"Prince Philip is the only person in the world who treats the Queen as a person, which is very important to the Queen."
1939年，伊丽莎白二世女王的父亲英王乔治六世受路易斯·蒙巴顿的邀请，带家人到达特茅斯皇家海军学校参观。
Coinciding with the epidemic of infectious diseases in the military at that time, in order to prevent 13-year-old Elizabeth and her younger sister Margaret from being infected with the virus, they were left on the island to rest, and the caring Mountbatten let his nephew, 18-year-old Philip, accompany and take care of the sisters.
When Elizabeth was wandering around the island, she met Philip playing tennis with others, her strong skills, handsome face, tall and handsome, which made her secretly fall in love with him and fall in love at first sight.
Philip was only 18 years old at the time, with a tall posture, sharp blue eyes and blonde hair, and his handsome appearance left a deep impression on the then 13-year-old Princess Elizabeth.
In order to thank Philip for his explanation and companionship, Philip was invited to dinner with their family that night, and when he saw the person he liked eating together, Elizabeth's shy face was red, Philip not only had outstanding appearance, he had quite an aristocratic temperament, and his gentlemanly demeanor made Elizabeth infatuated.
And quiet, the beautiful Elizabeth also fascinated Philip, although Elizabeth is only 13 years old, but immersed in the royal cultivation is very graceful and demeanor, but also impressed Philip, in the short time on the island, the two people secretly fell in love.
At this time, Elizabeth can definitely be said to be a girl in early love!
When Elizabeth's family left on a yacht, Philip actually rowed the dinghy and chased the royal yacht by himself, just to see Elizabeth a few more times, and the angry Elizabeth's father George cursed, and Elizabeth also looked at her handsome cousin excitedly.
At this time, Elizabeth II was 13 years old and Prince Philip was 18 years old.
When she returned home, Elizabeth put Philip's photo in her study and repeatedly persuaded her father George before she was allowed to continue to exchange letters with Philip!
In a letter to his future wife, Philip said: "To survive war, to see victory, to have the opportunity to rest and realign oneself, to fall in love completely and unreservedly, these make all personal and even the world's troubles trivial." ”
At that time, Philip was a fallen prince and was in exile, Elizabeth's father George was not optimistic about him, but George VI was a loving father, and he was also accustomed to the hearts of his daughters, plus the young people of Elizabeth's age at that time were ugly and frustrated, really not as good as Philip, so, at her insistence, her father agreed to their relationship, and in 1947, she finally got engaged to her own Prince Charming!
The premise was that Philip also made a sacrifice, that is, Philip renounced his Greek title and inheritance, changed his uncle's surname to Mountbatten, and naturalized as a British subject.
Since then, Philip has started a leap in life of eating by his face!
Philip and his uncle Mountbatten
In November 1947, Philip and Princess Elizabeth were married in Westminster Abbey.
Lang Cai girl looks envious of others, Philip sword eyebrows and stars, graceful, Elizabeth dignified and beautiful, has the calm and atmosphere of a king of a country.
Of course, Elizabeth is very happy to marry the man of her dreams, and she wrote to her girlfriend: "I want to write to you to share that I am very happy today, I have come together with the best man in the world." ”
Of course, many subsequent biographers have said that Philip's meeting with the Queen was the conspiracy and plan of Philip's uncle Mountbatten, and Philip did not love Elizabeth at first, in fact, this speculation is not valid:
First of all, when they first met in 1934, Elizabeth's father George was not yet the king, but the king's younger brother, the second in line to the throne, and Elizabeth was just an ordinary princess, and they were indeed attracted to each other at first.
Of course, when Philip and Elizabeth got married, Mountbatten did have some crooked thoughts, he tried to persuade Philip and Elizabeth to change the surname of the child born to Mountbatten, but Elizabeth strictly refused, this crooked thinking did not succeed!
Mountbatten is also a handsome guy
At the beginning of their marriage, they spent a very sweet and free time, and Elizabeth came to live and live in Malta with Philip as a family member of an officer.
Here, Elizabeth enjoyed unprecedented freedom, she could dress casually, go to parties, picnics, parties.
Elizabeth mentioned that happiest time in many interviews, and since then, they have traveled there many times to reminisce about the past!
Return to the old place many times
Classic photos that have survived their lives
In 1951, George VI died of illness, and Elizabeth knew that her responsibility for the royal family had finally arrived, and from then on, Elizabeth lived not just for herself, but for the good of the whole country, and Prince Philip was a strong pillar of her life...