CROQUET GALLERY:  Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip of Windsor, EN , UK

1939
Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
by Neil Armstrong

First encounter: [18-year-old] Naval cadet [Prince] Philip plays croquet with
13-year-old Princess Elizabeth at Dartmouth College in 1939

Elizabeth was born on 21 April 1926 as Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, and is now Queen Elizabeth II.

Philip was born on 10 June 1921 as Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, and is now Duke of Edinburgh and Consort to the Queen.

22 May 2011
Mail Online, London, England , UK
by Olivia Lichtenstein

Extraordinary picture which captures the moment Prince Philip met the Queen for first time when she was just 13

The footage is more than 70 years old and the quality grainy but the scene is incredibly significant in the history of our monarchy. For this is the first moment Princess Elizabeth met her future husband.

When King George VI visited Dartmouth College in 1939, a promising cadet called Philip was assigned to entertain his daughters.

He obviously made a lasting impression on the 13-year-old Elizabeth. Our extraordinary photograph, discovered in archives, shows the first meeting between the future Monarch and her husband-to-be, over a game of croquet.

The picture was unearthed while researching Prince Philip At 90, a documentary to mark his milestone birthday in June.

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