From the ‘secret message’ engraved in Queen Elizabeth’s wedding ring, to Prince Philip’s nicknames for her – inside the lives of the royal newlyweds

From the ‘secret message’ engraved in Queen Elizabeth’s wedding ring, to Prince Philip’s nicknames for her – inside the lives of the royal newlyweds

‘A fairy tale wedding’, one broadsheet called it, while another reflected on ‘a day of smiles’. 
It was on 20 November 1947 that Princess Elizabeth married her true love, Philip Mountbatten. 
Having become smitten with him when she was just 13 years old, and he 18, the pair first got to know each other by exchanging letters. From that moment their dedication to each other was lifelong, having…

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