Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip’s love never ‘softened’ with age

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip‘s love bloomed throughout their marriage.

Her Majesty reportedly turned red from the most little gestures of acknowledgement from her husband. The Queen and Prince Philip shared four children with each other.

In book The Queen: 70 Chapters in the Life of Queen Elizabeth II, expert Ian Iloyd says: "The Queen lit up when [Prince Philip] was around, when he walked into a room or when he paid her a compliment."

Lloyd added: "Once, her dress designer, the late Ian Thomas, was making some adjustments to the hemline of her dress when Philip happened to walk past the open door and he said, 'Hmm, nice dress.'"

She continued: "Thomas said The Queen 'flushed scarlet’ at the compliment. They never completely softened with old age."

"Elizabeth was to rely on [Philip] even more as the touchstone for the values she grew up with: duty, self-sacrifice, service to Queen and country," the biographer explained. "They spoke every day on the telephone from wherever they happened to be."