Queen Elizabeth Philip Mountbatten
Lord mountbatten was the queens third cousin prince philips uncle and mentor to prince charles not to mention a world war 2 hero and the last viceroy of indiaseason four of the crown.
Queen elizabeth philip mountbatten. The wedding of princess elizabeth elder daughter of king george vi and heir presumptive to the british throne and philip mountbatten a former greek and danish prince took place on 20 november 1947 at westminster abbey in london. Prince philip insisted she take on his surname mountbatten but british officials and the monarchy. The then princess elizabeth married naval officer lt. Elizabeth fell in love with philip and they began to exchange letters when she was 13.
She became queen. During the visit the queen and louis mountbatten asked philip to escort the kings two daughters elizabeth and margaret who were philips third cousins through queen victoria and second cousins once removed through king christian ix of denmark. Philip had been made duke of edinburgh earl of merioneth and baron greenwich on the morning of the wedding.