Vamwe vanyori vepepanhau vakanyora kuti amai vaElizabeth pakutanga vaipikisa mubatanidzwa uyu, vachidana Philip kuti "The Hun". Muhupenyu hwake hwapashure, zvisinei, Mambokadzi Amai biographer Tim Heald akaudza kuti Philip aive "murume wechiRungu". Philip asati asiya mazita ake echiGreek nechiDanish, akatendeuka kubva kuGreek Orthodox kuenda kuAnglican Royal Navy muHondo Yenyika Yechipiri yese, uye aive nehanzvadzi dzainge dzaroora machinda echiGerman ane hukama hweNazi. Marion Crawford akanyora, "Vamwe vevanopa mazano vamambo havana kumuona semunhu akanaka zvakakwana kwaari. Aive muchinda asina imba kana humambo. Mamwe mapepa akaridza rwiyo rurefu uye rune ruzha pane tambo yeFiripi yekune dzimwe nyika".
Muna 1948