Hey, history lovers. I'm Mike Rosenwald with Retropod, a show about the past, rediscovered.

The British royal wedding puts all eyes on the Windsor family. Prince Harry and Megan Markle,

Prince William and Duchess Kate, Queen Elizabeth I second. But perhaps no royal is as fun to watch as the queen's husband,

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Philip is famous for flouting convention with his decidedly

unroyal behavior and tendency to say whatever's on his mind. In fact, if you've watched the popular Netflix show The Crown,

you've seen Prince Philip portrayed as an impolite lout,

a womanizer, a whiner, and even a potential Nazi sympathizer.

We wanted to dig into the stories about Prince Philip

to find out the truth behind the reputation.

The prince, who was born into royalty in Greece but grew up throughout Europe before settling in the

UK, is now 96 years old. He and the Queen met back when they were children and later fell in love

through letters

and afternoon visits.

Before they married, Philip was a rising star in the British Royal Navy, which leads us to

one rumor about Prince Philip we can confirm.

He wasn't overly enthusiastic to be the husband of a queen. When Philip and Elizabeth married in

1947, neither of them expected she would be crowned anytime soon. Her father, King George,

was in his early 50s. But the king died five years into their marriage, and Elizabeth became

queen at the early age of 25.

Philip was forced to quit his naval career and become a full-time Duke.

He wasn't happy about it.

Decades later, he told an interviewer that he'd rather have stayed in the Navy.

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