As the Queen celebrates her wedding anniversary with Prince Philip, a look back at how their story began.
, and about to spend years traveling the world with the British Navy. He wasn’t exactly marriage material—and he was also her third cousin. But Elizabeth fell hard and fast for Philip, with her improbable crush blossoming into the monarchy’s longest marriage; Elizabeth and Philip celebrate 70 years as husband and wife today., accompanied their parents, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, on a brief visit to England’s Dartmouth Britannia Royal Naval College, their father’s alma mater.
What were Elizabeth and Margaret to do? They were sent off to the college headmaster’s house, and it was there that their cadet cousin Philip, with whom they shared a great-great-grandmother in Queen Victoria, entered the picture. The princesses’ governess, Marion Crawford, detailed what happened next in her gossipy memoir. Philip strutted into the scene looking less like a Greek god and more like a “viking,” with his fair hair and blue eyes.
Over the course of the weekend, Philip continued to figure into the royals’ plans. Twice he came aboard the King’s yacht, thefor meals. Crawford writes of “pink-faced” Elizabeth talking, laughing, and enjoying every moment with her cousin. She doted on him, asking him what he’d like to eat. Elizabeth even found it impressive that Philip chased multiple servings of shrimp with a banana split.
From then on, was Elizabeth imagining married life and doodling “Mrs. Elizabeth Greece” in her notebooks? Because of that royal stiff upper lip, we may never hear her side of the story. But fortunately for us, a number of the Queen’s relatives have been indiscreet enough to describe Elizabeth’s coup de foudre.
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