Philip's standard after 1952 was divided into quarters, each alluding to a component of his ancestry or title.

The top-left quarter featured three blue crowned lions on a yellow background with red hearts, derived from the coat of arms of Denmark,[5] while the top-right quarter was blue with a white cross, representing the coat of arms of Greece and the country's flag at the time.

[5][6] The bottom-left quarter had five vertical black and white stripes, representing the House of Mountbatten, Philip's maternal family, and the bottom-right quarter bore a heraldic representation of Edinburgh Castle, taken from the city's coat of arms,[1] to symbolise his title as Duke of Edinburgh.

[6][7] The whole design was blazoned by the College of Arms as follows:[8] Quarterly: first or, semée of hearts gules, three lions passant in pale azure ducally crowned or; second azure, a cross argent; third argent, two pallets sable; fourth argent, upon a rock proper a castle triple towered sable masoned argent windows port turret-caps and vanes gules.The flag was flown above buildings and on cars to indicate Philip's presence.

[11] At Philip's funeral in St George's Chapel, his coffin was draped with his standard.