Prince Philip death: Prince Philip made three memorable royal visits to India in his long life in 1961, 1983 and 1997.
Prince Philip with India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. AP / PTI (File)
Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II of Britain, made three memorable royal visits to India in his long life. Prince Philip died at the age of 99 on Friday morning. Prince Philip, who was the longest ‘Royal Concert’ in the history of Britain, visited India in 1961, 1983 and 1997. All were impressed by Prince Philip’s habit of laughing and laughing. But at times, due to this, disputes were also engulfed.
During his 1961 visit to India, he was depicted along with the Empress and Maharaja and Empress of Jaipur with an eight-foot dead tiger that they hunted. It was in the same year that he became the chairman of the World Wildlife Fund UK. He also shot a crocodile and mountain sheep on that trip. But it was a picture of a tiger, which caused controversy all over the world.
India came on the 50th anniversary of independence
During Prince Philip’s visit to India on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of independence in 1997, he accompanied the Queen to a visit to Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, Punjab, where the couple laid a wreath at a memorial at the site where On that order of General Dyer, in April 1919, people gathered on Baisakhi were showered with bullets. Prince Philip was born on 10 June 1921 in the Greek island of Corfu as the only son of Prince Andrew of Greece.
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip’s marriage lasted for 73 years
As World War II approached in 1939, Philip enlisted as a cadet in the Royal Navy. He later served in the Indian Ocean, Mediterranean and Pacific regions and was promoted several times. He was promoted as commander in 1952, but his naval career soon came to an end due to his royal mission. He was married on 20 November 1947 and became Duke of Edinburgh at the age of 26. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip’s marriage lasted for 73 years.
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