Today, 9 June, Prince Philip turns 99.The Duke of Edinburgh will be spending the day much like he has spent his entire adult life; by Queen Elizabeth II's side.The pair have been married since 1947 and their relationship timeline is one that begins in the 1930s, spanning over 70 years and what a remarkable love story it’s been.
It was when the Queen was 13 years old that Prince Philip became a glint in her eye during the summer of 1939. At this point, Prince Philip Mountbatten was the Prince of Greece, and five years older than she was.
And, according to Elizabeth’s cousin Margaret Rhodes it was, indeed, “love from the very beginning.” Before this, they’d had a brief encounter when Elizabeth was just eight years old, at the wedding of.
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