In November 2017, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip celebrated their 70th
wedding anniversary, demonstrating the longevity of their happy union.
Furthermore, after reaching that milestone, the pair broke the record for
the longest marriage in the history of the British monarchy, according to
the Washington Post.
According to the official Royal Family website, the two first crossed paths
in 1934, when Elizabeth was just eight years old, during the wedding of
Princess Marina of Greece, the cousin of Prince Philip, and The Duke of
Kent.
Prince Phillip's cousin was Princess Marina of Greece, and Queen
Elizabeth's uncle was her husband, The Duke of Kent. In this sense, Queen
Elizabeth and Prince Phillip are distant cousins.
The current husband and wife are linked to Queen Victoria if one follows
the family tree back. She is the great-great-grandmother of both Prince
Phillip and Queen Elizabeth, according to ThoughtCo.
Marrying a distant relative might appear a little odd. However, because
they run the risk of renouncing their titles and the claim to the throne,
members of the royal family have never been safe when they marry commoners.
The Royal Marriages Act of 1772, which forbade the union of nobility and
commoners, is partly to blame for this.
For the noble-blooded Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip, who started
dating when the Queen was thirteen, everything turned out nicely. They fell
in love on the tennis court, according to Sir John Wheeler-Bennett, the
official biographer of King George VI, the father of the Queen (as quoted in
the Daily Mail).
After they started exchanging letters, things started to spiral out of
control. The two didn't get married until a few years after they initially
met, right after the Queen was 21. But first, Phillip had to become a
naturalized British citizen and give up his Greek royal title in order to do
this.
After seven decades of marriage, their narrative of enduring love has had
its share of challenges to conquer. But when the two reflect on creating
history, they realize that their choice to marry all those years ago was the
correct one. That's all that matters.
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