Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh the Naval Staff College, Greenwich. From 1949, he was stationed in Malta (residing at Villa Guardamangia) after being posted as the first lieutenant of the destroyer HMS "Chequers", the lead ship of the 1st Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean Fleet. On 16 July 1950, he was promoted to lieutenant commander and given command of the frigate HMS "Magpie". On 30 June 1952, Philip was promoted to commander, though his active naval career had ended in July 1951. With the King in ill health, Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh were both appointed to the Privy Council on 4 November
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh of Queen Victoria, through a purely female line. Philip has been portrayed by several actors including Stewart Granger ("The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana", 1982), Christopher Lee ("Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story", 1982), David Threlfall ("The Queen's Sister", 2005), James Cromwell ("The Queen", 2006), In "The Crown" (2016 onwards), he has been portrayed by Matt Smith and Finn Elliot and he will be played by Tobias Menzies in future episodes. Prince Philip appears as a fictional character in Nevil Shute's novel "In the Wet" (1952), Paul Gallico's novel "Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Moscow", Tom Clancy's novel "Patriot