King Philip Mountbatten
Louis was a naturalized british citizen who had renounced his german titles and adopted the surname mountbatten during the first world war.
King philip mountbatten. Lord mountbatten was the queens third cousin prince philips uncle and prince charles mentor and surrogate grandfather. During the visit the queen and louis mountbatten asked philip to escort the kings two daughters elizabeth and margaret who were philips third cousins through queen victoria and second cousins once removed through king christian ix of denmark. Philip duke of edinburgh in full prince philip duke of edinburgh earl of merioneth and baron greenwich also called philip mountbatten original name philip prince of greece and denmark born june 10 1921 corfu greece husband of queen elizabeth ii of the united kingdom. Elizabeth fell in love with philip and they began to exchange letters when she was 13.
Mountbatten enjoyed a close relationship with prince philip acting as a surrogate father to his nephew but it was prince charles whose life he shaped the most powerfully acting as a mentor and. It was mike parker who picked up news of the kings death on a shortwave radio after speaking to martin charteris princess elizabeths private secretary and woke philip at a kenyan lodge. Philip is also related to the british royal family as a.