in private he was at our side for more than 70 years. a queen, and her prints, side by side for seven decades. through a lifetime of russell abortions and scandals, weddings, and funerals. he as quite simply been my strength and stay all these years. their early story was a real life fairytale, elizabeth still a princess first sought filipe handsome naval officer when she was just 13. princess elizabeth fathers 18 year old six foot tall incredibly handsome, nicknamed the viking. she fell desperately, head over, heels in love with him at first sight. the school girl crush blossomed into an old-fashioned romance, world war ii kept him upright but they managed to stay in touch by mail. he was fighting on pretty much all the naval fronts. it was a correspondence love affair really. they wrote letters to one
so we were thrilled. it s hard to believe that all it takes is two paper tickets like these to get into the wedding of century. 7-year-old hermine has her outfit picked out for the big day. she dresses up with princesses, she plays with princess dolls all the time and she reckons that one day she s going to marry an african prince. and until her lucky prince finds her, hermine will enjoy this real life fairytale. lucky girl already. one week from this friday, don t miss the momentous royal wedding of prince william and kate middleton. our live coverage begins at 3:00 a.m. april 29th. a nascar photo finish. late news in the nhl playoffs. and big upsets in the nba playoffs including chris paul and the hornets with the lakers.
the outfit picked up. she dresses up as princess, plays with princess dolls all the time, tiaras and jewelry and she reckons one day she ll marry an african prince. and until her lucky prince finds her, hermione with the rest of the world will enjoy this real life fairytale. alex? that s such a happy story. thanks for bringing it to us, nbc s atia abawi in london. life imitating art, look at this video which shows a young kate middleton in her school play where a fortune teller predicts she will marry a prince, and then in the play the prince charming proposes. of course, that is pretty much how her modern real life fairytale has gone. we invite you to stay with msnbc for live coverage of the royal wedding friday, april 29. live reports throughout london as the oil couple says i do. [ male announcer ] a pinnacle fishing rod, a tackle box,