| Elizabeth & Philip: 60 Diamond Wedding Anniversary Facts |
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| Written by Joanne Leyland | |
| Sunday, 18 November 2007 | |
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Page 1 of 7 60 Facts About The Wedding of Princess Elizabeth & Prince Philip of Greece, As Released By Buckingham Palace To Mark The Diamond Wedding Anniversary of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II & H.R.H The Duke of Edinburgh 
1) The Queen is the first British monarch to have celebrated a Diamond Wedding Anniversary.2) Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip first met when they attended the wedding of Prince Philip's cousin, Princess Marina of Greece to The Duke of Kent, who was an uncle of Princess Elizabeth, in 1934. 3) The engagement between Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten R.N was announced on the 9th July, 1947. Prince Philip was born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark. He joined the Royal Navy in 1939 and after the war, in February 1947, became a naturalised British subject. Prince Philip was required to choose a surname in order to continue his career in the Royal Navy, and adopted Mountbatten, the name of his mother's British relatives. He was created "Duke of Edinburgh" by King George VI on marriage. 4) The platinum and diamond engagement ring was made by the jewellers, Philip Antrobus Ltd, using diamonds from a tiara belonging to Prince Philip's mother. 
6) The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh were married in Westminister Abbey on the 20th November, 1947 at 11.30am with 2,000 invited guests. 7) It was the first, and so far only time in British history, that the heir presumptive to the throne had been married. 
8) The Queen was the 10th
member of the Royal Family to be married in the Abbey. The first Royal
wedding to take place in the Abbey was when King Henry I married
Princess Matilda of Scotland on 11th November, 1100. On April 26th,
1923 The Queen's parents King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (then The
Duke and Duchess of York) were married there.9) The eight bridesmaids were: HRH The Princess Margaret, HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent, Lady Caroline Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Lady Mary Cambridge, Lady Elizabeth Lambart, The Hon. Pamela Mountbatten, The Hon. Margaret Elphinstone, The Hon. Diana Bowes-Lyon. 10) There were two pages: HRH Prince William of Gloucester (aged 5) and HRH Prince Michael of Kent (aged 5). |
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