Marriage of queen elizabeth 2nd biography

On Nov. 20, 1947, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philiptied the knot, marking the beginning of what would become the longest royal marriage in history.

Spanning the entirety of the late monarch's 70-year reign and then some, the couple's union was one built on love and acceptance.

"I think the main lesson we have learned is that tolerance is the one essential ingredient in any happy marriage," Prince Philip, who died in April 2021, said in a tribute for the couple's 50th anniversary.

"You can take it from me, the Queen has the quality of tolerance in abundance."

The pair first met at the 1934 wedding of Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark to Prince George, when Elizabeth was just 8 years old and Philip was 13.

It wasn't until years later, however, when the princess visited Dartmouth Naval College with her parents as a teenager and spent time with the young cadet that she developed feelings for her would-be suitor