His paternal grandmother Olga Constantinovna was a granddaughter of tsar Nicholas I, just like his first cousin Michael of Greece. Beatrix, Irene and Margriet of the Netherlands are granddaughters of Wilhelmina of the Netherlands herself a granddaughter of Nicholas I's sister Anna Pavlovna. Both of them were born in the 1790's almost 230 year ago.
Of course I also have to post this great portrait by Ralph Heimans, where the Duke of Edinburgh is seen wearing the Danish Order of the Elephant, which he received in 1947.
https://www.ralphheimans.com/portrait-of-hrh-the-duke-of-edinburgh/
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