We all need a little Philip and Lilibet Fanfiction

Philip has an ever more uproarious sense of humour, and at the end of the day there is many a laugh in the royal apartment. In more than twenty years of marriage—they celebrate their silver wedding anniversary in 1972—they have never reached the stage of not knowing what to talk about when they are alone together. In the privacy of their apartment they chatter almost nonstop, the Queen’s rippling, still girlish laughter mingling with Philip’s robust guffaws as they talk over the events of the day.”

"Queen Elizabeth II was known for her emotional reserve, but the actor Michael Ball once saw her upper lip unstiffen. He sang People Will Say We’re in Love at a Royal Variety Performance and, as the royal couple met performers afterwards, it was clear that HMQ had been quite moved. She remembered the song from her courtship with Prince Philip. “The Queen came up, misty-eyed, and said ‘Thank you, that was beautiful’,” Ball tells Yours magazine. Her husband, though, always found it easier to express his thoughts and spoilt the romance by shouting “What was the song you were singing? I don’t think I’ve ever heard it in my bloody life!”

Prince Philip flew in from Germany last night to meet his grandson Peter. He skipped up the steps to the private Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital Paddington eight minutes after the Queen. Eleven minutes later, Captain Mark Phillips arrived to make it the first meeting of grandparents, parents and grandson since the baby was born on Tuesday. Prince Philip had driven straight from Heathrow after a visit to relatives in Germany. He congratulated Princess Anne and paid his first respects to the blue-eyed dark-haired baby lying in a clear plastic crib beside her bed. The Queen and Prince Philip occupied the only two chairs in the room, leaving Captain Phillips to perch at the end of his wife’s bed. ‘How do you find your daughter and grandson?’ asked a reporter as the smiling Prince left the hospital. ‘Over there on the left,’ he replied, indicating the interior of the hospital.

15 November 1967: The Queen wore an evening gown of plain ivory silk crêpe for a royal performance at the Manoel Theatre in Valleta, Malta. Its left shoulder incorporated a bow and a draped panel of fabric. The hem of the skirt was embroidered with a band of gold and silver sequins and beads.