While their love story lasted more than 70 years, Queen Elizabeth II and Philip Mountbatten could never have married. And because: the sovereign's mother, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, and her father, George VI, were not excited about the idea of this new suitor. The couple preferred the Earl of Euston, Hugh, as son-in-law.
While their love story lasted more than 70 years, Queen Elizabeth II and Philip Mountbatten could never have married. And because: the sovereign's mother, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, and her father, George VI, were not excited about the idea of this new suitor. The couple preferred the Earl of Euston, Hugh, as son-in-law.