July 9, 1947: Then-Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, Engaged On this day in 1947, the engagement of Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II) and Philip Mountbatten was officially announced.  She was reported to have fallen in love with Philip on their third meeting in July 1939 when she was 13 years old, and they began to exchange letters.  They married on November 20, 1947 at Westminster Abbey. Check out the slideshow of Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee last month (celebrating her 60 years on the throne), and test your knowledge of The Queen and her Palace in the Royal Trivia Quiz! Photo:  Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip posing with President Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, 1961.
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July 9, 1947: Then-Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, Engaged

On this day in 1947, the engagement of Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II) and Philip Mountbatten was officially announced.  She was reported to have fallen in love with Philip on their third meeting in July 1939 when she was 13 years old, and they began to exchange letters.  They married on November 20, 1947 at Westminster Abbey.

Check out the slideshow of Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee last month (celebrating her 60 years on the throne), and test your knowledge of The Queen and her Palace in the Royal Trivia Quiz!


Photo:  Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip posing with President Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, 1961.

Source: to.pbs.org

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