On This Day - November 20th 1947
Princess Elizabeth, who became Elizabeth II, is married to Philip Mountbatten.
Princess Elizabeth, who became Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, was born Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor on 21 April 1926. She was proclaimed queen on 6 February 1952, following the death of her father, George VI. She ascended the throne the following year, on 2 June 1953. Princess Elizabeth was married in westminster Abbey on 20 November 1947 to Prince Philip, who came from Greece's royal family. Prince Philip is Queen Elizabeth's third cousin, as they share Queen Victoria as a great-great-grandmother. He had renounced his claim to the Greek throne and was known simply as Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten before being created Duke of Edinburgh before their marriage.