Photos show how Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip's relationship changed through the years
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Friday marks one year since Queen Elizabeth's death.
The late monarch died at Balmoral Castle on September 8, 2022, at the age of 96.
The Queen and Prince Philip were married for 73 years before Philip's death in 2021.
After falling in love as teenagers, Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip announced their engagement in July 1947, when the couple were 21 and 26 respectively. This photo was taken to mark their upcoming wedding.
Another pre-wedding photo shows the young couple were careful not to show PDA as they stood side-by-side in Buckingham Palace.
They tied the knot on November 20, 1947, at Westminster Abbey. Elizabeth and Philip did not end their wedding ceremony with a kiss, as this was not tradition for royal couples at the time.
The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh linked arms during their honeymoon in Romsey, Hampshire.
They shared a rare dance at a ball organized by the Royal Navy in 1950.
Soon, their family started to grow. Here they are with Prince Charles, right, and Princess Anne, left, in 1951.
Prince Philip kneeled before the newly crowned Queen Elizabeth II at Her Majesty's coronation in 1953.
In the years that followed, the couple still appeared as equals together in public, as shown in this photo of them at Trooping the Colour in 1963.
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh celebrated their silver wedding anniversary at Buckingham Palace on November 20, 1972. Here, they appeared more relaxed than in previous official photographs.
In 1992, the Queen had what was famously known as her "annus horribilis" or "horrible year." The marriages of three of her children had ended, and there had been a catastrophic fire at her Windsor Castle residence.
Philip planted a rare kiss on the monarch's cheek as the couple rang in the new millennium on New Year's Eve 1999.
The Queen and Prince Philip re-visited their honeymoon location for their diamond wedding anniversary in 2007.
The pair held hands during an outing in London in 2015.
That same year, the couple adorably shared a blanket as they watched the Braemar Highland Gathering.
It was one of Elizabeth and Philip's most relaxed appearances together as a married couple.
They celebrated the monarch's 90th birthday the following year with The Patron's Lunch on the Buckingham Palace mall.
Her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh attended Trooping the Colour together in June 2017. Prince Philip retired from public duties just two months later.
Prince Philip still accompanied his wife to some events, including the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in 2018.
The Queen and Philip rarely took official photos together after the duke retired. However, they made an exception for a photo on Philip's 99th birthday on June 10, 2020, in the grounds of Windsor Castle, where they were isolating together.
The palace released another photo of the couple for their 73rd wedding anniversary in 2020. In the photo, Elizabeth and Philip admired an anniversary card made by their great-grandchildren, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis.
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