Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and husband of Queen Elizabeth, died last week at the age of 99. He was born into the Greek and Danish royal families, and in 1939 he joined the British Royal Navy. After the war, British King George VI gave him permission to marry his daughter, the then Princess Elizabeth. She ascended to the throne upon George’s death in 1952, and Philip was made a British Prince in 1957. Which of the following is true about Prince Philip and his family?

HRH Prince Philip by Joe Lane is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

A. Prince Philip’s sister Sophie was married to a Nazi who was director of the Third Reich’s Ministry of Air Forces and held the rank of Oberführer in the SS.

B. Prince Philip’s mother Alice is honored as a Righteous Among the Nations at Yad Vashem in Israel for sheltering a Jewish family in her house in Greece during World War II.

C. Prince Philip’s son Prince Charles owns a velvet yarmulke with his official royal crest on it.

D. Prince Philip’s sister Margarita married a German aristrocrat who became a Nazi officer who was later implicated in the “Operation Valkyrie” plot to assassinate Hitler in 1944.

E. Prince Philip’s son Prince Charles was circumcised by Rabbi Jacob Snowman, the renowned mohel of the Jewish community of London.

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