Prince Philip wrote a letter to his wife, in which he thanked her for making her feel the joy of family again.
He especially longed for the warmth of family, the kind of warmth that he had not felt since he was 8 years old.
His childhood was turbulent and full of uncertainty, not knowing what would happen in the next second.
Born in 1921, he was the youngest in his family and had four older sisters.
The parents are very noble, his father Andrew is a Greek prince, and his mother is Princess Alice from Batenberg.
He will be reincarnated, but unfortunately the situation changes too quickly.
In 1922, in the war with Turkey, Greece was defeated, and Prince Andrew was killed, made a scapegoat, accused of treason, and died in prison.
Princess Alice is a descendant of Queen Victoria.
At that time, Britain had strength, deterrence, and relatives were in trouble, and King George V could not bear to sit idly by, and through negotiations with the Greek side, he rescued Prince Andrew's family and sent them to Italy by warship.
The road was unstable, and the ignorant Philip was packed in a crate, boarded a warship, and started his exile with his family.
They have many relatives in their family, and they are all wealthy, so life is not a problem.
Eventually, the family settled in Paris, where they lived in Aunt Philippe's beautiful garden villa.
Ever since Philip became sensible, his loved ones often withdrew from his life in unexpected ways.
Her mother, Princess Alice, is beautiful and elegant, and she can tell from her appearance that she has a good family background and is well-educated.
She was born deaf, but she worked hard, was smart, learned to lip-read in multiple languages, and had no problem communicating with people.
Kind-hearted and courageous, she cared for the wounded in front-line hospitals during the war and helped many people who had fled.
The family used to live a comfortable and high-rise life, but they were displaced by a war and lived on the alms of relatives and friends.
After coming to France, Alice and her husband had problems in their relationship.
Prince Andrew has nothing serious to do, he spends his days idle, drinking with his lover, and ignoring his wife and children at home.
Princess Alice is finally crushed and suffers from schizophrenia.
On the advice of her doctors, she was admitted to a Swiss sanatorium.
At that time, Philip was still young and needed to be cared for, but his father did not have the patience to leave him at the age of 8 to his grandmother in England.
The young Philip left his parents and his sisters, and in his memory this was the end of his family life, from which he had no home.
After sending his son away, Prince Andrew quickly arranged for his daughters to marry, and married his four daughters within a year, and the youngest daughter was only 16 years old when she got married.
Philip came to England to live with his grandmother and was later taken into his home by his uncle George Mountbatten.
The relatives were kind to Philip, he had plenty of food and clothing, and he did not have to worry about food and clothing, but he always felt that it was not his home, and the feeling of being under the fence always haunted him.
In middle school, he attended Gordonstone College.
Many people are not used to the boarding life at the school, but he likes it very much, and finally he doesn't have to move around under the fence, and has a sense of stability.
He saw his parents and sisters very often after they were separated, but he knew that his relatives were there, but they were just separated.
The first time he faced the death of a loved one was in 1937, when his third sister Cecily and her family were on their way to a wedding and died in a plane crash.
16-year-old Philip was sad at the funeral but did not break down, he has been through so much and has grown into a tough big boy.
Six months later, he attended another funeral.
His guardian, his 45-year-old uncle, George Mountbatten, died of illness.
George was very intelligent and charismatic, and after Philip left his father, Uncle George was like a father in his heart.
Relatives died one after another, and his mood fell into a low point.
After George's uncle died, another uncle, Louis Mountbatten, took over the task of raising him and became his guardian.
Louis had no sons, and he was raised as his own son, which led him to take an interest in the Navy and enter the Royal Naval Academy in Dartmouth.
In 1939, George VI and his wife brought two fairy-looking princesses to visit the Academy.
Louis immediately thought of having the handsome Philip in charge of the reception, which was a great opportunity to show his face in front of the king.
After Princess Elizabeth and Philip met, their eyes seemed to be on him, and their hearts were filled with him, and they could no longer pretend to be others.
Philip had always longed to have a home of his own, and proposed in 1946 and married the following year.
The queen gave him a stable and happy home, gave birth to children, and let him enjoy the warmth of the family and enjoy the joy of family.
Prince Philip's childhood was too hard, he was separated from his parents and family early, and he was in turmoil.
Perhaps because he felt that he was too bitter, fate sprinkled a lot of sugar on him, allowing him to meet the queen who fell in love with him at first sight.