Before Queen Elizabeth II fell in love with Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, and launched one of the most enduring royal marriages in modern history, her mother reportedly had someone else in mind. Philip was born a prince of Greece and Denmark before serving as a decorated Royal Navy officer. Yet according to royal historian Hugo Vickers, author of the 2026 biography Queen Elizabeth II: A Personal History, the then-future monarch’s mother …
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