In Photos: Inside the Private Life of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

1953

Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh wave at the crowds from the balcony during her Coronation at Buckingham Palace.

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1968

Prince Philip on top of a Land Rover pointing out competitors at the Badminton Horse Trials to Queen Elizabeth II as she watches through binoculars.

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1961

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip wave as they leave Liverpool after attending a "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" ice show.

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1972

Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary with their children Prince Charles, Prince Edward, Prince Andrew, and Princess Anne at Buckingham Palace.

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1954

Prince Philip waves to four-year-old Michael McCarthy during a tour of Mackay in Queensland.

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1952

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip with Charles and Anne at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.

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1949

Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh attending the Royal Horse Show at Windsor.

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1962

Prince Philip at the helm of his sailboat during the Cowes Regatta.

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1967

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip arriving at the Manoel Theatre in Valleta, Malta.

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1983

Queen Elizabeth II with Princess Anne, Prince Phillip, Princess Michael of Kent (a member of the British royal family who's married to the Queen's first cousin), Peter Phillips (Princess Anne's son), Prince Charles, and Princess Diana at the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London.

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1981

Prince Charles and Princess Diana on their wedding day, standing alongside Prince Philip.

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1999

Prince Philip with his mother-in-law, The Queen Mother, on Christmas Day at Sandringham.

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2002

Prince Edward, Princess Anne, and Prince Philip in front of Prince Harry, Peter Phillips, Tim Laurence (the second husband of Princess Anne), and Prince Charles heading to church on Christmas Day at Sandringham.

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1982

The Queen and Prince Philip talking during The Royal Windsor Horse Show at Windsor Castle.

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1953

Prince Charles at a celebrity cricket match against the Duke of Norfolk at Arundel Castle.

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2006

The Queen and Prince Philip standing alongside former President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush at the White House.

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1997

Prince Philip, Prince William, Earl Spencer (the younger brother of Princess Diana), Prince Harry, and Prince Charles follow the coffin of Princess Diana at her funeral.

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1972

The Queen and the Duke on board the HMY Britannia.

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2007

Prince Philip and the Queen celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary in Broadlands, Hampshire.

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1947

Prince Philip arrives at Westminster Abbey for his marriage to Princess Elizabeth with his best man: the Marquess of Milford Haven.

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2010

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip attend a reception for the event, "A Celebration of Novia Scotia" at the Cunard Centre in Halifax, Canada, during a royal tour.

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2005

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip at the Grand Harbour Marina in Malta.

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1964

Prince Philip playing bicycle polo technique in Windsor Great Park, Berkshire.

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2015

Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II depart a service of commemoration for troops who were stationed in Afghanistan.

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2015

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip riding in a carriage in Ascot, England.

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2014

The Queen and Prince Charles meet the Pope during their one-day visit to Rome.

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1965

Prince Philip walking with his son Prince Charles at Smith's Lawn in Windsor Great Park.

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2015

Prince Harry and his grandfather Prince Phillip joking around at the 2015 Rugby World Cup final match between New Zealand and Australia in London.

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1952

The Queen and Prince Philip with their children Princess Anne, 2, and Prince Charles, 4, on the grounds of Balmoral Castle in Scotland.

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1955

Prince Philip and Prince Charles at Balmoral—the favorite residence of Queen Victoria, the great-grandmother of the Queen.

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1961

Prince Philip, former First Lady Jackie Kennedy, Queen Elizabeth, and former President John F. Kennedy attend dinner at Buckingham Palace.

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1969

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip fly back to London from a visit to Yorkshire.

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2016

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip look out of a Range Rover in Windsor after her 90th birthday celebration.

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2011

....And there it is.

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2016

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip right before the Queen's speech at the State Opening of Parliament—the official start of the parliamentary year.

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2016

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip standing on the balcony at the Trooping the Colour, the Queen's annual birthday parade, in London, England.

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2016

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip at the Ascot Racecourse that hosts many of Britain's horse races.

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1967

Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Prince Charles, and Princess Anne visiting the Isles of Scilly.

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1956

Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth visiting Nigeria.

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1949

Philip and the Queen with their one-year-old son Prince Charles in the gardens of Windlesham Moor in Surrey, England.

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1954

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh head to Brisbane during their visit to Australia.

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1947

Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, with her husband Prince Philip during their marriage ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London.

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1969

Prince Charles talking to his father, the Duke of Edinburgh, at Sandringham shortly before the ceremony marking Charles as Prince of Wales.

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1961

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in London following their return from a royal tour of India.

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2016

Prince Philip and his son Prince Charles attend the unveiling of a statue of Queen Elizabeth and her mother in Poundbury, Dorset.

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2017

The Queen, Prince Philip, Duchess Kate, Princess Charlotte, Prince George, and Prince William during the Trooping the Colour parade.

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2017

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip during the Trooping the Colour parade the following year.

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2011

Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Pippa Middleton (Kate Middleton's sister), and Prince Harry awaiting William and Kate's arrival on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following their wedding ceremony.

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2017

Prince Philip attending a military parade during his final solo public engagement before he retires from his royal duties.

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1979

Queen Elizabeth with the Duke of Edinburgh and their children Prince Edward, Prince Charles, Princess Anne, and Prince Andrew, at Balmoral.

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2017

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Meghan Markle, and Prince Harry attend Christmas Day Church service alongside Prince Philip.

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1947

Prince Philip, otherwise known as the Duke of Edinburgh, and Queen Elizabeth during their honeymoon in Broadlands, Romsey, Hampshire. The newlyweds were just 21 (Elizabeth) and 26 (Philip).

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