Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip: A Royal Love Story Spanning Generations

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have been married for almost 70 years since their wedding day on November 20, 1947.

The couple has been an inspiration to many due to their unwavering commitment to each other and their duties as members of the royal family.

However, what many people do not know is that the Queen and her beloved husband are also third cousins through Queen Victoria.

Queen Victoria, the monarch known for ruling an empire and having nine children, is the great-great-grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II.

Victoria is the mother of Edward VII, the grandmother of George V, and the great-great-grandmother of George VI.

She is also an ancestor of Prince Philip, who gave up his title of the Prince of Greece in order to marry his love Elizabeth.

Princess Alice, Victoria and Prince Albert's second eldest daughter, married Grand Duke Ludwig IV of Hesse and by Rhine in 1862.

In turn, Alice's eldest daughter Victoria married her father's first cousin, Prince Louis of Battenberg, in 1884.

Lord Battenberg was a German prince who entered the British Royal Navy and relinquished his German titles at the request of King George V. His daughter, Princess Alice of Battenberg, was Prince Philip's English mother.

She was also the sister of Lord Louis Mountbatten.