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Queen Mother 'didn't want' daughter Elizabeth to marry Prince Philip over 'family ties'
Queen Mother didn't want Her Majesty to tie the knot with her love Prince Philip over 'family ties', a documentary has claimed.The Channel 5 programme, The Queen Mother: War & Widowhood, which airs on Saturday, claims Queen Elizabeth's mother wasn't keen on her marrying Philip.She instead wanted the young princess to marry a grenadier guard or English aristocrat, according to experts.Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the Queen's mother, reportedly had reservations over his German family ties.Speaking on the documentary, Dr Chandrika Kaul, a historian at St Andrews, said: “Part of the Queen's reservations about Prince Philip was the family baggage that came with him, and particular the Mountbattens.”The Duke of Edinburgh, who died last month aged 99,
