When Elizabeth married Philip: ‘The least ballyhooed royal wedding of all time’

From the archives in 1947: Austerity or not, King, cook and silk spinner will see that Elizabeth has a wedding that’s fit for a princess

John O. Cotton
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Queen Elizabeth II, as Princess Elizabeth, and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh, styled Prince Philip in 1957, on their wedding day. She became queen on her father King George VI’s death in 1952. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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