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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Laura Elston

MYSTERIOUS: The queen fell in love with philip at first sight as a teenager | Mind Blowing Facts

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He was a dashing naval cadet with royal roots and she was a young princess who would one day be queen.

The romance of Prince Philip of Greece and Princess Elizabeth sprang out of a summer encounter at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth in 1939.

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