Overview
- Princess Elizabeth married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten on Nov. 20, 1947 at Westminster Abbey before 2,500 guests, beginning a marriage that endured until his death in 2021.
- Reports describe two wardrobe crises: Queen Mary’s Russian Fringe tiara snapped during preparations and was repaired in time, and pearl earrings were retrieved just before official photographs.
- Royal wedding florist David Longman says the bride’s bouquet went missing before group portraits, leading to re-staged photographs with a replacement during the honeymoon.
- Coverage notes postwar rationing pressures, with public coupon offers returned as unlawful and a government allocation of 200 extra coupons enabling Norman Hartnell to make the dress.
- After the ceremony, the newlyweds received the titles Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, Earl and Countess of Merioneth, and Baron and Lady Greenwich.