Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Ta hanyar kakarsa, Princess Theodora, Bernhard ya kasance dan dan uwan Yarima Philip, Duke na Edinburgh. Duke sau da yawa ya tafi Jamus don yin harbi tare da dangi. A 2021, Bernhard yana daya daga cikin masu makoki 30 kawai a gidan kakansa
jana'izar a St George ta Chapel, Windsor Castle.