Wedding Princess Elizabeth and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh took place on November 20, 1947 at Westminster Abbey in London.
Video Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh
Engagement
Elizabeth and Philip were second cousins ​​after being removed (by descendants of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel) and third cousins ​​(by descendants of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert). Elizabeth met with Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark in 1934, at the cousin's marriage of Philip Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark to Prince George, Duke Kent, uncle of Elizabeth's father, and again in 1937. After another meeting at Royal Naval College in Dartmouth in July 1939, Elizabeth - although only 13 years old - fell in love with Philip and they began exchanging letters. The entry in Chron Channon's diary refers to the future marriage of Elizabeth and Philip as early as 1941, "He will be our Prince of Consorts, and that is why he serves in our Navy." The couple became secretly engaged in 1946, when Philip asked King George VI for his daughter in marriage. The king granted his request by giving any official engagement pending until Elizabeth's 21st birthday in April next. Their engagement was officially announced on July 9, 1947. Philip proposed Elizabeth with a 3 carat diamond ring ring consisting of a "center stone flanked by 10 smaller paving diamonds." The diamonds were taken from the tiaras of Philip's mother, Princess Andrew of Greece, and were also used to make bracelets for Elizabeth.
The king gave his official consent to marriage in his English Advisory Council, in accordance with the Royal Wedding Act 1772. The same was done in Canada at the meeting of the Canadian General Council of the House, with the Supreme Court, Thibaudeau Rinfret, standing as the representative of the King's representative, Governor-General of Canada.
Before marriage, Philip abandoned his Greek and Danish titles as required by the Settlement Act, 1701, transformed from Greek Orthodoxy into Anglicanism and adopted the style of "Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten", taking his mother's family name in England. The day before the wedding, King George conferred on his "Majesty" style and, on the morning of the wedding, November 20, 1947, he was appointed the Duke of Edinburgh, the Earl of Merioneth, and Greenwich's Baron Greenwich in the County of London. As a result, having already become the Knight of the Garter, between 19 and 20 November 1947 he gave birth to an unusual style, His Excellency Sir Philip Mountbatten and described so in the Patent of 20 November 1947.
Maps Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh
Wedding
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip married at 11:30 GMT on November 20, 1947 at Westminster Abbey.
Princess Elizabeth was attended by eight bridesmaids: Princess Margaret (her sister), Princess Alexandra of Kent (her first cousin), Mrs Caroline Montagu-Douglas-Scott (daughter of the Duke of Buccleuch), Lady Mary Cambridge (second cousin), Lady Elizabeth Lambart from Earl of Cavan), Pamela Mountbatten (first Philip cousin), Margaret Elphinstone (her first cousin) and Diana Bowes-Lyon (her first cousin). His cousin Prince William of Gloucester and Prince Michael of Kent served as the boys' yard.
The royal party was brought in a large hopper procession, the first with The Queen and Princess Margaret and then a procession with Queen Mary. Philip left Kensington Palace with his best man, Marquess of Milford Haven. Princess Elizabeth arrives at Abbey with her father, King George, at the Irish State Coach.
The ceremony was inaugurated by Archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey Fisher, and Archbishop of York, Cyril Garbett. The ceremony was recorded and broadcast by BBC Radio to 200 million people worldwide. Elizabeth and Philip then proceeded to Buckingham Palace, where breakfast was held at the Banquet Hall. The couple received more than 2,500 wedding gifts from around the world and about 10,000 telegram congratulations.
After their marriage, Elizabeth took her husband's title and became Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh. They set out for their honeymoon at Broadlands in Hampshire, the home of Philip's uncle, Earl Mountbatten.
Clothing
On the morning of her wedding, while Princess Elizabeth was dressed up at Buckingham Palace before leaving for Westminster Abbey, her tiara was broken. The jewelery court, which stood in the emergency, was rushed to his office by a police escort. Queen Elizabeth assures her daughter that it will be fixed on time, and that's true. For her wedding dress she still needs a ration coupon to buy materials for her dress, designed by Norman Hartnell. Elizabeth did her own makeup for the wedding.
Music
The groom's family and the bride:
- Princess Helena Victoria, the bride and cousin twice removed
- Princess Marie Louise, the bride and cousin of the bride twice removed
- Lady Patricia and Sir Alexander Ramsay,
the bride and cousin of the bride twice removed and her husband- Alexander Ramsay, the bride and cousin of the bride once removed
- Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia, the bride and the bride's cousin
- Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia, the bridegroom and the bride's cousin
- The Belgian Regent's Prince, the bride and the bride's cousin, twice removed
- Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, the bridegroom and sixth cousin of the bride, having been removed and her husband
Other foreign royalties
- The Iraqi King
Absent
Soon after the end of World War II, the Jambi Duchy relationship was unacceptable in Germany, including three surviving sisters of Philip, to be invited to the wedding. Another important escape was the Duke of Windsor, the former king, the uninvited, and his sister, Mary, the Royal Daughter, who said that he was sick. (Her husband, Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood, had died six months earlier.) Ronald Storrs stated that she was not present in protest at the exception of her brother.
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