Prince Philip at his sister's funeral, 1937

Prince Philip of Greece, later Duke of Edinburgh (born 1921), pictured marching as a mourner at the funeral of his sister, Princess Cecilie at Darmstadt, Germany. Princess Cecilie of Greece (1911-1937), was later Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse when she became the wife of Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse in 1931. Cecilie, her husband, their two sons and her unborn child were tragically killed in a plane crash at Ostend on their way to a family wedding in 1937. Prince Philip is seen marching alongside his sister's German relatives by marriage while the crowd give a Nazi salute. Cecile (as she was known in the family) was buried with her family at the Rosenhohe, the traditional burial place of the Hesse family

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