Elizabeth and Philip'A riveting take on an extraordinary relationship' Richard Eden, Daily Mail 'A fresh and original approach' Hugo Vickers, Royal Biographer She was 'sugar pink' innocence; he was a handsome war hero. Both had royal blood coursing through their veins. The marriage of Britain's Princess Elizabeth to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten in November 1947 is remembered as the beginning of an extraordinary, lifelong union, but success was not guaranteed. Elizabeth