The ’50s saw the dashing Royal Navy commander and his wife grow their family, with the arrival of Princess Anne in 1950, following Prince Charles two years earlier. But life changed with the death of King George VI. At the Coronation in 1953, Philip swore to be his wife’s ‘liege man of life and limb’
Family matters
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip’s first son Charles was born on 14 November 1948. His sister Anne was welcomed into the world on 15 August 1950. Their second son Andrew was born on 19 February 1960, followed by their youngest child Edward on 10 March 1964.
Prince Philip in 1951 while serving as Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Navy (also far right)
With Prince Charles and Princess Anne in 1951 – this is the first colour photograph of Anne
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Princess Anne’s christening, 23 October 1950, Buckingham Palace
Prince Philip (far left) in procession at the funeral of King George VI, 15 February 1952
On the balcony at Buckingham Palace on Coronation Day, 2 June 1953
In Nigeria in 1957 during a royal tour of the Commonwealth
Proud parents: with Prince Charles and Princess Anne in the grounds of Buckingham Palace in 1957
The Duke of Edinburgh in full dress uniform as Colonel-in-chief of the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, 1953
Buckingham Palace, December 1958
New York 1957: the Queen’s first state visit to the United States