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‘She sparkled around him’: How Prince Philip and the Queen first fell in love
For Christmas 1943 Prince Philip, having, as he nonchalantly put it, “nowhere particular to go”, went to stay at Windsor Castle where he was to attend the annual royal pantomime, Aladdin, with the two princesses in the starring roles. However much, or little, 22-year-old Philip had thought about his 17-year-old cousin in romantic terms before then, Elizabeth certainly seems to have thought a lot about him. According to her governess, Marion...
2021-04-16T12:15:38Z