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.
Photo: Getty Images1/52Prince Philip as a toddler, 1922.
Photo: Getty Images2/52Prince Philip (second from left) with his schoolmates at the MacJannet American school in Saint-Cloud, France, 1929.
Photo: Getty Images3/52Prince Philip dressed for the Gordonstoun School production of Macbeth, 1935.
Photo: Getty Images4/52Prince Philip batting at the nets, 1947.
Photo: Getty Images5/52Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip on their wedding day, 1947.
Photo: Getty Images6/52Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip enjoying a walk in Romsey, Hampshire, during their honeymoon, 1947.
Photo: Getty Images7/52Prince Philip after winning a polo match at Amberley, 1952.
Photo: Getty Images8/52Prince Philip is greeted by cheering children at Waipukurau during the royal visit to New Zealand, 1953.
Photo: Getty Images9/52Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip on Coronation Day, 1953.
Photo: Getty Images10/52The Duke of Edinburgh in the cockpit of an aircraft at RAF White Waltham Airfield in Berkshire, 1953.
Photo: Getty Images11/52The Duke of Edinburgh waves to four-year-old Michael McCarthy during a tour of Mackay in Queensland, Australia, 1954.
Photo: Getty Images12/52Prince Philip and then vice president Richard Nixon attending the opening of the British exhibition in New York, 1960.
Photo: Getty Images13/52Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip with their children, Prince Andrew, Princess Anne, and Prince Charles outside Balmoral Castle, Scotland, 1960.
Photo: Getty Images14/52President John F. Kennedy and first lady “Jackie” Kennedy visit Buckingham Palace, 1961.
Photo: Getty Images15/52Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in Delhi during a state visit to India, 1961.
Photo: Getty Images16/52Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip return to Buckingham Palace in London after the Trooping the Colour ceremony, 1965.
Photo: Getty Images17/52The Duke of Edinburgh at an airport in Palm Springs, California, 1966.
Photo: Getty Images18/52Prince Rainier III of Monaco, Grace Kelly, and Prince Philip at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Monaco, 1966.
Photo: Getty Images19/52Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip fly back from a visit to Yorkshire, 1969.
Photo: Getty Images20/52Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth, Prince Edward, and Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace, 1972.
Photo: Getty Images21/52Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip at Balmoral, 1972.
Photo: Getty Images22/52Princess Anne and Mark Phillips on the balcony of Buckingham Palace with the royal family following their wedding, 1973.
Photo: Getty Images23/52Prince Philip and Prince Edward go carriage driving up the Long Walk in Windsor Great Park, 1977.
Photo: Getty Images24/52Prince Philip meets a hawk during a visit to Bahrain, 1979.
Photo: Getty Images25/52Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip exchange gifts with Pope John Paul II during a visit to the Vatican, 1980.
Photo: Getty Images26/52Prince Philip at Royal Ascot, 1980.
Photo: Getty Images27/52Prince Charles and Princess Diana wave from the balcony of Buckingham Palace with Prince Philip on their wedding day, 1981.
Photo: Getty Images28/52Queen 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 Images29/52The Queen and Prince Philip on a visit to Tuvalu in the South Pacific, 1982.
Photo: Getty Images30/52Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip entertain president Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan on board HMY Britannia in San Francisco, 1983.
Photo: Getty Images31/52Prince Philip with his grandchildren Peter and Zara Phillips at the Royal Windsor Horse Show, 1984.
Photo: Getty Images32/52Prince Edward with Prince Philip at an Ascot charity event, 1984.
Photo: Getty Images33/52Prince Philip and an elephant at Chitwan National Park in Nepal, 1986.
Photo: Getty Images34/52Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visit the Great Wall of China, 1986.
Photo: Getty Images35/52Queen Elizabeth ll and Prince Philip watch the Derby in Epsom, 1989.
Photo: Getty Images36/52Prince Philip and president Boris Yeltsin of Russia at a state banquet in Moscow, 1994.
Photo: Getty Images37/52Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip with president Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton at Buckingham Palace, 1995.
Photo: Getty Images38/52Prince Philip, Prince William, Earl Spencer, Prince Harry, and Prince Charles attend the funeral of Princess Diana, 1997.
Photo: Getty Images39/52Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip attend the funeral of Princess Diana, 1997.
Photo: Getty Images40/52Prince Philip and the queen mother at the Epsom Derby races, 2000.
Photo: Getty Images41/52Prince Philip rides on a mini motorbike during the Royal Windsor Horse Show, 2005.
Photo: Getty Images42/52The 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 Images43/52Prince Philip and Prince William attend Prince Harry’s commissioning as second lieutenant at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, 2006.
Photo: Getty Images44/52Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip give a tour of Windsor Castle to president George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush, 2008.
Photo: Getty Images45/52Queen 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 Images46/52President Barack Obama and Prince Philip outside Buckingham Palace during a state visit, 2011.
Photo: Getty Images47/52Prince Philip shakes hands with Pope Francis at the Vatican, 2014.
Photo: Getty Images48/52The 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 Images49/52The 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 Images50/52Queen 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 Images51/52Prince Harry and Meghan Markle salute members of the royal family after their wedding at St George’s Chapel in Windsor, 2018.
Photo: Getty Images52/52Prince Philip at Windsor Castle, July 2020.
