Queen Elizabeth Wedding Photos Father. She was the 10th member of the royal family to be wed there. The love story between queen elizabeth ii and prince philip is, well, a unique one.

There was still the theoretical possibility that the king would father a male child and, in those days, a younger brother would have taken elizabeth’s place in the line. 20, 1947, the first great celebration of the postwar era, princess elizabeth and lieutenant philip mountbatten were undoubtedly the stars. Elizabeth ii (elizabeth alexandra mary, born 21 april 1926) is queen of the united kingdom and 15 other commonwealth realms.

Elizabeth was born in mayfair, london, as the first child of the duke and duchess of york (later king george vi and queen elizabeth).her father ascended the throne on the abdication of his brother king edward viii in 1936, from which time she was the heir presumptive.

The parred down guest list included the queen, prince philip, and beatrice's father prince andrew. Both necklaces were left to the crown by queen victoria and were given to elizabeth as a wedding present by her father, king george vi. Here are some snapshots of what her life was like before her coronation. Queen elizabeth was taken to westminster abbey in the irish state coach accompanied by her father, king george vi.