It was the beginning of a marriage that lasted 73 years ❤️
The senior cadet assigned to entertain them was Philip, himself only 18. The relationship born that day was to last for more than seven decades until his death in 2021 at the age of 99.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh wave at their wedding, on November 20, 1947, in London. Like countless other young women whose beaus were at war, Elizabeth worried about Philip, especially when he saw active service against German, Italian and Japanese forces. Philip had applied for British citizenship, which was granted in February 1947, when he also renounced his Greek royal title and adopted instead the surname of Mountbatten.
“And then there was their excursion to South Africa, and it was sort of fixed up when they came back. That’s really what happened.” Her wedding ring was made from the same nugget of Welsh gold as her mother’s ring. The nugget, from Clogau St David’s, Bontddu, North Wales, was later also used to fashion wedding rings for Princess Margaret, Princess Anne and the Princess of Wales.
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