British Royal Wedding Pictures
13 Famous British Royal Weddings and the Fascinating Stories Behind Them
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Then-princess Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten, a Greek prince and her second cousin once removed, on Nov. 20, 1947. He was a somewhat controversial pick because of his arrogance and lack of money, but famously renounced his former titles and converted to Anglicanism from Greek Orthodoxy to marry Elizabeth and win favour with the country.