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Elizabeth and Philip with Wedding Party

Formal Wedding Portrait

Princess Elizabeth and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, pose with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth and other members of the royal family at Buckingham Palace, after their wedding, 20th November 1947.
Royal Wedding Princess Elizabeth 1947

Photo of the wedding party in 1947, with the Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and others.

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The two pageboys are Elizabeth's cousins, Prince William of Gloucester and Prince Michael of Kent, and the eight bridesmaids are Princess Margaret, Princess Alexandra of Kent, Lady Caroline Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Lady Mary Cambridge, Lady Elizabeth Lambart, Pamela Mountbatten, Margaret Elphinstone and Diana Bowes-Lyon. Queen Mary and Princess Andrew of Greece are at left front.

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