Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip photographed during their first meeting at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth on 22 July 1939, and after the announcement of their engagement on 10 July 1947.
The first time I remember meeting Philip was at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in July 1939, just before the war. (We may have met before at the Coronation or the Duchess of Kent’s wedding, but I don’t remember.) I was 13 years of age and he was 18, a cadet just due to leave. He joined the Navy at the outbreak of war, and I only saw him very occasionally when he was on leave - I suppose about twice in three years. Then when his uncle and aunt, Lord and Lady Mountbatten were away, he spent various weekends with us at Windsor. Then he went to the Pacific and Far East for 2 years. - Princess Elizabeth in a letter written shortly before she and Prince Philip were married on 20 November 1947.