Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Athens for a month in mid-1939. At the behest of the Greek king, George II, he returned to Britain in September to resume training for the Royal Navy. He graduated from Dartmouth the next year as the best cadet in his course. During the Second World War, he continued to serve in the British forces, while two of his brothers-in-law, Prince Christoph of Hesse and Berthold, Margrave of Baden, fought on the opposing German side. Philip was appointed as a midshipman in January 1940. He spent four months on the battleship HMS "Ramillies", protecting convoys of the Australian Expeditionary Force
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