Queen Elizabeth II's love story with Prince Philip – in pictures

Queen Elizabeth II's love story with Prince Philip – in pictures
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Aden-Jay Wood

By Aden-Jay Wood


Published: 19/09/2022

- 17:23

Updated: 14/02/2023

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The pair's romance sprang out of a summer encounter at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth in 1939

Prince Philip was a dashing naval cadet with royal roots and Queen Elizabeth II was a young princess who would one day be queen.

The romance of Prince Philip of Greece and Princess Elizabeth sprang out of a summer encounter at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth in 1939.

The future couple, who were distant cousins, had been at the same gatherings on several occasions.

When Philip was 13 and the princess was eight, they both attended the 1934 wedding of Philip’s cousin Princess Marina, later Duchess of Kent, and Elizabeth’s uncle, Prince George, Duke of Kent.

They were also both guests at the coronation of George VI in 1937.

But it was at Dartmouth, when King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited the naval college with their two daughters, that they had their first publicised meeting, in July 1939.

The rest, they say, is history.

Below is a selection of pictures of the pair together:

File photo dated 01/12/48 of the Duke of Edinburgh with Queen Elizabeth II holding Prince Charles in his christening gown. Issue date: Thursday September 8, 2022.
Prince Philip with Queen Elizabeth II holding a young King Charles III in 1948
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File photo dated 20/11/1947 of the royal wedding party appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) was married to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten (later the Duke of Edinburgh) in a ceremony at Westminster Abbey. From left: King George VI, Princess Margaret, unidentified, the bride Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II), the groom Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten later Duke of Edinburgh), the Queen Mother and Queen Mary, widow of George V. The Royal couple were the country???s Prince Charming and Fairy Princess and their wedding in Westminster Abbey captured the public imagination in the austere post-war days as the first great state occasion in the post-war years and a distraction from the hardships the Second World War had imposed. Britain had been battered by its conflict with Germany, rationing was widespread and glamour in short supply. Issue date: Thursday September 8, 2022.
The pair got married at Westminster Abbey in 1947
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File photo dated 5/5/1982 of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visiting the newly built location of Granada Television's %22Coronation Street%22 in Manchester, where they met some of the cast from left to right: Jack Howarth, William Roache, Anne Kirkbride, Eileen Derbyshire and Thelma Barlow. Issue date: Thursday September 8, 2022. The monarch was not fazed by celebrities and encountered hundreds of showbiz stars, pop legends and Hollywood greats over the decades, but many admitted to nerves on coming face to face with the famous long-reigning sovereign.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visiting the newly built location of Granada Television's "Coronation Street" in Manchester in 1982
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File photo dated 20/11/1947 of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh (formerly Lt Philip Mountbatten, RN) as they leave Westminster Abbey after their marriage ceremony. The Royal couple were the country???s Prince Charming and Fairy Princess and their wedding in Westminster Abbey captured the public imagination in the austere post-war days as the first great state occasion in the post-war years and a distraction from the hardships the Second World War had imposed. Britain had been battered by its conflict with Germany, rationing was widespread and glamour in short supply. Issue date: Thursday September 8, 2022.
The pair following their wedding ceremony at Buckingham Palace
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EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO SALES -MANDATORY CREDIT REQUIRED Undated handout file photo issued by Buckingham Palace of the Queen with her father, King George VI, and Prince Philip watching a young Prince Charles sitting on a statue at Balmoral in 1951, posted on the royal family Twitter feed to mark Father's Day. Issue date: Sunday June 20, 2021.
Queen Elizabeth II with her father, King George VI, and Prince Philip watching a young King Charles III sitting on a statue at Balmoral in 1951
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