The beginnings of a decades-long romance. Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II were married for 73 years before his death on Friday, April 9, but prior to tying the knot, they were not unlike many teenagers in love.The Duke of Edinburgh caught the eye of the monarch, 94, right away, but she was not the only royal intrigued by him.“She was 13, but ‘cause we’re going back to [the] 1920s and in a way, they were more sophisticated and in a way, they were much less sophisticated, but a little girl of 13 almost looked like a grown-up because they wore the same clothes,” royal biographer Ingrid Seward exclusively told Us Weekly in October 2020. “But Philip was 18 and he was a Naval cadet.
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