The royal wedding ceremony of the 21-year-old heir to the British throne, Princess Elizabeth, and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, is broadcast live from Westminster Abbey on November 20, 1947.

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Princess Elizabeth's Wedding Ceremony

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