Queen Elizabeth, the images of the marriage with Prince Philip. PHOTO

Over 73 years of marriage. The one between the Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip it was one of the longest-running ties in the history of the monarchies. The couple got married in Westminster Abbey on November 20, 1947

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Elizabeth first met her future husbandPrince Philip of Greece and Denmark, in 1934 and, then, in 1937. He was his third cousin, both being great-great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria and direct descendants of Christian IX of Denmark. After another meeting at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, in July 1939, Elizabeth, then only 13, said she fell in love with Philip and began an exchange of letters with him.

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The July 9, 1947when she was twenty-one, their engagement was officially announced, also raising some criticism because Philip was born abroad, despite having then served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Philip Mountbatten had to give up his claim to the throne of Greece, assuming the simple title of lieutenant, and converted to Anglicanism. Shortly before his marriage he was appointed Duke of Edinburgh and was awarded the title of “His Royal Highness”

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Elizabeth and Philip they married on November 20, 1947 in Westmister Abbey. The very young Princess Elizabeth was 21 on her wedding day. He was 26 years old. After the wedding, the couple lived in Clarence House in London

Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth, a 73-year marriage

The event was also broadcast on the radio and it is estimated that it was followed by 200 million people, a record number for the time. Elisabetta was accompanied by 8 bridesmaids, she wore a Norman Hartnell dress inspired by Botticelli’s “Primavera”, chosen after having discarded numerous other proposals by the designer. The ivory Scottish duchess silk for her dress was paid for with the ration card. The result was a unique one: 350 seamstresses applied 10 thousand decorations including pearls and crystals. The train was 4.5 meters long

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It is said that just before the ceremony Elizabeth couldn’t find the bouquet because a page had put it in the refrigerator. In addition, the bridesmaids would have accidentally jammed the mechanism that allowed the tiarathe “Queen Mary’s Fringe Tiara”, to become a collier

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All the ruling houses in the world attended the wedding, thousands of Londoners took to the streets to admire the royal couple. For the first time in history, the ceremony was signed and then broadcast on the channels of the Bbc

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From that day Elisabetta and Filippo have spent a whole life together. One year after their marriage, their first child arrived, Charlesborn in London on November 14, 1948. In 1950 the princess was also born Anna, second child. Elizabeth and Philip will then have two more children, Andrea and Edoardo

Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip greet the crowd from the balcony of Buckingham Palace on their wedding day

Meanwhile, Elizabeth became queen on the death of his father on February 6, 1952 and he came crowned June 2, 1953 in Westminster. The couple withstood difficult times. Some rumors speak of a queen forced to turn a blind eye to some alleged escapade of Prince Philip

In November 2020 the couple celebrated 73 years of marriage. Philip died on April 9, 2021, becoming the longest-lived spouse of a British monarch, with 73 years and 71 days of marriage. Elizabeth II instead died on September 8, 2022 (in the photo the royal carriage on the wedding day)