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  1. The wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten (later Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh) took place on Thursday 20 November 1947 at Westminster Abbey in London, United Kingdom.

    • The Pre-Wedding Celebration
    • The Venue
    • The Title
    • The Guests
    • The Transportation
    • The Dress
    • The Tiara
    • The Shoes
    • The Jewelry
    • The Flowers

    Two days before the ceremony, the young couple was celebrated with a ballat Buckingham Palace that would later reportedly be described as a "sensational evening," for which "everyone looked shiny and happy" — particularly the guests of honor, who appeared "radiant."

    The young royal became the 10th member of the British monarchy to be married at Westminster Abbey — the same place where her father, King George VI, was crowned just 11 years earlier and where Queen Elizabeth herself would be coronated five years after her nuptials. (The monarch's funeral will be heldat the church on September 19.) The architectura...

    Just ahead of the pair's nuptials, Prince Philip received new titles, becoming the Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich of Greenwich.

    Though Elizabeth's father, King George VI, was reportedly warned to keep the princess's wedding ceremony "simple" in the wake of the war, the guest list was far from small, with a reported 2,000 people on the list. Among them were five kings, five queens and eight princes and princesses, including King Michael of Romania, King Haakon VII of Norway,...

    The princess rode with her father in the Irish State Coach to her wedding venue with the British Life Guards regiment as their escorts. According to the Royal Collection Trust, it was the first time the regiment had worn its "full-dress" uniformssince 1939. On the way back, the bride rode with her new husband in the Glass Coach that was purchased f...

    Elizabeth chose a wedding gown design that was submitted by British designer Norman Hartnell just three months before the wedding. It took him and his team of roughly 350 seamstresses just seven weeks to create the piece, which was paid for in part by rationing coupons. According to the groom's cousin, Lady Pamela Hicks, women were even sending the...

    Queen Elizabeth's most notable piece of jewelry on her special day was the Queen Mary Fringe Tiara she wore atop her head — her "something borrowed" from her grandmother, Mary of Teck. Once a fringe necklace, Mary had it recreated as a tiara in 1893, and on Elizabeth's wedding day, it seemingly snapped. "The catch, which I didn't know existed, it s...

    To complement her gorgeous dress, the princess wore a pair of ivory Duchesse satin heels by Edward Rayne. The silver buckle was studded with silver seed pearl detailing that matched her dress.

    In addition to her borrowed tiara, Elizabeth wore two pearl necklaces for her big day — the Queen Anne necklace and the Queen Caroline necklace, after King George II's wife. The princess received both baubles as a wedding present from her father, King George VI, who inherited them as part of the royal collection. According to Queen and Consort: Eli...

    In her hands, the princess carried an arrangement crafted by florist Martin Longman of Fenchurch Street, created with flowers from the Worshipful Company of Gardeners. Longman kept the design, which featured white orchids and a sprig of myrtle (a tradition that started with Queen Victoria, who received it from Prince Albert's grandmother) a secret ...

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  2. The wedding day. Elizabeth and Philip were married at Westminster Abbey on 20 November 1947, in front of 2,000 invited guests. The ceremony was broadcast on radio, to 200 million...

  3. Apr 9, 2021 · Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh look at a homemade wedding anniversary card given to them by their great grandchildren in the Oak Room at Windsor Castle on...

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    • Rachel Elbaum
  4. Sep 10, 2015 · Relive the Royal Wedding of 1947 between young Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip.

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    • British Pathé
  5. Apr 9, 2021 · P rince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, died on Friday, nearly four years after officially retiring from public duties in August 2017. He was 99. He had been married to Queen Elizabeth II for more...

  6. Nov 20, 2022 · Over 2,500 gifts were sent to Princess Elizabeth on the occasion of her marriage to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, created Royal Highness on the morning of his wedding as well as Baron...

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