If Queen Elizabeth II is everyone's regal grandmother [1], then her husband Prince Philip [2] is our crotchety grandfather who tends to blurt things out when he shouldn't. We've gotten so used to seeing them as elderly figureheads that it's easy to forget that they were once young [3] and pretty dang attractive. No, The Crown [4] wasn't exaggerating when it cast Matt Smith as young Prince Philip: the Duke of Edinburgh was pretty handsome [5] in his day, and doubly so in his naval uniform. Don't believe us? We've dug up some of the best pictures from the prince consort [6]'s naval career — take a look through the gallery below if you're curious!

Working at the Petty Officers Training Centre at Corsham Wilts in 1947

At an Event in 1947

Posing with the Royal Family Before His Marriage in 1947

At the Royal Naval Officers School in 1947

At His Wedding to Princess Elizabeth in 1947

Inspecting the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards in 1953

On a Royal Tour in Kandy in 1954

With His Uncle, Earl Mountbatten in 1965

Honeymooning With His New Bride in Malta in 1947

Posing For a Portrait in the 1940s

On a Boat in Malta in 1949