Prince Philip won Queen's affection with 'unusual skill' and jokes during first meeting
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mirror.co.ukThe world has watched The Queen and Prince Philip's relationship continue to grow stronger and stronger over the years since they were married at Westminster Abbey in November 1947.
But do you know how it all began? Their romance officially began when the Queen was 17 and Philip was 22, but the pair actually met several years earlier.
Aged 13, the then Princess Elizabeth joined her father King George VI, the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret during a trip to Dartmouth Britannia Royal Naval College, where Philip was training.
And it was by pure chance that they ended up meeting - and it was all down to a nasty outbreak of mumps and chickenpox. According to the Queen's former governess Marion Crawford, Philip was one of the few cadets who
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