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Queen Elizabeth II today is 93 years old today, Easter Sunday, April 21st. The monarch usually spends his birthday privately, but the occasion is marked publicly by gunfire in central London at noon. For most of her life, the Queen married Prince Philip, her husband having been married for more than 70 years.
The couple met for the first time in 1934, when they were very young, then married on November 20, 1947.
The marriage of Queen Elizabeth II with the Duke of Edinburgh is the longest of all British sovereigns.
The couple is married to Westminster Abbey and celebrated its golden anniversary in 1997 after 50 years of marriage.
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At the time of the birthday, the monarch described her husband with love: "It was just my strength and stayed all these years".
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh celebrated their platinum wedding anniversary in 2017, married for 70 years.
And in November 2019, the couple will celebrate its 72nd birthday – the longest of all British rulers.
The two men met for the first time while Princess Elizabeth was only eight years old.
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Five years later, while she was 13 years old and Philip 18 years old, they met at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth.
It is said that it is there that Elizabeth fell in love with her future husband.
In 1946, Philip asked King George VI to marry his daughter.
A year later, in 1947, the couple's wedding took place at Westminster Abbey on November 20th.
On the day of their wedding, King George VI described the union as a true novel, saying, "Our daughter marries the man she loves."
The couple then had four children – Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward – together.
Today, the couple has been married for 72 years and has eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Happy birthday Your Majesty!
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