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Show Princess' Husband Climbing Ladder Princess Elizabeth's husband has started out to work himself to the top of the ladder. Prince Philip won his first command in the British navy recently. The admiralty announced the tall, handsome Philip would take charge of the anti-aircraft frigate Magpie in August. Court circles predicted also that at about the same time he would be upped from lieutenant to lieutenant lieu-tenant commander. Philip, 29 next month, now is first lieutenant of the destroyer Chequers, based at Malta. He returned re-turned to active Naval duty last fall. The 1,430-ton Magpie is manned by six officers and 186 men. She mounts four six-inch guns, eight two-pounders and several pompon anti-aircraft pieces. |