Earlier this morning, an announcement from Buckingham Palace confirmed the passing of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at Windsor Castle, with Queen Elizabeth II adding that the death of her “beloved husband” was one accompanied by “deep sorrow.”
Across the prince’s 99 years and 74-year marriage to the queen, he lived a vibrant life marked not just by his service to the crown, but also his passions for polo, yachting, wildlife conservation, painting, and, of course, his beloved family.
From his early years as a Greek prince in Corfu to his decades spent traveling the Commonwealth and beyond as an ambassador for the British royal family, here, Vogue looks back at the prince’s extraordinary life in pictures.
Prince Philip as a toddler, 1922.
Photo: Getty ImagesPrince Philip (second from left) with his schoolmates at the MacJannet American school in Saint-Cloud, France, 1929.
Photo: Getty ImagesPrince Philip dressed for the Gordonstoun School production of Macbeth, 1935.
Photo: Getty ImagesPrince Philip batting at the nets, 1947.
Photo: Getty ImagesPrincess Elizabeth and Prince Philip on their wedding day, 1947.
Photo: Getty ImagesPrincess Elizabeth and Prince Philip enjoying a walk in Romsey, Hampshire, during their honeymoon, 1947.
Photo: Getty ImagesPrince Philip after winning a polo match at Amberley, 1952.
Photo: Getty ImagesPrince Philip is greeted by cheering children at Waipukurau during the royal visit to New Zealand, 1953.
Photo: Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip on Coronation Day, 1953.
Photo: Getty ImagesThe Duke of Edinburgh in the cockpit of an aircraft at RAF White Waltham Airfield in Berkshire, 1953.
Photo: Getty ImagesThe Duke of Edinburgh waves to four-year-old Michael McCarthy during a tour of Mackay in Queensland, Australia, 1954.
Photo: Getty ImagesPrince Philip and then vice president Richard Nixon attending the opening of the British exhibition in New York, 1960.
Photo: Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip with their children, Prince Andrew, Princess Anne, and Prince Charles outside Balmoral Castle, Scotland, 1960.
Photo: Getty ImagesPresident John F. Kennedy and first lady “Jackie” Kennedy visit Buckingham Palace, 1961.
Photo: Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in Delhi during a state visit to India, 1961.
Photo: Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip return to Buckingham Palace in London after the Trooping the Colour ceremony, 1965.
Photo: Getty ImagesThe Duke of Edinburgh at an airport in Palm Springs, California, 1966.
Photo: Getty ImagesPrince Rainier III of Monaco, Grace Kelly, and Prince Philip at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Monaco, 1966.
Photo: Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip fly back from a visit to Yorkshire, 1969.
Photo: Getty ImagesPrincess Anne, Prince Andrew, Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth, Prince Edward, and Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace, 1972.
Photo: Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip at Balmoral, 1972.
Photo: Getty ImagesPrincess Anne and Mark Phillips on the balcony of Buckingham Palace with the royal family following their wedding, 1973.
Photo: Getty ImagesPrince Philip and Prince Edward go carriage driving up the Long Walk in Windsor Great Park, 1977.
Photo: Getty ImagesPrince Philip meets a hawk during a visit to Bahrain, 1979.
Photo: Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip exchange gifts with Pope John Paul II during a visit to the Vatican, 1980.
Photo: Getty ImagesPrince Philip at Royal Ascot, 1980.
Photo: Getty ImagesPrince Charles and Princess Diana wave from the balcony of Buckingham Palace with Prince Philip on their wedding day, 1981.
Photo: Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth II, Charles, Prince of Wales, Diana, Princess of Wales, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother celebrate the birth of Prince William, 1982.
Photo: Getty ImagesThe Queen and Prince Philip on a visit to Tuvalu in the South Pacific, 1982.
Photo: Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip entertain president Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan on board HMY Britannia in San Francisco, 1983.
Photo: Getty ImagesPrince Philip with his grandchildren Peter and Zara Phillips at the Royal Windsor Horse Show, 1984.
Photo: Getty ImagesPrince Edward with Prince Philip at an Ascot charity event, 1984.
Photo: Getty ImagesPrince Philip and an elephant at Chitwan National Park in Nepal, 1986.
Photo: Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visit the Great Wall of China, 1986.
Photo: Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth ll and Prince Philip watch the Derby in Epsom, 1989.
Photo: Getty ImagesPrince Philip and president Boris Yeltsin of Russia at a state banquet in Moscow, 1994.
Photo: Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip with president Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton at Buckingham Palace, 1995.
Photo: Getty ImagesPrince Philip, Prince William, Earl Spencer, Prince Harry, and Prince Charles attend the funeral of Princess Diana, 1997.
Photo: Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip attend the funeral of Princess Diana, 1997.
Photo: Getty ImagesPrince Philip and the queen mother at the Epsom Derby races, 2000.
Photo: Getty ImagesPrince Philip rides on a mini motorbike during the Royal Windsor Horse Show, 2005.
Photo: Getty ImagesThe Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Elizabeth II, the Prince of Wales, and the Duchess of Cornwall attend the Braemar Highland Games in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 2006.
Photo: Getty ImagesPrince Philip and Prince William attend Prince Harry’s commissioning as second lieutenant at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, 2006.
Photo: Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip give a tour of Windsor Castle to president George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush, 2008.
Photo: Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth and Prince Philip attend a Service of Commemoration to mark the end of combat operations in Iraq at St Paul’s Cathedral in London, 2009.
Photo: Getty ImagesPresident Barack Obama and Prince Philip outside Buckingham Palace during a state visit, 2011.
Photo: Getty ImagesPrince Philip shakes hands with Pope Francis at the Vatican, 2014.
Photo: Getty ImagesThe Duke of Edinburgh, the Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Charlotte, Prince George, and the Duke of Cambridge look on from the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the annual Trooping the Colour parade, 2017.
Photo: Getty ImagesThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Duke of Edinburgh attend a church service at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk, 2018.
Photo: Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall, Meghan Markle, and Prince Harry attend Christmas Day church service at Church of St. Mary Magdalene in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, 2017.
Photo: Getty ImagesPrince Harry and Meghan Markle salute members of the royal family after their wedding at St George’s Chapel in Windsor, 2018.
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