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Elizabeth first met Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark in 1934 at the wedding of his cousin Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark.
They met again in 1939 at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, when Elizabeth was 13-years-old.
She fell in love with Philip and they started to send letters to each other.
The pair got engaged in 1946 after Philip asked her father King George VI for his daughter’s hand in marriage.
However, a formal engagement announcement was delayed until Elizabeth’s 21st birthday the following April.
Philip proposed to Elizabeth with a ring consisting of a centre stone surrounded by 10 smaller pave diamonds taken from a tiara that belonged to Philip’s mother Princess Alice.
Elizabeth and Philip are second cousins once removed by descent from Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel.
They are also third cousins by descent from Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
When did they get married?
The wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Phillip Mountbatten took place on November 20, 1947 at Westminster Abbey in London.
On the eve of their wedding, Philip was given the title Duke of Edinburgh.
The morning was eventful for Elizabeth too, as her tiara snapped while she was dressing at Buckingham Palace before leaving for Westminster Abbey.
The court jeweller, who was on standby in case of emergency, was then rushed to his work room by a police escort, but luckily it was fixed in time.
Her wedding dress was designed by Norman Hartnell but she still required ration coupons to buy the material.
Elizabeth also did her own makeup for the wedding.
Their wedding cake was baked by London bakery McVitie and Price and was a fruitcake made of four tiers which stood nine feet high.
The cake weighed about 500 lbs and was made with 80 oranges, 660 eggs and more than three gallons of Navy Rum.
Since their big day, Prince Philip has remained a devoted companion for the Queen.
“Frequently we have discussed my intended speech beforehand and, as you will imagine, his views have been expressed in a forthright manner.
“He is someone who doesn’t take easily to compliments but he has, quite simply, been my strength and stay all these years, and I, and his whole family, and this and many other countries, owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim, or we shall ever know.”
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