Prince Philip.Photo: Tim Graham Photo Library via GettyPrince Philip’s commitment to maritime services is being honored following his death.The royal familyannounced Thursdaythat the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)’s new state-of-the-art lifeboat will be named theDuke of Edinburghin tribute toQueen Elizabeth’s husband. Prince Philip, who served in the Royal Navy and was of their youngest First Lieutenants, died in April at age 99.The news comes 71 years to the day afterPrince Philipassumed command of HMSMagpiewhen he was 29.RNLI had planned to name the boat afterPrince Philipto celebrate his 100th birthday in June, according to theBBC. Philip was said to be “pleased” when told of the honor.The lifeboat will go into service in late 2022 at Wells-next-the-Sea, about 20 miles from Sandringham, whereQueen Elizabethhas a country home.Throughout his near-century-long life, the Duke of Edinburgh held honorary positions within the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force, and across numerous Commonwealth countries, including Australia, Canada and New Zealand.Philip was also Captain General Royal Marines from 1953 to 2017 — a role he passed on toPrince Harrybefore the Duke of Sussexstepped backfrom his role as a senior working royal in January 2020.Yet it’s the Royal Navy that was closest to his heart. The Duke of Edinburgh first sailed on a British battleship at the age of 18 months, when he was forced to flee his native Greece in a makeshift cot fashioned out of an orange crate.Prince Philip.Tim Graham Photo Library via GettyCan’t get enough ofPEOPLE’s Royals coverage?Sign up for our free Royals newsletterto get the latest updates onKate Middleton, Meghan Markle and more!He later served with distinction throughout WWII in the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, ultimately ending his wartime service in Tokyo Bay to witness the Japanese surrender on September 2, 1945.“Prince Philipsaved our lives,” crewmate Harry Hargreaves toldThe Observerabout Philip’s heroic wartime exploits in 2003. “You would say to yourself, ‘What the hell are we going to do now?’ and Philip would come up with something.”
Prince Philip.Photo: Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty
Prince Philip’s commitment to maritime services is being honored following his death.The royal familyannounced Thursdaythat the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)’s new state-of-the-art lifeboat will be named theDuke of Edinburghin tribute toQueen Elizabeth’s husband. Prince Philip, who served in the Royal Navy and was of their youngest First Lieutenants, died in April at age 99.The news comes 71 years to the day afterPrince Philipassumed command of HMSMagpiewhen he was 29.RNLI had planned to name the boat afterPrince Philipto celebrate his 100th birthday in June, according to theBBC. Philip was said to be “pleased” when told of the honor.The lifeboat will go into service in late 2022 at Wells-next-the-Sea, about 20 miles from Sandringham, whereQueen Elizabethhas a country home.Throughout his near-century-long life, the Duke of Edinburgh held honorary positions within the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force, and across numerous Commonwealth countries, including Australia, Canada and New Zealand.Philip was also Captain General Royal Marines from 1953 to 2017 — a role he passed on toPrince Harrybefore the Duke of Sussexstepped backfrom his role as a senior working royal in January 2020.Yet it’s the Royal Navy that was closest to his heart. The Duke of Edinburgh first sailed on a British battleship at the age of 18 months, when he was forced to flee his native Greece in a makeshift cot fashioned out of an orange crate.Prince Philip.Tim Graham Photo Library via GettyCan’t get enough ofPEOPLE’s Royals coverage?Sign up for our free Royals newsletterto get the latest updates onKate Middleton, Meghan Markle and more!He later served with distinction throughout WWII in the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, ultimately ending his wartime service in Tokyo Bay to witness the Japanese surrender on September 2, 1945.“Prince Philipsaved our lives,” crewmate Harry Hargreaves toldThe Observerabout Philip’s heroic wartime exploits in 2003. “You would say to yourself, ‘What the hell are we going to do now?’ and Philip would come up with something.”
Prince Philip’s commitment to maritime services is being honored following his death.
The royal familyannounced Thursdaythat the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)’s new state-of-the-art lifeboat will be named theDuke of Edinburghin tribute toQueen Elizabeth’s husband. Prince Philip, who served in the Royal Navy and was of their youngest First Lieutenants, died in April at age 99.
The news comes 71 years to the day afterPrince Philipassumed command of HMSMagpiewhen he was 29.
RNLI had planned to name the boat afterPrince Philipto celebrate his 100th birthday in June, according to theBBC. Philip was said to be “pleased” when told of the honor.
The lifeboat will go into service in late 2022 at Wells-next-the-Sea, about 20 miles from Sandringham, whereQueen Elizabethhas a country home.
Throughout his near-century-long life, the Duke of Edinburgh held honorary positions within the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force, and across numerous Commonwealth countries, including Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
Philip was also Captain General Royal Marines from 1953 to 2017 — a role he passed on toPrince Harrybefore the Duke of Sussexstepped backfrom his role as a senior working royal in January 2020.
Yet it’s the Royal Navy that was closest to his heart. The Duke of Edinburgh first sailed on a British battleship at the age of 18 months, when he was forced to flee his native Greece in a makeshift cot fashioned out of an orange crate.
Prince Philip.Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty
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He later served with distinction throughout WWII in the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, ultimately ending his wartime service in Tokyo Bay to witness the Japanese surrender on September 2, 1945.
“Prince Philipsaved our lives,” crewmate Harry Hargreaves toldThe Observerabout Philip’s heroic wartime exploits in 2003. “You would say to yourself, ‘What the hell are we going to do now?’ and Philip would come up with something.”
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