It was with great sadness that we learnt of the repose of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Prince Philip was born in Greece in 1921 and was baptised as an Orthodox Christian. His father was Prince Andrew, the seventh child and fourth son of King George I of Greece (who was the son of King Christian IX of Denmark). His father’s mother was Olga Constantinovna of Russia, a granddaughter of Emperor Nicholas I.
Prince Philip’s mother was Princess Alice, eldest child of Princess Victoria of Battenberg (daughter of Princess Alice the Grand Duchess of Hesse Darmstadt and third child of Queen Victoria). His grandmother’s younger sisters were Empress Alexandra of Russia and Grand Duchess Elizabeth – both of whom were martyred by the Bolsheviks and have been canonised by the Russian Orthodox Church.
He allowed his DNA to be used to identify the remains of Tsar Nicholas and his family.
