Queen Elizabeth II Grieves The Loss Of Prince Philip: Royal Love Story
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh exchanged wedding vows in 1947 and were married for more than 70 years.
How Their Love Story Began
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip met at his cousin Princess Marina's wedding in 1934. At this time, Elizabeth was merely eight years old, and Prince Philip was just a teenager. When the two met again and started to develop feelings for each other, some people were upset about their interest in each other - as the future queen of England, it was important who then Princess Elizabeth married. Prince Philip was born in Greece, not England, and his lack of financial means didn't make him a favored candidate as future husband of the Queen. After years of correspondence, however, Philip asked King George VI for Elizabeth's hand in marriage. Their engagement was announced in July 1947 and only a few months later, in November 1947, the couple got married at Westminster Abbey.
For a few years the couple, who soon became parents lived, a quiet life until...
