The black-and-white photograph shows a very young Felipe, with that look that amazed Princess Isabel and Angela; The message published by Edwina and that her cousins were taken over by Delevingnes made public the knowledge that her grandmother had made a prophecy, which was fully fulfilled, about “royal” and about what would be his wife.
“My grandmother met 17-year-old Prince Philip on holiday in Venice in 1938. After meeting him, she said, ‘He will be a good husband for someone one day,'” wrote Gieve, Hamar. Greenwood managed to predict that, despite his gallantry and flirtation, the exiled prince would be able to compromise.
She did so for 73 years, thus becoming the longest consort in Britain, permanently accompanying Queen Elizabeth II. The snapshot was taken, according to the date also published by Cara and Poppy, a year before Felipe stole the heart of the then heir to the British throne.
Delevingne / Mountbatten connection
The most interesting thing about this picture, which was taken by Edward Delevingne, Cara and Poppy’s grandfather, is to know that there is a very direct connection between the British family of the Duke of Edinburgh and that of the models. Angela’s father was Thomas Hamar Greenwood, none other than the first Viscount of Greenwood.