Prince Philip's Military Service

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🗓️ 11 April 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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During almost a century of life, Prince Philip dedicated seven decades to the service of Great Britain as the partner of Queen Elizabeth II. But in this episode of Warfare we’re going further back, to his time in the Royal Navy. Alex Churchill gives us a glimpse into the Duke of Edinburgh’s service during the Second World War, and the insight that this gives us into his character.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone, welcome back to the history hit warfare podcast.
0:02.6	I'm your host James Rogers and this is a special episode in memory of Prince Philip,
0:06.5	who sadly passed away on Friday at the age of 99.
0:09.6	Now Prince Philip spent seven decades serving his country, his Commonwealth, and his Queen.
0:15.1	But he also served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War and he served with distinction.
0:20.6	To take us through the key moments, we have the brilliant war historian Alex Churchill.
0:24.5	Now, Alex has done some amazing research into Prince Philip, and she's found those acts of
0:29.1	valor, those acts of bravery, those impeccable moments of brilliant decision-making that turned disaster into
0:37.0	victory. He really was a remarkable man and I can't think of a better way to pay our respects than remembering his incredible wartime service. Hi Alex, welcome to the history hit Warfare Podcast. How you doing today?
1:05.6	Not bad, bit of surprising news this morning, a bit of a potent day that we arranged to do this, isn't it?
1:11.0	Yeah, well it obviously wasn't planned in this way and it is a sad
1:14.3	coincidence on the day that we wanted to speak about Prince Philip's war record we
1:18.8	hear that he has died at the age of 99 but I suppose we can make this into a memorial episode can we?
1:24.9	Absolutely the man deserves many many memorials and tributes for his public and
1:30.8	military service as well.
1:32.8	Very few people are going to work that hard for seven decades.
1:35.8	Yeah, you're not wrong.
1:37.4	And yeah, let's focus in on the military service today actually because Prince
1:42.0	Philip was a maritime man at heart wasn't he?
1:45.2	Where does this love for the maritime come from?
1:48.4	I mean well he's a grandson of Louis Mount Baton so for those that don't, he was Louis F Batonburg and he was at the head of
1:55.8	the Admiralty on the outbreak of World War I and he lost his job because he'd been born in Germany.
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