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be highlighting the work of some of our best journalists who have written about the Queen, her role in Canada and society, and the future of the monarchy.We will also have quizzes and special features about people and places connected to Royalty.Today, the National Post’s Vidya Kauri with 10 things you need to know about the Duke of Edinburgh.RelatedQueen’s Diamond Jubilee: Test your knowledge of Her MajestyNewsmaker: Charles and Camilla take on TorontoMore coverage of the Queen's diamond jubilee1.Prince Philip Mountbatten, the Duke of Edinburgh, was born on June 10, 1921 on the Greek island of Corfu.He is the oldest living great-great-grandchild of Queen Victoria.His mother, Princess Alice of Battenberg, was Queen Victoria’s great-granddaughter.She moved to Greece to live with his father, Prince Andrew, the younger brother of King Constantine of Greece.When the Greek monarchy was overthrown in 1922, George V, the Duke’s father’s cousin, sent a Royal Navy ship to rescue them.Prince Philip, who was one year old at the time, was carried to safety in an wedding veils for sale orange box.During the Second World War, his mother stayed in Athens and sheltered a family of Jewish refugees who were running away from the Nazis.at the Yad Vashem (Holocaust Memorial) in Jerusalem.She also founded an order of Greek Orthodox nuns called the Christian Sisterhood of Martha and Mary.The Duke of Edinburgh left Gordonstoun School in 1939 and joined the Royal Navy as a Cadet.While at Dartmouth he won the prize for being the best Cadet in his year of entry.He joined HMS Ramillies in Colombo in 1940 as a Midshipman.He had an active career in the Navy for 14 years after which he earned his Royal Air Force wings in 1953.Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip first met at his cousin’s wedding in 1934.Princess Marina of Greece was getting married to the Duke of Kent, Princess Elizabeth’s uncle.The wedding between the Queen and Prince Philip was held in Westminster Abbey on Nov.It was attended by 2,000 invited guests.Guests included the King and Queen of Denmark, the King and Queen of Yugoslavia, the Kings of Norway and Romania, and the Shah of Iran.the first was at The Dorchester hotel to which the press were invited and the second was with his closest friends at the Belfry Club.The Queen and Prince Philip have four children and seven grandchildren.Their children are Prince Charles, born in 1948, Princess Anne, born in 1950, Prince Andrew, born in 1960, and Prince Edward born in 1964.The Prince is notorious for making outrageous comments in public.If you stay here much longer, you’ll go home with slitty eyes.I never see any home cooking.All I get is fancy stuff.How many people have you knocked over this morning on that thing?The Duke of Edinburgh was persuaded by his old headmaster, Kurt Hahn, to initiate an award scheme for young people.The Duke launched a pilot award scheme ‘For Boys’ in 1956.Since then about seven million young people, boys and girls, wedding accessories wholesale in 132 countries have received Duke of Edinburgh Awards.to help young people develop a sense of responsibility to themselves and to their communities.The concept of The Award is one of individual challenge.It offers young people a balanced, non-competitive program of voluntary activities which encourages personal discovery, growth, self-reliance, perseverance, and responsibility.The Duke enjoys painting landscapes in oils.He is also concerned about the conservation of nature and served as the first president of the World Wildlife Fund in 1961.He is now president emeritus.His role includes chairing meetings, annual conferences and visits to WWF projects around the world like the Panda Captive Breeding Centre in Wolong, China.I reckon I’ve done my bit.I want to enjoy myself for a bit now with less responsibilities, less frantic rushing about, less preparation, less trying to think of something to say.On top of that, the memory’s going.I can’t remember names.Yes, I am just sort of winding down.I am getting rid of things.In December 2011, Prince Philip spent four nights in a hospital after complaining of chest pains.Doctors discovered a blocked artery and performed a minor emergency operation to improve his blood flow.The problem with sex and Christian purityMore than 7,000 academics are gathered in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont.this week for the annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, presenting papers on everything from scatological censorship in children’s books to the brand power of ParticipACTION.In this week-long series, the National Post showcases some of the most interesting research.As Christian girls enter teenhood, the warning takes on a new urgency: Don’t have sex before marriage if you want to remain pure in the eyes of God.It’s a message spread mostly in evangelical Christian communities, but also in Catholic and Orthodox traditions to various extents.fashion that promotes modest dress, says Doris Kieser, a Catholic professor of theology at the University of Alberta and a psychological counsellor.Kieser will