(Yes, that means the queen and Philip were cousins.) The passing of the Duke of Edinburgh at the age of 99 means that yet another link to the not-so-distant-past has disappeared. Victoria was born in 1819 and ruled over Britain from 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reputation as Britain’s longest-reigning monarch was overtaken by the current queen in September 2015, when Elizabeth II surpassed the record set by her great-great-grandmother. As of 2021, Elizabeth has reigned for 68 years while Philip set the record for a longest-serving consort to a British monarch. Princess Alice, Philip’s mother, was born in 1885 in Windsor Castle—poignantly, the same castle where her son would pass away 136 years later. Next up, who were Prince Philip’s parents? All about Prince Andrew of Greece and Princess Alice of Battenberg.
