Wedding Princess Philip Mountbatten Queen Elizabeth Young

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Wedding princess philip mountbatten queen elizabeth young. Princess elizabeth and prince philip spent their wedding night in broadlands hampshire the home of philips uncle earl mountbatten. From july 1939 he began corresponding with the 13 year old princess elizabeth whom he had first met in 1934. It was love at first sight for. 20 1947 in a britain physically and economically ravaged by world war ii.

The road to that wedding on november 20 1947 was not perfectly smooth. Philip had been made duke of edinburgh earl of merioneth and baron greenwich on the morning of the wedding. The two became close friends after philip had been posted in malta where he and princess elizabeth now the queen spent a couple of years. For one magical day on november 20 1947 the wedding of elizabeth and philip she just 21 and he 26 was truly something to celebrate.

She became queen. Dickie also introduced philip to polo which was. After being educated in france germany and the united kingdom he joined the british royal navy in 1939 aged 18. 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.

They travelled by train to hampshire departing from waterloo station. Philip mountbatten at westminster abbey on nov. The cake was cut using the dukes mountbatten sword which was a wedding present from the king. Queen elizabeth ii first met her future husband prince philip of greece and denmark when she was just 13 at the wedding of his cousin princess marina of greece.

Philip was born into the greek and danish royal familieshe was born in greece but his family was exiled from the country when he was an infant.