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Prince Philip’s Deaf Mother Was Mistreated by Freud and Tricked the Nazis
The little known story of Queen Elizabeth’s mother-in-law
The royal wedding of then Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten on November 20th, 1947 at the Westminster Abbey in London was a festive day marked by grand celebrations.
Contemporary British newspapers gushed about every aspect of the wedding, from the hundreds of gifts sent to the young couple by well-wishers — the young princess was sent eighty pairs of nylons and a mink coat and silver from Canada — to the mysterious design of her gown.
It was the first time a royal wedding had been broadcasted in England. Anticipation was building in a dramatic fashion. The New York Times reported Londoners were equally thrilled about the event:
London is not going to sleep tonight. At least that is the impression given by many, many thousands who thronged around Buckingham Palace. They all but mobbed the members of the royal family who went to Westminster Abbey this afternoon for a wedding rehearsal.
Among the royal relatives attending the wedding was Alice of Battenberg, Philip’s mother. Because of his sisters’ dubious marital connections to Nazi Germany, Princess Alice was the only member of Philip’s immediate family to attend his wedding.
