Sixty years ago, there was a noticeable slump in the number of royal engagements. The reason was simple - by the spring of 1963, half the working royals were pregnant.
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Following the Queen s death at the age of 96, 17 months after the death of the Duke of Edinburgh, a look back at how her love for Prince Philip grew from a teenage infatuation into a steadfast marriage.
Check out a timeline of their relationship below:
1934
An 8-year-old then-Princess Elizabeth met Philip at the wedding of Princess Marina and Prince George. They reconnected at 13 and 18 years old at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth and began to exchange letters.
1947
The couple got engaged in July and married in November at Westminster Abbey in London. Britain s Princess Elizabeth and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh wave to the crowds on their wedding day, from the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London. (AP Photo/File) It is with the greatest of pleasure that the King and Queen announce the betrothal of their dearly beloved daughter, the Princess Elizabeth, to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten RN, son of the late Prince Andrew of Greece and Princess Alice… to which union the King has gladly given his consent, the statement read.
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