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How the Queen and Prince Philip joyfully lived like a normal couple in early years
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Prince Philip Was The Queen s Strength And Stay
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Prince Philip Was The Queen s Strength And Stay
He passed away at the age of 99. Apr 18, 2021
As the world reacts to the sad news that Prince Philip has died, we take a look back at his life as the Queen s constant companion. These words and pictures are taken from The Queen: A Life In Pictures.
Throughout his life Prince Philip was a constant presence by the Queen’s side. Just as Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning British monarch, Philip held the record as the longest-serving consort. The couple was married for more than 70 years, and theirs was a love match right from the start. “She never looked at anyone else,” the Queen’s cousin Margaret Rhodes wrote in her memoir, The Final Curtsey.
Photo by The Countess of Wessex via Getty Images
For nearly 74 years, The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh were happily married, but their love began several years before their 1947 wedding at Westminster Abbey.
Their story began in 1939 when Princess Elizabeth was 13, and Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark was 18. Elizabeth had joined her parents, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and younger sister Princess Margaret on a trip to the royal naval college, Dartmouth, and teenage Elizabeth was smitten by the handsome royal cadet.
Prince Philip went off to fight in World War Two, and he and Elizabeth exchanged letters. Her cousin, Margaret Rhodes, later said: “Elizabeth was truly in love from the very beginning.”
Gyles Brandreth was Prince Philip s Boswell – and this intimate biography is a sparkling celebration
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The juiciest bits of gossip will be familiar, but Gyles Brandreth, a born entertainer, delivers a portrait that will be hard to beat for wit
Prince Philip with his biographer, Gyles Brandreth
Credit: ROGER TAYLOR
The most interesting revelation in this biography of the Duke of Edinburgh concerns his being taken ill during the Diamond Jubilee weekend in 2012. We all know that a pre-existing bladder infection was exacerbated by his standing in the rain for hours during the river pageant. But, as he told Gyles Brandreth, the reason he and the Queen stayed upright was that they didn’t want to sit on the grandiose thrones the organisers had provided for them. “We’d have looked like Mr and Mrs Beckham, wouldn’t we?”
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