01:20:35,934 --> 01:20:39,455 He was much happier sitting with a few staff 1820 01:20:39,489 --> 01:20:43,528 to look after him, a footman, cook, not many people, 1821 01:20:43,562 --> 01:20:45,461 a companion or two came to stay. 1822 01:20:47,256 --> 01:20:50,397 He spent his days pottering around the garden, 1823 01:20:50,431 --> 01:20:53,918 painting, reading, catching up with correspondence. 1824 01:20:53,952 --> 01:20:56,092 A long time ago when Queen Elizabeth, 1825 01:20:56,127 --> 01:20:58,923 the Queen Mother, turned 100, I said to Prince Philip, 1826 01:20:58,957 --> 01:21:00,614 what, would you like to be 100? 1827 01:21:00,648 --> 01:21:02,996 He said, "Oh, God, no, I can't imagine anything worse." 1828 01:21:03,030 --> 01:21:04,549 He was then, I suppose, in his late 70s, 1829 01:21:04,583 --> 01:21:06,102 He said, "Bits are falling off already. 1830 01:21:06,137 --> 01:21:08,139 He said, "Oh, God no, I can't imagine anything worse." 1831 01:21:08,173 --> 01:21:09,899 I certainly don't want to live to be 100." 1832 01:21:22,360 --> 01:21:24,914 NARRATOR: Just two months before his 100th birthday, 1833 01:21:26,709 --> 01:21:29,574 Philip died of old age at Windsor Castle 1834 01:21:29,608 --> 01:21:31,334 with the Queen at his bedside. 1835 01:21:33,681 --> 01:21:37,478 I particularly wanted to say that my father, 1836 01:21:38,031 --> 01:21:41,966 I suppose the last 70 years, 1837 01:21:42,000 --> 01:21:46,211 has given the most remarkable, devoted service. 1838 01:21:48,041 --> 01:21:49,559 And as you can imagine, 1839 01:21:50,388 --> 01:21:54,323 my family and I miss my father enormously. 1840 01:21:56,049 --> 01:21:56,946 Fire! 1841 01:21:59,224 --> 01:22:02,089 NARRATOR: At the funeral, his coffin was carried 1842 01:22:02,124 --> 01:22:03,470 by a custom Land Rover 1843 01:22:04,022 --> 01:22:06,231 designed for the purpose by Philip himself. 1844 01:22:07,715 --> 01:22:09,994 Due to the ongoing COVID pandemic, 1845 01:22:10,235 --> 01:22:12,375 the Queen had to sit alone. 1846 01:22:13,204 --> 01:22:15,447 INGRID: I think the public will look to the Queen 1847 01:22:15,482 --> 01:22:16,966 you know and see how it's affecting her 1848 01:22:17,001 --> 01:22:19,037 because basically since the age of 13, 1849 01:22:19,072 --> 01:22:20,487 she's been in love with this man. 1850 01:22:21,005 --> 01:22:24,629 And I think people will worry 1851 01:22:25,250 --> 01:22:28,322 how she's going to deal with the grief of his passing. 1852 01:22:30,014 --> 01:22:32,050 RICHARD: I think she's gonna find it enormously difficult. 1853 01:22:33,569 --> 01:22:36,744 In recent years, she's lost her mother and her sister, 1854 01:22:37,228 --> 01:22:39,402 and the third member of the trinity 1855 01:22:39,437 --> 01:22:40,783 was Prince Philip. 1856 01:22:40,817 --> 01:22:43,303 I mean, these were the three most important people 1857 01:22:43,510 --> 01:22:44,614 in the Queen's life. 1858 01:22:56,385 --> 01:22:57,524 The Duke of Edinburgh told me that, 1859 01:22:57,558 --> 01:22:59,112 I said to him, you know, 1860 01:22:59,146 --> 01:23:00,389 "What would you like your epitaph to be?" 1861 01:23:00,423 --> 01:23:02,287 Well, he said, "I don't know. 1862 01:23:02,598 --> 01:23:06,050 I did my best to keep the show on the road while I was here." 1863 01:23:06,809 --> 01:23:09,708 In fact, if we regard the long reign 1864 01:23:09,743 --> 01:23:11,607 of Elizabeth the Second as a success, 1865 01:23:12,263 --> 01:23:16,784 the joint author of that success is the Duke of Edinburgh. 1866 01:23:17,164 --> 01:23:20,443 He had supported her for all those years 1867 01:23:20,719 --> 01:23:24,447 and understood how to support her and loved her. 1868 01:23:25,414 --> 01:23:27,416 This is a man who came from a world 1869 01:23:27,450 --> 01:23:29,383 in which it was taken for granted 1870 01:23:29,418 --> 01:23:31,247 that men were the leaders, 1871 01:23:33,077 --> 01:23:35,251 there had been very few female 1872 01:23:35,286 --> 01:23:37,322 heads of state outside of the British Isles. 1873 01:23:40,360 --> 01:23:43,466 HUGO: He will be remembered for his courageous approach to life 1874 01:23:43,501 --> 01:23:47,056 and his consistency and his support of the Queen 1875 01:23:47,091 --> 01:23:48,609 and his total support of Britain. 1876 01:23:49,886 --> 01:23:51,716 When you spend 27 years 1877 01:23:52,096 --> 01:23:54,788 working with somebody, yes, I miss him, 1878 01:23:54,822 --> 01:23:56,307 I've got so much respect for him. 1879 01:23:56,341 --> 01:23:59,310 If you just look back at some of the speeches 1880 01:23:59,344 --> 01:24:02,830 and lectures he was giving in the 1960s and the '70s, 1881 01:24:03,314 --> 01:24:04,832 they seem incredibly prescient. 1882 01:24:05,454 --> 01:24:08,595 I've seen some of his archives, for various reasons, 1883 01:24:08,629 --> 01:24:11,080 for various projects, and they're extraordinary. 1884 01:24:11,115 --> 01:24:12,495 He was way ahead of his time 1885 01:24:12,530 --> 01:24:15,326 and most of the things he talked about, 1886 01:24:15,360 --> 01:24:17,604 Prince Charles then followed up and now Prince William. 1887 01:24:25,336 --> 01:24:29,098 NARRATOR: From his start as a penniless Prince to war hero, 1888 01:24:29,857 --> 01:24:32,860 consort, and family man, 1889 01:24:34,724 --> 01:24:36,519 Philip shaped his own legacy. 1890 01:24:42,353 --> 01:24:44,251 He was very much the power behind the throne 1891 01:24:44,700 --> 01:24:46,771 and much underrated while he was alive. 1892 01:24:47,220 --> 01:24:49,291 And it's gonna be very, very difficult 1893 01:24:49,325 --> 01:24:50,533 for the younger royals 1894 01:24:50,568 --> 01:24:51,603 to actually replace that. 1895 01:24:54,261 --> 01:24:56,436 But it's incredible to think that Prince George, 1896 01:24:56,470 --> 01:24:58,265 if he lives to a similar age, 1897 01:24:58,300 --> 01:25:00,854 will be the first monarch of the 22nd century. 1898 01:25:02,338 --> 01:25:04,858 So if that lasts into the 22nd century, 1899 01:25:04,892 --> 01:25:06,135 I think they'll feel it's job done. 1900 01:25:09,414 --> 01:25:12,624 We have a monarchy that thrives on longevity, 1901 01:25:13,246 --> 01:25:15,386 thrives on continuity and stability, 1902 01:25:15,627 --> 01:25:17,284 where all around us, 1903 01:25:17,595 --> 01:25:20,874 presidents and prime ministers are here today gone tomorrow. 1904 01:25:22,531 --> 01:25:24,636 Our monarchy is not elected out of office. 1905 01:25:24,671 --> 01:25:27,122 Our monarchy is there by succession. 1906 01:25:27,570 --> 01:25:30,608 Politicians come and go, our monarchy continues. 1907 01:25:30,815 --> 01:25:32,851 It's 1,000 years of history. 1908 01:25:32,886 --> 01:25:35,509 It's the golden thread of our island story, 1909 01:25:35,889 --> 01:25:37,649 and it's about kings and queens, 1910 01:25:37,684 --> 01:25:39,617 princes and princesses 1911 01:25:39,858 --> 01:25:42,792 and their flesh and blood, real people too. 1912 01:25:44,242 --> 01:25:46,141 They are human beings like us. 1913 01:25:46,417 --> 01:25:48,936 The Queen and Prince Philip are husband and wife. 1914 01:25:49,316 --> 01:25:51,870 And they also are the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. 1915 01:25:53,769 --> 01:25:54,839 Throughout her reign, 1916 01:25:55,288 --> 01:25:56,634 he's walking one step behind her, 1917 01:25:56,668 --> 01:25:57,842 giving her total support. 1918 01:25:59,947 --> 01:26:01,639 So he managed to support the Queen 1919 01:26:01,949 --> 01:26:03,434 and do his own thing, 1920 01:26:04,745 --> 01:26:07,231 be a dad, grandad, 1921 01:26:08,611 --> 01:26:10,544 husband, friend, 1922 01:26:10,958 --> 01:26:12,753 what a remarkable legacy. 1923 01:26:25,628 --> 01:26:26,595 This Commonwealth 1924 01:26:26,629 --> 01:26:27,906 came into existence 1925 01:26:27,941 --> 01:26:29,805 because people made sacrifices 1926 01:26:29,839 --> 01:26:31,462 and offered their service to it. 1927 01:26:31,945 --> 01:26:33,602 Now it has been handed to us. 1928 01:26:33,947 --> 01:26:34,913 And if we don't make 1929 01:26:34,948 --> 01:26:36,294 sacrifices for it, 1930 01:26:36,743 --> 01:26:38,227 we shall have nothing to hand on 1931 01:26:38,262 --> 01:26:39,953 to those who come after us. 1932 01:26:41,057 --> 01:26:42,714 And the world will have lost 1933 01:26:42,749 --> 01:26:45,303 something of much greater value 1934 01:26:45,579 --> 01:26:47,754 than just a grand conception.