Best man at the Royal Wedding. A new picture of the 28 year old 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven, OBE, DSC, who will be best man to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, RN, at his wedding to HRH Princess Elizabeth at Westminster Abbey on 20th November. He and the royal bridegroom are first cousins and have been close friends since boyhood. Both are nephews of Viscount Mountbatten of Burma. The Marquess was educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, and entered the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1937. His London residence is at Kensington Palace. PICTURE SHOWS : The Marquess of Milford Haven has a good friend in his pet spaniel, Simon, with whom he is pictured in Kensington Gardens. 26 October, 1947.
Best man at the Royal Wedding. A new picture of the 28 year old 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven, OBE, DSC, who will be best man to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, RN, at his wedding to HRH Princess Elizabeth at Westminster Abbey on 20th November. He and the royal bridegroom are first cousins and have been close friends since boyhood. Both are nephews of Viscount Mountbatten of Burma. The Marquess was educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, and entered the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1937. His London residence is at Kensington Palace. PICTURE SHOWS : The Marquess of Milford Haven has a good friend in his pet spaniel, Simon, with whom he is pictured in Kensington Gardens. 26 October, 1947