Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and Philip Wedding and Pictures

Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II), and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh  wedding oftook place on November 20, 1947 in Westminster Abbey in London.

Princess Elizabeth Engagement

Elizabeth and Philip, the second cousin once deleted (Denmark and Hesse-Kassel by descent from Louis IX, king of Christian), and third cousins ​​(descent from Queen Victoria and Prince Albert) is Elizabeth married Philip's cousin, Princess of Greece and Denmark in 1934 in Marina, Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark met, and later 1937.After 1939 July, Elizabeth's Royal Naval College in Dartmouth in the second meeting - only 13 years age - they fell in love with Philip Philip hand in marriage for his daughter when he asked the king letters.They was secretly engaged in 1946 began to replace the king to him, no official formal commitment to participate April.Their 9 July 1947 has been announced along has been postponed until Elizabeth's 21st birthday was asked to provide. Before marriage, Philip, Greek Orthodoxy to Anglicanism conversion to give up his Greek and Danish titles, and his mother's English family's castle (姓) Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten to use the style adopted? The day before his wedding, King George VI in November 1947 a 20-style charge, and awarded to the morning of the wedding, he Edinburgh, Greenwich, London Merioneth and Baron Greenwich, Earl of the county was the Duke.

Wedding of Princess Elizabeth

Princess Elizabeth and Philip were married at 11:30 GMT on 20 November 1947 at Westminster Abbey. The morning of her wedding, Princess Elizabeth and I live in Buckingham Palace before leaving for Westminster Abbey when he took his crown. Fortunately jeweler was standing by the court in case of emergency. Transfer to the jeweler and his police guard post. Queen Elizabeth assured her daughter that will be fixed in time, and it did. The marriage that her dress is still needed ration coupons for the purchase of materials needed to dress, and designed by Norman Hartnell attended the Princess Elisabeth eight bride. His Royal Highness the Princess Margaret (sister), Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Kent (her cousin), Mrs Caroline Montagu Douglas Scott (daughter of the Duke of Buccleuch), Mrs. Mary Cambridge (his second cousin), Mrs. Elizabeth Lambart (the daughter of the Earl of Cavan), and Hon. Pamela Mountbatten (a cousin of Philip I), and Hon. Margaret Elphinstone (his cousin) and played bass. Diana Bowes Lyon (first cousin). Cousins ​​served Prince William of Gloucester and Prince Michael of Kent, such as page boys. They were taken to parts of the judgment in the processions of large transport, first with the Queen and Princess Margaret at a later time, and the procession of the queen Kensington Palace in London with Mary.At, Philip left the man with his better, and the Marquess of Milford Haven. It reached the Princess Elizabeth in the Abbey with her father, George VI, the coach of the Irish State. 

The wedding ceremony officiated by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of York, Cyril Garbett. The concert was recorded and broadcast by the BBC to 200 million people across the world. Elizabeth and Philip then go to Buckingham Palace, where he was detained and breakfast room service dinner ball. has received a couple of other royal wedding of 2500 worldwide and about 10,000 telegrams of congratulations. according to their marriage, Elizabeth took her husband's name, and became Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh. They left for their honeymoon in Broadlands in Hampshire, the home of his uncle Philip, Earl Mountbatten.

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