
Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, R.N. Engagement photograph, 1947 July Jul 1947
Gelatin silver print | 49 x 55.5 (image) | RCIN 2999892

Studio of Dorothy Wilding (1893-1976)
Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, R. N. Engagement photograph, July 1947 Jul 1947
On 10 July 1947 the engagement between Princess Elizabeth and Lt Philip Mountbatten was made public. In February that year, Prince Philip had renounced his Greek royal title and become a naturalised British citizen with the surname Mountbatten. The day before the wedding Lieutenant Mountbatten was created HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.