When Edward decided to leave the Royal Marines in 1987 after just four months, Philip was "most sympathetic". Seward added: "'Leave him with me, Mabel,' the Queen would say some mornings to the nanny, and he'd be left with his mother, playing on the floor of her study while she worked at her desk on her State papers." And the duty and discipline comes from him Philip."Īnd the Queen liked to spend as much time as she could with her children and would let the nanny leave Edward playing on the floor of the study as she went over State papers. Now, after more than 70 years of their marriage, acclaimed royal biographer Ingrid Seward sheds new light on their relationship and its impact on their family and on the nation. Thus Philip became the first royal father in modern history to witness the arrival of one of his children. Throughout her record-breaking reign until Prince Philip's death on 9 April 2021, she relied on the formidable partnership she had made with her consort. The Queen, by then aged 37, had asked him to be there she'd been keenly reading women's magazines that stressed the importance of involving fathers in childbirth and had become fascinated by the idea.
When a young Princess Elizabeth met and fell in love with the dashing Naval Lieutenant Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, it wasn't without its problems. She shared: "The Duke of Edinburgh was actually holding his wife's hand as their youngest was born on March 10, 1964. Now, in My Husband and I, Ingrid Seward reveals the real story of their loving and enduring relationship.
One of the first pictures of the new born Prince Andrew shows the baby in the Queen Elizabeth II's arms, 22 March 1960 in Buckingham Palace
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