There hasn't been a Wedding Wednesday for ages, so let's get right back into it. This Wedding Wednesday will look at the 1947 wedding of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The couple celebrated a whopping 69 years of marriage last week on the 20th of November.
The actual marriage was fairly courtship, born in Greece and raised in France and Germany until the age of thirteen he was considered a foreigner. It didn't help matters that Philip's sisters had married Nazis and all lived and were raising their families in Germany. In the end the young Princess Elizabeth won her battle and married the man she loved, not without conditions. None of Philip's sisters were allowed to attend the wedding due to their German backgrounds. As he was joining the British Royal Family, Philip also had to renounce his titles of Prince of Greece and Denmark.
It was all worth it though as Philip and Elizabeth have a strong relationship filled with a mutual respect. They have a beautiful family which is constantly growing. Today they have four children; Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward. They share 8 grandchildren; Peter and Zara Phillips (Anne), Prince William and Prince Harry (Charles), Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie (Andrew) & Lady Louise and James, Viscount Severn (Edward). They have also been blessed to see five great grandchildren Savannah & Isla Phillips (Peter & Autumn), Prince George & Princess Charlotte (William & Kate) and Mia Tindall (Zara & Mike)
Elizabeth and Philip's wedding day brought together most of British Royalty as well as those from around the world. Many of the senior royals today were just teenagers at the time.
Elizabeth's dress was fairly simple and the material had to be bought with ration cards as they were still using them in Britain at the time. Elizabeth did her own make-up and looked beautiful. Her tiara was the drama of the day. The 21 year old heiress chose to wear The Queen Mary Fringe Tiara. It dates back to 1919 (not so old) and was owned by Elizabeth's grandmother, Queen Mary. The morning of the wedding the tiara snapped and the royal jeweller was rushed in to fix it. Luckily it was repaired in time.
Now let's take a walk back in time to 1947 and see what was then the biggest wedding of the century.
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