Prince Philip Turns 99—Where He Ranks Among Longest-Living Royals

Jun 10, 2020 by apost team

Prince Philip, who turns 99 today, currently stands at third place for the longest-living British royal, having surpassed in 2019 the late Princess Alice of Albany who died aged 97. He is the longest-living male and is also the oldest of the British royal family members alive today.

Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II for more than seven decades, celebrates his 99th birthday on Wednesday. The Duke of Edinburgh is currently the oldest living member of the British royal family and third longest-living member overall. At age 94, his wife, Queen Elizabeth II, ranks sixth.

Philip will be spending his 99th privately at Windsor Castle where he and the Queen have been staying during Britain's coronavirus lockdown.

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Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, is the longest-living member of the British royal family. She died at the age of 102 on October 29, 2004. Here she is in her early eighties in the garden of Barnwell in Leicestershire.

Hugo Vickers called Princess Alice "a very private person who was not widely known to the general public" despite being the third highest-ranking lady in the royal family at the time of her marriage. It was well known that she disliked large parties.

The second longest-living member is Prince Philip's mother-in-law herself, Queen Elizabeth I. Born in 1900, she celebrated her 100th birthday surrounded by the royal family in 2000. She lived to be 101 years, 238 days, to be exact.

The photo above shows her during the celebration of her 90th birthday in 1990 in London.

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