It became known who Philip Mountbatten wanted to marry before meeting with the future queen
'27.11.2019'
Source: Woman.ru
On November 20, Prince Philip and Elizabeth II celebrated the 72 wedding anniversary. It's hard to believe, but the Duke of Edinburgh seriously wanted to go down the aisle with another woman. And she was not a person of royal blood.
It’s hard to imagine Prince Philip with anyone other than Elizabeth II. Meanwhile, His Highness in his youth was an avid smoothie. On November 26, the Express reported that the Duke of Edinburgh in his youth dreamed of connecting his life with one lovely girl. True, there was absolutely nothing royal in her, writes Woman.ru.
In 1938, Philip stayed in Venice with his aunt Aspazia, enjoyed life and enjoyed social events. After the parties, he, as a model gentleman, accompanied the girls home. One of those lucky ones was a young blonde, whom His Highness could hardly forget. The book “Young Prince Philip: His Swift Youth” describes how one evening a certain beauty attracted the attention of the prince. The girl's name was Kobina Wright, and she was a budding actress.
Cobina quickly charmed Philip. Bright curls, big blue eyes, a chiseled figure and a radiant smile - she was good and knew perfectly well about it. The ambitious mother of the actress (by the way, also Kobin) confidently built her daughter's career, anticipating her success. Miss Wright herself subsequently said that it was her mother who literally “pushed” her into the arms of Prince Philip when they first met. Apparently, Kobina Sr. was asleep and saw how she would become an aristocrat.
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Philip Eid, the author of the book on the young years of the Duke of Edinburgh, wrote: "Over the next three weeks, Philip walked with Kobina around Venice and spent passionate evenings with her before they returned to England." There, young people roamed the streets of London, not letting go of each other's hands, dined together and danced.
Even after Kobina left for America, she continued to correspond with Prince Philip. He sent her love letters and supposedly was ready to marry her, but the sympathy of the young actress, apparently, during the time of separation was nullified. Her friends claimed that the girl simply did not want to get along with someone whom her persistent mother chose for her.
Nevertheless, even after many years, Kobin retained pleasant memories of their fleeting romance. In 1973, she said in an interview that she still keeps a photograph of the prince on the bedside table.
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Philip, in turn, soon became interested in Elizabeth. They met when the princess was only 14 years old, but a romantic relationship began between them later. On 20 on November 1947, they got married and still live happily ever after.
