According to the work of royal historian Hugo Vickers, who wrote 'Queen Elizabeth II: A Personal History,' Queen Elizabeth’s mother wanted her daughter to marry another suitor before she fell in love with Prince Philip.
Namely, Vickers claims that Hugh, Earl of Euston, who was a well-known Grenadier Guard officer and an English aristocrat who later became the 11th Duke of Grafton, was a match favored by the Queen Mother. Other royal experts also believe that the mother of the future queen would have preferred her to marry an aristocrat.
In the end, Queen Elizabeth II married Prince Philip, who, according to many sources, was the love of her life. Their love story was beautiful, but, overall, royal weddings and marriages are not always simple or straightforward.
So, what is really going on behind the scenes, and what are the rules and traditions that must be followed for a royal wedding to happen?
Browse through this gallery to delve into the strict marriage traditions of the British royal family.