Queen Elizabeth II was ‘madly in love’ with Prince Philip, author reveals reason
Queen Elizabeth II did not hold Prince Philip back in his ways
Queen Elizabeth had a profound relationship with husband Prince Philip.
Her Majesty, who welcomed four children with the Duke of Edinburgh, never tried to shape her husband‘s personality as per her likes.
Gyles Brandreth in his book Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait, wrote in 2021: “She was madly in love with Philip from the word go—and she loved him as he was.”
Quoting Her Majesty’s childhood friend Lady Butter, the author added that their relationship worked was because the late Queen “didn’t try to change him,” adding, “You couldn’t. She didn’t.”
“She accepted him as he was—and he accepted her as she was. That’s why it worked so well. They respected one another as equals.”
“He walked a step behind her because of that, but he was never a step behind her as a person,” she shared of Prince Philip.
Netflix’s famed series The Crown portrayed Philip sharing a close bond with Penny Knatchbull but the expert claims that despite the rumours, Queen was “madly in love” with her life partner.
Author of Elizabeth and Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage and Monarchy, Dr Tessa Dunlop told OK!magazine: “I think Philip loved Elizabeth. I’ve never been in any doubt about that. She changed his life.
"She gave him stability that he never had, she gave him the wealth he never had.
"She gave him a platform he couldn’t have dreamed of. She gave him everything he didn’t have,” she added.
Dr Dunlop continued: “I think the Queen understood Philip's need for freedom. She was asking a lot of an alpha male to step in behind her and support her. To relinquish his name. To relinquish his home."
The historian also weighed in on the royal’s infidelity, noting: “I think the Queen absolutely understood the tightrope Prince Philip was asked to walk and she cut him some slack.
"Whatever that means about his behaviour with women, I don't know. He didn't want us to know and the Queen didn't want us to know and was seemingly at peace with whatever happened."
