Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Na tona kuia matua, Princess Theodora, ko Bernhard he mokopuna nui o Prince Philip, Duke o Edinburgh. He maha nga wa i haere te Duke ki Tiamana ki te kopere me te whanau. I te tau 2021, ko Bernhard tētahi o te 30 anake o te hunga i tangihia i te whare o tōna tupuna
i te whare karakia o St George, i Windsor Castle.