Wedding Princess Elizabeth and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh , took place on 20 November 1947 at Westminster Abbey in London.
Video Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh
Engagement
Elizabeth and Philip were second cousins ââafter being removed (by descendants of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel) and third cousins ââ(by descendants of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert). Elizabeth met with Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark in 1934, at the cousin's marriage of Philip Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark to Prince George, Duke Kent, uncle of Elizabeth's father, and again in 1937. After another meeting at Royal Naval College in Dartmouth in July 1939, Elizabeth - although only 13 years old - fell in love with Philip and they began exchanging letters. The entry in Chron Channon's diary refers to the future marriage of Elizabeth and Philip as early as 1941, "He will be our Prince of Consorts, and that is why he serves in our Navy." The couple became secretly engaged in 1946, when Philip asked King George VI for his daughter in marriage. The king granted his request by giving any official engagement pending until Elizabeth's 21st birthday in April next. Their engagement was officially announced on July 9, 1947. Philip proposed Elizabeth with a 3 carat diamond ring ring consisting of a "center stone flanked by 10 smaller paving diamonds." The diamonds were taken from the tiaras of Philip's mother, Princess Andrew of Greece, and were also used to make bracelets for Elizabeth.
The king gave his official consent to marriage in his English Advisory Council, in accordance with the Royal Wedding Act 1772. The same was done in Canada at the meeting of the Canadian General Council of the House, with the Supreme Court, Thibaudeau Rinfret, standing as the representative of the King's representative, Governor-General of Canada.
Maps Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh
Marriage
Venue
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip married at 11:30 GMT on November 20, 1947 at Westminster Abbey. Elizabeth's daughter becomes the tenth member of the Royal Family to be married at Abbey.
Bridal Party
Princess Elizabeth was attended by eight bridesmaids: Princess Margaret (her sister), Princess Alexandra of Kent (her first cousin), Mrs Caroline Montagu-Douglas-Scott (daughter of the Duke of Buccleuch), Lady Mary Cambridge (second cousin), Lady Elizabeth Lambart from Earl of Cavan), Pamela Mountbatten (first Philip cousin), Margaret Elphinstone (her first cousin), and Diana Bowes-Lyon (her first cousin). His cousin Prince William of Gloucester and Prince Michael of Kent served as the boys' yard.
The best man is The Marquess of Milford Haven, the first cousin of the groom's mother. Marquess is the grandson of Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine; and great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria.
Bridal outfits
On the morning of her wedding, while Princess Elizabeth was dressed up at Buckingham Palace before leaving for Westminster Abbey, her tiara was broken. The jewelery court, which stood in the emergency, was rushed to his office by a police escort. Queen Elizabeth assures her daughter that it will be fixed on time, and that's true. For her wedding dress she still needs a ration coupon to buy materials for her dress, designed by Norman Hartnell. Elizabeth did her own makeup for the wedding.
Wedding service
The royal feast is brought in a big carriage procession, the first with The Queen and Princess Margaret and then a procession with Queen Mary. Philip left the Kensington Palace with his best man, Marquess of Milford Haven. Princess Elizabeth arrives at Abbey with her father, King George, at the Irish Coach.
The ceremony was inaugurated by Archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey Fisher, and Archbishop of York, Cyril Garbett. The ceremony was recorded and broadcast by BBC Radio to 200 million people worldwide.
Wedding ring
Like her mother, Princess Elizabeth's wedding ring is made of Welsh gold. The ring is made of Welsh gold nuggets from the St David's Clogau mine, near Dolgellau; This nugget has been given to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, and is used to make her wedding ring and then her second daughter's wedding ring. The same nugget was later used to create Princess Anne's wedding ring and Lady Diana Spencer.
Music
William Neil McKie, the Australian organ and Master of the Choristers at the convent, was the music director for marriage, a role he reviewed again at the coronation of Elizabeth in 1953. McKie also wrote a motet for this event, "We are waiting for you love, yes God ". Psalm 67, "God has mercy on us and bless us", sung to a setting by Sir Edward Cuthbert Bairstow. The national anthem is "Blessed be God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ" by Samuel Sebastian Wesley; the hymns are "Praise, my soul, the king of heaven", and "My Shepherd Lord" on the Scottish song "Crimond" attributed to Jessie Seymour Irvine, who was largely unknown in the Church of England at the time. A descant for "Crimond" has been taught to Princess Elizabeth and Margaret by a woman-in-waiting, Lady Margaret Egerton; the music for the descant could not be found, so the princesses and Lady Margaret sang it for William McKie, who wrote it quickly. This service started with a fanfare made exclusively by Arnold Bax and ends with "March Wedding" Felix Mendelssohn. The abbey monastery joins the choir of the Royal Chapel and the Chapel of St.. George, Windsor.
Title
Before marriage, Philip abandoned his Greek and Danish titles as required by the Settlement Act, 1701, transitioned from Greek Orthodoxy to Anglicanism and adopted the style of "Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten", taking his mother's family name in England. The day before the wedding, King George conferred the style of "Royal Highness" and, on the morning of the wedding, November 20, 1947, he was appointed the Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich of Greenwich in County London. As a result, having already become the Knight of the Garter, between 19 and 20 November 1947 he gave birth to an unusual style, His Excellency Sir Philip Mountbatten and described so in the Patent of 20 November 1947.
After their marriage, Elizabeth took her husband's title and became Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh. They set out for their honeymoon at Broadlands in Hampshire, the home of Philip's uncle, Earl Mountbatten.
Family celebration
After the ceremony, Elizabeth and Philip then proceeded to Buckingham Palace, where the couple waved to the crowd from the balcony.
Their wedding breakfast is held at the Ball-Supper Palace Room. Menu includes Filet de Sole Mountbatten, Perdreau en Casserole, and Bombe Glacee Princess Elizabeth. The music is played by the band Garda Grenadier string.
The wedding cake is officially baked by London bread McVitie & amp; Price. The cake is a fruit cake made of four levels; nine feet high, and weigh about 500 lbs. It was made with 80 oranges, 660 eggs, and more than three gallons of Run Navy. Since World War II had ended only two years earlier and certain things still had to be rationed, some of the ingredients used to make the cake were sent to Britain from all over the world; This causes the cake to be nicknamed "10,000 Miles." Decorations include the bride's two sides and the groom's family, as well as the individual monogram of the bride and groom, and the sugar statues depicting regiment and naval badges, as well as the couple's favorite activities The couple cut the cake with Mountbatten's sword Duke of Edinburgh, which was a wedding gift from his father-in-law, The King.
The couple received more than 2,500 wedding gifts from around the world and about 10,000 telegram congratulations. The prize was publicly displayed at St. James and available for public viewing.
The groom's family and the bride:
- Princess Helena Victoria, the bride and cousin twice removed
- Princess Marie Louise, the bride and cousin of the bride twice removed
- Lady Patricia and Sir Alexander Ramsay,
the bride and cousin of the bride twice removed and her husband- Alexander Ramsay, the bride and cousin of the bride once removed
- Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia, the bride and the bride's cousin
- Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia, the bridegroom and the bride's cousin
- The Belgian Regent's Prince, the bride and the bride's cousin, twice removed
- Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, the groom and the sixth cousin of the bride, having been removed and her husband
Other foreign royalties
- The Iraqi King
Absent
Soon after the end of World War II, the Jambi Duchy relationship was unacceptable in Germany, including three surviving sisters of Philip, to be invited to the wedding. Another important escape was the uninvited Duke of Windsor, the ex-king, and his sister Mary, the Royal Daughter, who said that she was ill (her husband, Henry Lascelles, the 6th Earl of Harewood, had died six months earlier). Ronald Storrs claims that he was not present in protest at his brother's exception.
Honeymoon
The couple took the train to Hampshire at Waterloo Station, and spent their wedding night at Uncle Duke of Edinburgh's The Earl Mountbatten of Burma in Broadlands. From there the couple went to Birkhall at Balmoral Estate, where they spent the rest of their honeymoon.
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