GettyThey had met in 1934 at the wedding of Prince Philip's cousin, Princess Marina of Greece, to The Duke of Kent, who was one of then-Princess Elizabeth's uncles, according to 70 facts about the Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh's wedding" published on the British royal family's website. “The wedding of Princess Elizabeth, as she then was, to the dashing naval officer Philip Mountbatten was seen as raising the nation's spirits amid an austere background of rationing and shortages that followed the war,” writes The Independent. GettyGettyGettyOnly five years later, the princess succeeded her father, George VI, to the throne. GettyThey have five great-grandchildren, with a sixth one due in April from their grandson, Prince William, and his wife, Kate Middleton, and eight grandchildren. GettyIn a documentary to mark her 60 years as queen, Prince Harry said: “The support my grandfather gives to my grandmother is phenomenal.

Source: Forbes November 23, 2017 23:03 UTC