The Duke of Edinburgh's Award
The Duke of Edinburgh's Award is a youth awards programme founded in the United Kingdom in 1956 by the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, which has since expanded to 144 nations. The awards recognise adolescents and young adults for completing a series of self-improvement exercises modelled on Kurt Hahn's solutions to his "Six Declines of Modern Youth".
A Duke of Edinburgh group on their expedition in 2008.
Gaisce – The President's Award
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he was the consort of the British monarch from his wife's accession on 6 February 1952 until his death in 2021, making him the longest-serving royal consort in history.
Portrait of Philip, 1992
At age 1, July 1922
Philip served aboard HMS Valiant in the Battle of the Mediterranean.
In Melbourne, 1945