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35 unusual facts about Duke of Edinburgh


1951 in Canadian football

On October 27, The Duke of Edinburgh and The Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh (now Elizabeth II) attended the western semi-final in Edmonton.

1970 VFL season

Before the start of the third quarter, the Richmond and Fitzroy players lined up in front of the Members' Stand and were introduced to The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales and The Princess Anne, who then watched the last half of the match.

1996 Manchester bombing

A Thanksgiving service for the "Miracle of Manchester" was held at Manchester Cathedral on 24 July 2002, to coincide with the arrival of the Commonwealth Games baton, attended by Queen Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh.

A Private Function

Some local businessmen want to hold a party to celebrate the royal wedding of Princess Elizabeth to Prince Philip and illegally decide to raise a pig for that occasion.

Ameera al-Taweel

Together with Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Ameera also formally opened the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge, where she accepted from Prince Philip an 800th Anniversary Medal for Outstanding Philanthropy.

Antoinette Miggiani

She returned several times to Malta where she sang at the Teatru Manoel as Leonora in La forza del destino (1963) and Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana (1965), as well as a Royal Gala Performance at the theatre for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip (1967).

Australian International Design Awards

The next big step for the IDCA was the introduction in 1967 of the Prince Philip Prize for Australian Design, supported by His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

Blackbird Leys Choir

On 19 December 2006 twenty members of the choir performed Handel's Hallelujah chorus in private performance at Buckingham Palace for HM Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh, and others; they also sang carols for guests at the 'Achievers of the Year' reception.

Bobby McLeod

Earlier that day there had been a land rights demonstration when Queen Elisabeth and Prince Philip arrived at Parliament House for the opening of parliament.

Brunswick tram depot

While visiting Melbourne in October 2011, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh travelled aboard a Z3-class tram, decorated as a Royal Tram.

Byrd Stadium

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip saw their first game of American football at Byrd Stadium during their first trip to the U.S. in the 1950s.

Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment

One of the battalion's duties included guarding the last remaining prisoner at Spandau Prison, Adolf Hitler's former deputy Rudolf Hess.

Earl of Wessex

Instead, the Palace announced that Prince Edward would eventually succeed to the title Duke of Edinburgh, currently held by his father.

Edward Goodyear

The company was granted a Royal Warrant of Appointment as her florist from Queen Elizabeth II in 1955, and from Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in 1978.

Gannex

After Wilson, then the opposition trade spokesman, wore a Gannex coat on a world tour in 1956, the raincoats became fashion icons, and were worn by world leaders such as Lyndon Johnson, Mao Zedong, and Nikita Khrushchev, as well as by Queen Elizabeth, the Duke of Edinburgh, and the royal corgis.

H. J. Heinz, Wigan

The factory celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2009, with a visit by HM Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh who also opened a new packaging hall.

Haemophilia in European royalty

Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (1863-1950), later Marchioness of Milford Haven, wife of Prince Louis of Battenberg (1854-1921) and maternal grandmother to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, might have inherited the mutation, though if so the gene remained hidden for several generations before possibly reappearing in the descendants of her eldest granddaughter, Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark (see below).

James D Robertson

His work is held many public and private collections including HRH Prince Phillip and The Queen Mother.

Jamestown Settlement

The highlight for many of the nearly 25,000 at the Festival Park on October 16, 1957 was the visit and speech of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and her consort, Prince Philip.

Japan Academy

In 1987, HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh suggested that the Academy take assume the responsibility for conferring the biennial Duke of Edinburgh Prize to a Japanese scientist with outstanding achievements in the area of wildlife protection and species preservation.

Kapuskasing

In 1951, the inn hosted Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh on their first visit to Canada.

Max Smith

He was educated at Parramatta High School and then the University of Sydney, and was selected as the youngest member sent to the Duke of Edinburgh's 1956 study conference at Oxford.

National Order of the Leopard

By some mistake of Buckingham Palace services, HRH the Duke of Edinburgh has worn the sash of his Grand Cordon of "National Order of the Leopard" instead of the convenient highest Belgian Order he was awarded, the Grand Cordon of Order of Leopold.

Page of the Backstairs

A Page of the Backstairs is today a senior servant of the British Royal Household who personally attends to the Sovereign and/or spouse (presently Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh).

Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark

Maria (sometimes Marie) was an elder sister of Prince Andrew of Greece (father of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh) and Prince Christopher of Greece as well as the short-lived Princess Olga of Greece.

Queen's Bargemaster

On 3 June 2012, the barge carried the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and other members of the Royal Family, in the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant.

River Biss

It then flows through the Town Park, where a small constituent lake is haunt to wildfowl, before passing behind shops and industrial buildings in a Riverside Walk which was opened in 1993 by the Duke of Edinburgh.

Royal Journey

Royal Journey is a National Film Board of Canada documentary film chronicling a five-week Royal visit by the then-Princess Elizabeth and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, to Canada and the United States in the fall of 1951.

Scottish State Coach

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh also used it at Windsor during the Queen's sixtieth birthday celebrations in 1986.

Sports Ground, Woodbridge Road, Guildford

In 1957, as part of a visit to Guildford to mark the 700th anniversary of the granting of a royal charter to the town by Henry III, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh visited the ground during a county fixture, and the two teams (Surrey and Hampshire) were presented to them.

St. John Ambulance Canada

The proficiency program allows youth members to gain the Grand Prior's award, as well as work toward the Duke of Edinburgh's Award.

Tai Po Tsai

Among some of the army units stationed there were The Black Watch, The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment and the Royal Cheshire regiments.

Walkabout long Chinatown

Subsequently recorded and aired by the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Service, it "immediately became popular"; its popularity was increased when it was recorded by Solomon Dakei, and sung to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh during the Duke's visit to the country in 1958.

Wessex Brigade

Accordingly, on May 17, 1958 the Devonshire Regiment and Dorset Regiment were amalgamated into the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, while on June 9, 1959 the Royal Berkshire Regiment and the Wiltshire Regiment were merged into the Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire).

Zip Industries

Zip Industries has been a Principal Sponsor since 2009 of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award in Australia, which attracts participation on the part of more than 30,000 young Australians each year.


Ann Glanville

When the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh visited Plymouth in 1879, they invited Ann to lunch on their yacht.

Clarendon Tower

The quality of the hotel was recognised in 1869 when the Duke of Edinburgh stayed there and bestowed on Oram the title of 'Hotel Keeper by Appointment to His Royal Highness Prince Alfred the Duke of Edinburgh'.

Coburg, Victoria

Robert Mailer of Glencairn suggested that the suburb name be changed to Coburg, inspired by the impending visit to the colony of the Duke of Edinburgh, who was a member of the royal house of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Deirdre Hyde

Her work is also included in collections such as that of the Duke of Edinburgh, the Smithsonian Institution, National Geographic Society, and Canning House as well as private and public collections worldwide.

Gemma Merna

On 14 October 2009 Merna presented awards, with Alan Hinkes, for the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme, at the Kirkby Suite, Kirkby, Knowsley.

Hey, Mr. Producer!

Staged by Bob Avian, it was presented at the Lyceum Theatre in London on June 7 and June 8, 1998, with the latter being a Royal Charity Gala in the presence of HM Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh.

Nicholas Chevalier

In 1869 he joined the H.M.S. Galatea as an artist with the Duke of Edinburgh, on the voyage to the East and back to London with stops in Tahiti, Hawaii, Japan, China, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and India.

Rand Light Infantry

(See 1st SA Infantry Division) After the defeat of Rommel’s Afrika Korps, the RLI returned to South Africa and was merged with the Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Rifles.

Rimutaka Incline

Unusual traffic included four royal trains: for the Prince of Wales in 1921; the Duke (later King George VI) and Duchess of York in 1927; the Duke of Gloucester in 1935; and Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh in 1954.

St. Clement's School

Activities and clubs offered by the school include the Philosophy Club, Duke of Edinburgh's Award, Ontario Model Parliament and the Classics Club (which brings students to the Ontario Student Classics Conference at Brock University every year).

Telford College of Arts and Technology

In 2008 the college celebrated the Queens Anniversary Award with a visit to Buckingham Palace to meet Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh.

The Alfred Hospital

Moves were already underway to establish a second hospital when Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, in Australia on a royal visit, was shot in an unsuccessful assassination attempt.

Warburtons

In October 2003, HRH the Duke of Edinburgh opened Warburtons eleventh bakery in Enfield, North London.