1947
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The next month, Princess Elizabeth danced with her new fiancé Philip Mountbatten in public for the first time at a ball in Edinburgh.
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1947
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Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten escorted Princess Elizabeth to an engagement visiting the Royal Navy Merchant School.
1947
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1947
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Newlyweds Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten study their wedding photographs while on honeymoon on the Broadlands Estate in Romsey, Hampshire.
1947
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In 2007, the Royal Collection shared this never-before-seen image from Elizabeth and Philip’s honeymoon as the newlyweds walk the grounds of the Broadlands.
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1949
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Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh hold 6-month-old Prince Charles on April 26, 1949.
1949
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The couple at Villa Guardamangia in Malta, where Prince Philip was stationed with the Royal Navy.
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1950
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An official portrait of the growing royal family, taken on the occasion of Princess Anne’s christening on October 21, 1950.
1951
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Elizabeth and Philip spend time with their first two children, Prince Charles and Princess Anne in 1951.
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1952
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Elizabeth, Philip, Charles and Anne peek out of a window at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
1952
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Elizabeth glances over at Philip at London Airport ahead of their departure for their Commonwealth tour.
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1953
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Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, pays homage to Queen Elizabeth II during her Coronation on June 2, 1953.
1954
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Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip leave Malta harbor to go aboard the Royal Yatch Britannia during their Royal Tour of the Commonwealth.
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1955
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Prince Philip pushes Prince Charles and Princess Anne on a swing on the grounds of Balmoral, while Queen Elizabeth looks on.
1957
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Elizabeth and Philip in procession to the Garter Ceremony at St. George’s Chapel.
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1959
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Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip with one of their corgis at Windsor Castle.
1960
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Prince Philip holds Prince Andrew, while Queen Elizabeth, Princess Anne, and Prince Charles look on.
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1961
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The couple depart Manchester by train.
1961
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Philip looks over at Elizabeth during a state visit to India.
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