Princess Elizabeth's wedding to Philip Mountbatten took place at Westminster Abbey and was broadcast to 200 million radio listeners around the world. After the ceremony, the pair waved to large ...

With the help of his uncle, Lord Mountbatten, Prince Philip kept in touch with the then heir to the throne through letters before formalizing their courtship. At first, Elizabeth's father King ...

In 1945, Princess Elizabeth joined the war effort, training as a driver in the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service (WATS). In November 1947, she married a distant cousin, Philip Mountbatten ...

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