Photographed celebrating his 93rd birthday, Prince Philip was looking fit and healthy – holding court and drawing smiles, as per usual.
He has been by the Queen’s side since their marriage in 1947 – 67 years ago.
Looking back over the photos from Philip’s near century, he is so often making someone laugh, especially Her Royal Highness.
Prince Philip at the garden party at Buckingham Palace, celebrating his 93rd birthday.
Prince Philip photographed the night before his 93rd birthday.
Philip has been the Queen’s Prince Charming since they married in 1947 – 67 years ago.
Philip served in the Royal Navy and completed wartime service, being awarded the Greek War Cross of Valour.
He is always candid despite the hordes of photographers watching his and Her Majesty’s every move. This photo taken on June 7, 2014.
The Queen’s Coronation in 1953.
Philip has been by the Queen’s side for decades.
Pictured here in July 1922 at one year old, Prince Philip of Greece.
Prince Philip of Greece would later become the Duke of Edinburgh.
With his schoolmates circa 1929. Can you guess which is Philip? (Second from the left!)
Elizabeth and Philip announcing their engagement in 1947.
The Princess and Prince at Buckingham Palace shortly before their wedding.
Even Prince Philip gets a stag night!
On 20th November 1947, Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip married at Westminster Abbey.
Their wedding day was a huge national event.
Despite the huge amount of attention on them, Elizabeth and Philip appeared relaxed.
The newlyweds greet the crowds from Buckingham Palace.
The traditional appearance on the balcony.
The Queen and Prince Philip at a barn dance in Canada in 1951.
Prince Philip looking dashing and athletic playing a variation of polo.
Looking through images of their decades together, again and again we found pictures where Philip is making Elizabeth smile.
The couple on their honeymoon at Broadlands, Romsey, Hampshire on 24th November 1947.
The couple still look at each other the same way on their diamond wedding anniversary in 2007.
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh leave a Service of Thanksgiving to mark her 80th birthday and his 85th birthday.
There’s that smile again.
April 25, 2012 … we wonder what he said to her?
And they were smiling back in 1947, when their engagement was announced.
The couple didn’t shirk public transport. Here they are taking the train to Manchester in 1961.
In a greenhouse at Balmoral in Scotland, 1972.
Taking in the Balmoral air in Scotland, 1972.
The couple with one of their loved corgis outside Sandringham House in 1982.
The Queen and Duke arrive in a carriage at Buckingham Palace following the marriage of Prince William and Duchess Catherine on April 29, 2011.
Prince Philip is a steadfast presence by the Queen’s side. Here they are arriving at Royal Ascot in 2012.
With baby Prince Charles.
A playful father and Princess Elizabeth with children Prince Charles and Princess Anne in August 1951.
The Royal family at Balmoral Castle in Scotland in 1960.
Prince Philip, Prince Charles, Princess Anne, and the Queen.
Prince Philip is fondly spoken of by his grandsons.
Photographed with grandson Prince Harry at the opening of London’s Field of Remembrance in 2013.
Photographed with grandson Prince William at the unveiling of a new statue in Windsor in 2014.
William’s grandfather pays him a visit at work at RAF Valley in 2012.
A beautiful photo of William and grandparents in Windsor in 2014.
On the steps of the Old College after the Sovereign’s Parade at Sandhurst Military Academy in 2014.
Prince Philip is famous for cracking candid jokes that hark back to an era that precedes our strict sense of political correctness. Here he jokes at a London family planning clinic, “at least you are all legitimate!”
Having a laugh with a digger.
The centre of attention at Luton and Dunstable Hospital.
Philip apparently said to a child while visiting a space shuttle, “You’ll never fly in it, you’re too fat!”
Barbara Walter interviewed Prince Philip for NBC’s The Today Show.
In 1967, Philip said, “I would like to go to Russia, although the bastards murdered half my family!”
In 1984, when accepting a gift from a woman in Kenya Philip asked, “You are a woman aren’t you?”
The Queen and Duke visiting Australia in 2011.
Their first visit to Australia in 1954.
With Prime Minister Julia Gillard at Parliament House in Canberra, nearly half a century after their first visit.
Prince Philip with the Governor-General Quentin Bryce.
The Australian Women’s Weekly Royal cover, marking the Queen’s and Prince Philip’s first tour of Australia.
Another of our retro Royal covers, this one for the couple’s wedding.
One of our favourite covers, “Prince Philip: perfect husband for a working wife” in 1977.
Prince Philip has appeared frail in recent years. Here he is soon before his 92nd birthday.
Leaving hospital in June 2012 after being admitted during celebrations in honour of his wife’s Diamond Jubilee, suffering from a bladder infection.
Prince Philip is the longest-lived male member of the British royal family.
He still knows how to smile and have a good time.
And he still looks good in all of his regalia!
By the Queen’s side at the Trooping of the Colour Parade in 2012.
The married couple arrive at Windsor Castle together.
A photo of Prince Philip taken just last week, on June 7, 2014.
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