44+ Queen Elizabeth Wedding Balcony King Pictures. Prince philip and queen elizabeth ii tied the knot at westminster abbey on nov. On the morning of their wedding, philip was made the duke of edinburgh.

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Elizabeth's father king george vi gave her a pair of pearl necklaces, which had belonged to queen anne (the shorter) and queen caroline, as a the string band of the grenadier guards played music during the breakfast. Elizabeth ii (elizabeth alexandra mary, born 21 april 1926) is queen of the united kingdom and 15 other commonwealth realms. Her mother became queen elizabeth;

Her mother became queen elizabeth;

She became queen when her father, king george vi, died on 6 february 1952. A tremendous amount of effort goes into planning a royal wedding. The king was insistent the couple wait to announce the engagement until the princess, who was just 20 at the time, was older. Queen elizabeth's wedding morning was filled with mini disasters.