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Intimate celebration of a royal life marks Prince Philip's 90th

Feb 11, 2011 - 16:41 GMT hellomagazine.com

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Intimate celebration of a royal life marks Prince Philip's 90th

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In celebration of his 90th birthday this year, Windsor Castle is hosting an exhibition to commemorate the life and times of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

The display will include photos, mementos, and art work covering his birth into the Greek royal family to his current life.

The exhibition, including pieces painted by Prince Philip himself, runs through to January 2012.

Born on the island of Corfu in 1921, Philip is shown in this family photo with his mother Princess Alice of Greece

All photos : © The Royal Collection

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In September 1922 a military coup in Greece forced the King’s abdication and sent the Greek Royal family into exile. This photograph was taken in Athens shortly before the family left the country

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The Prince was the youngest of five children. Here he poses with his parents and four older sisters

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Photographed in traditional Greek dress, the family embraced their Hellenic roots

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The young Prince as a school boy in Britain in 1933

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In 1944 Philip was appointed First Lieutenant of the new Fleet destroyer HMS Whelp

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The prince married Princess Elizabeth in Westminster Abbey on November 20, 1947

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The young couple spent their honeymoon at Broadlands in Hampshire

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The proud parents play with the eldest of their four children, Charles and Anne, in the garden of Clarence House

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Prince Philip took up carriage driving in 1972

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Based on his own design, the Duke had this gold, diamond, sapphire and ruby bracelet made for the Queen as an anniversary gift

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A gift from the President of France, this grass-hopper shaped wine-bottle cooler was made by the French sculptor Francois-Xavier Lalanne in 1970

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One of three portraits of the Duke of Edinburgh given to the Queen on her 60th birthday

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