'You took me that night in a short, brutal gesture, as if forcing yourself,' she wrote to Prince George of Greece. 'Then apologised - "I hate it as much as you do. But we must do it if we are to have children".'
Prince Philip's uncle, Prince George of Greece, was in a homosexual relationship with his own uncle, Prince Valdemar of Denmark. George was married to Princess Marie Bonaparte, who was sexually unsatisfied by her husband but involved in sexual encounters with both him and Valdemar. Philip and his family lived on Marie's estate in France, exposing him to whispers of their unconventional relationship during his childhood.
