File photo dated 20/11/1947 of Princess Elizabeth and Lt Philip Mountbatten at Buckingham Palace after their wedding ceremony. The Royal couple were the country???s Prince Charming and Fairy Princess and their wedding in Westminster Abbey captured the public imagination in the austere post-war days as the first great state occasion in the post-war years and a distraction from the hardships the Second World War had imposed. Britain had been battered by its conflict with Germany, rationing was widespread and glamour in short supply. Issue date: Thursday September 8, 2022.

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