The secret details behind the Royal Wedding that shaped modern Britain
20th November 2025
Thursday marks 78 years since the royal
wedding that would shape the modern House of Windsor. On November
20th 1947, Queen Elizabeth II, then Princess Elizabeth, married
Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey in a ceremony
that would lead to one of the most enduring royal unions in
history. Long before the vows were exchanged, newspapers were
filled with meticulous details of the…

