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| Picture No | 10500233 |
| Date | 1947 |
| Description | Royal Wedding 1947 |
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A page from The Tatler entitled, 'Happiness was the Keynote' with two photographs of the wedding day of Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten (Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh) on 20 November 1947. The top picture shows the royal family on the balcony with the newlywed couple waving to crowds. The bottom picture shows the bridegroom's mother, Princess Andrew of Greece (holding handbag) and five of the bridesmaids, Lady Elizabeth Lambart, Lady Caroline Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Miss Diana Bowes-Lyon, the Hon. Margaret Elphinstone and Lady Pamela Mountbatten waiting to wave farewell to the Princess and the Duke as they left for Waterloo on their way to Romsey where they would spend the first part of their honeymoon at Broadlands, the country seat of Earl Mountbatten.
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| Source | Page from The Tatler, 3 December, 1947 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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