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Philip: The Final Portrait: Elizabeth, Their Marriage and Their Dynasty

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Philip - elusive, complex, controversial, challenging, often humorous, sometimes irascible - is the man Elizabeth II once described as her "constant strength and guide". Who was he? What was he really like? What is the truth about those "gaffes" and the rumors of affairs? This is the final portrait of an unexpected and often much-misunderstood figure. It is also the portrait of a remarkable marriage that endured for more than seventy years. Fortunately, Gyles Brandreth is a consummate raconteur and has provided a less sensational (because the tabloids have delivered this already), and likely much more accurate portrayal of Prince Philip. I enjoyed listening to this book very much.

This is the story of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh – the longest-serving consort to the longest-reigning sovereign in British history. It is an extraordinary story, told with unique insight and authority by an author who knew the prince for more than forty years. PS: For those of you thinking I'm pro-monarchy , truth is he reminded so very much of my own beloved grandfather....Rest In Peace.This affectionate biography of Prince Philip is stuffed with entertaining anecdotes … so readable and refreshing even after the millions of words that have been written about Prince Philip in the past couple of weeks.’– THE TIMES

Gyles Brandreth is a writer, performer, former MP and government whip whose career has ranged from hosting Have I Got News For You to starring in his own award-winning musical revue in London's West End. Currently a reporter with The One Show on BBC1 and a regular on Radio 4's Just a Minute, his acclaimed Victorian detective stories -THE OSCAR WILDE MURDER MYSTERIES - are now being published in nineteen countries around the world and are currently in development for TV. All six books in the series, OSCAR WILDE AND THE CANDLELIGHT MURDERS, OSCAR WILDE AND THE RING OF DEATH, OSCAR WILDE AND THE DEAD MAN'S SMILE, OSCAR WILDE AND THE NEST OF VIPERS, OSCAR WILDE AND THE VATICAN MURDERS and OSCAR WILDE AND THE MURDERS AT READING GAOL are available from John Murray. You can find out more about the Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries at www.oscarwildemurdermysteries.com and at www.johnmurray.co.uk and about Gyles Brandreth at www.gylesbrandreth.net. Philip and Elizabeth were both royal by birth, both great-great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria, but, in temperament and upbringing, they were two very different people. The Queen’s childhood was loving and secure, the Duke’s was turbulent; his grandfather assassinated, his father arrested, his family exiled, his parents separated when he was only ten. Elizabeth and Philip met as cousins in the 1930s. They married in 1947, aged twenty-one and twenty-six. The fascinating biography of a man who lived for almost a century, most of his life constantly observed by the rest of the world through the biased eyes of the press. But by the very nature of his position as husband to the Queen of England, he was know my very few. The author, Gyles Brandreth, was probably one of the people, outside of Prince Philip's very small, intimate circle who grew to know him best and this book is a record of both his memories and intensive research amongst those who knew and lived closest to him.TheThis is the story of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - the longest-serving consort to the longest-reigning sovereign in British history. It is an extraordinary story, told with unique insight and authority by an author who knew the prince for more than forty years.

Philip and Elizabeth were both royal by birth, both great-great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria, but, in temperament and upbringing, they were two very different people. The Queen’s childhood was loving and secure, the Duke’s was turbulent: his grandfather assassinated, his father arrested, his family exiled, his parents separated when he was only ten. Elizabeth and Philip met as cousins in the 1930s. They married in 1947, aged twenty-one and twenty-six.Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II were actually distant cousins who both descended from Queen Victoria. In fact, his mother Princess Alice of Battenberg was born in Windsor Castle. His childhood was very disrupted when the Greek royal family had to go into exile. His parents separated and he spent his later childhood essentially without a permanent home, either boarding at schools or staying with various royal family relatives. However, Philip brushed off any idea that he suffered from this chaotic home life, sporting the "getting on with it" attitude towards life. He had no permanent home until he married Princess Elizabeth in 1947. And as Queen Elizabeth herself has said, Philip was her "strength and stay" supporting her and the British Crown in all the decades since. His list of patronages and awards of recognition is huge. This was quite a poignant comment by Gyles in the Introduction in my opinion ~ 'His last letter to me, was written from Windsor Castle, was full of characteristic dry humour and his trademark double exclamation marks (!!); it was James Callaghan's observation: 'What senior royalty offer you is friendliness, not friendship. There is a difference.' '

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