Elizabeth and Philip

  • Author Tessa Dunlop
  • Narrator Tessa Dunlop
  • Publisher Headline
  • Run Time 7 hours and 37 minutes
  • Format Audio
  • Genre Second World War.
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She was peaches-and-cream innocence; he was a handsome war hero. Both had royal blood coursing through their veins. The marriage of Britain's Princess Elizabeth to Lt Philip Mountbatten in November 1947 is remembered as the beginning of an extraordinary, lifelong union but success was not guaranteed. Elizabeth and Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage and Monarchy plunges us back into 1940s Britain where a teenage Princess fell in love with a foreign Prince. Cue fears of a flirtatious 'Greek' fortune hunter stealing off with England's crown jewel and subsequent efforts by the Establishment to reframe Philip as the perfect fit for Britain's most famous family.

Drawing on original newspaper archives and the opinions of Elizabeth and Philip's contemporaries still alive today, historian Dr Tessa Dunlop discovers a post-war world on the cusp of major change. Unprecedented polling on Philip's suitability was a harbinger of pressures to come for a couple whose marriage was branded the ultimate global fairytale. Theirs was a partnership like no other. Six years after Elizabeth promised to be an obedient wife Philip got down on bended knee and committed himself as the Queen's 'liege man of life and limb.'

Published to coincide with the 75th anniversary of their marriage, this deeply touching history explores the ups and downs, the attraction and the tensions that defined an extraordinary relationship. The high stakes involved might have devoured a less committed pair - but not Elizabeth and Philip. They shared a common purpose, one higher even than marriage, with roots much deeper than young love. Happy and Glorious, for better or for worse, they were heavily invested in a God-given mission. Monarchy was the magic word.

(P) 2022 Headline Publishing Group Ltd

Critics Review

The relationship between the Queen and Prince Philip is enlivened by the voices of so many interesting, wonderful contemporaries, which makes for a fresh and original approach.

Hugo Vickers, Royal Biographer

A riveting take on an extraordinary relationship.

Richard Eden, Diary Editor, Daily Mail

It’s a story we think we know so well, but in Tessa’s charming new book she uncovers illuminating untold stories from the Queen and Philip’s youth.

Emily Andrews, Royal Journalist

If you love royalty you’ll love Tessa’s book. She writes so well.

Jo Elvin, Palace Confidential, Daily Mail

The symbolism of the Queen’s marriage and how it affects a whole generation [Dunlop] illustrates very beautifully in the book . . . Elizabeth and Philip is a very good read.

The Times Radio

A fascinating piece of history

The Critic Magazine

one of my books of 2022 . . . the future Queen emerges, as one would expect, as a dignified young woman, but it is Philip’s upbringing that fascinated me the most. A worthy tribute.

Aspects of History

Wonderfully fresh . . . a glorious book.

Alan Titchmarsh MBE

[An] incisive, crisply written book

Observer

A charming double portrait of Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, in the early years of their romance and marriage. Enriched by interviews with ordinary Britons of the royal couple’s generation, it’s a poignant and well-documented study of a couple whose ‘matter-of-fact style’ and ‘extraordinary work ethic’ were a balm for their nation. Royal watchers will be pleased.

Publishers Weekly

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