Throughout his 7 years spent married to the late Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip lived in a number of luxurious properties, from Buckingham Palace to Windsor Castle. The late Duke of Edinburgh, who passed away in 2021, was certainly used to moving around, having spent his childhood between France, Germany, and the UK.
In one report by the BBC, Philip's childhood was described as "nomadic" with the outlet reporting that, having been born a prince of Greece but then exiled, Philip found himself bouncing around Europe, "the royal equivalent of sofa-surfing".
© Getty ImagesPrince Philip's unsettled childhood
The late royal was born in Corfu to Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg. In 1922, Philip's uncle, King Constantine I, who was the high commander of the Greek expeditionary force, was blamed for Greece's defeat in the Greco-Turkish War and forced to abdicate.
© Getty ImagesPhilip's parents were subsequently banished from Greece, leading the young prince to relocate to Saint-Cloud in France, staying in a home lent to them by Philip's aunt, Princess George of Greece and Denmark.
At the age of eight, Philip moved to England to live at Kensington Palace with his aunt, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, and his uncle, George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven.
© PA Images via Getty ImagesFor the sake of a cheaper education, he was sent to Schule Schloss Salem boarding school in 1933 before transferring to Gordonstoun school in Scotland, where King Charles was later educated, due to the founder of his German school fleeing to Scotland and founding the latter school amid the rise of Nazism.
It wasn't until 1939 that Philip and Elizabeth, who first met as children in 1934 at Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark and Prince George, Duke of Kent's wedding, met once again and sparked the beginning of their love story. Throughout World War II, the pair exchanged letters, and in 1947, they announced their engagement.
Prince Philip's move away from the late Queen
While Philip and the late monarch shared a residence throughout their marriage, they did spend time apart during the late Duke of Edinburgh's retirement years. The father of King Charles, Princess Anne, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, and Prince Edward stepped back from public royal duties in 2017 and moved to Wood Farm on the Sandringham estate while the Queen remained at Windsor Castle.
© Express Newspapers/Express Newspapers/Mirrorpix via Getty ImagesRoyal author Hugo Vickers describes Philip's final years in his new biography, Queen Elizabeth II: A Personal History, as a solitary time.
© Tim Graham/Getty Images"He was at his happiest at Wood Farm and he more or less settled there," Vickers writes. "In the course of the next two and a half years, that was his home. He enjoyed his carriage-driving, read voraciously and painted a little.
"From time to time, [the Queen] went up by train to Norfolk to stay the weekend. Once again, she gave him a loose rein. In a sense they separated."
