The black and white photo shows a very young Felipe, with this look that dazzled Princess Isabel, and Angela; the message published by Edwina and resumed by her cousins the Delevingne made public knowledge that her grandmother made a prophecy, which was fully fulfilled, the ‘royal’ and what would be his wife.
“My grandmother met Prince Philip, 17, on holiday in Venice in 1938. After meeting her she said,‘ He will be a good husband for someone someday, ’” Gieve wrote, i.e. , Hamar Greenwood managed to predict that all of his gallantry and coquetry, the exiled prince would be able to compromise.
He did so for 73 years, making him the longest-serving consort in the United Kingdom, accompanying Queen Elizabeth II at all times. The snapshot was taken, according to the date also published by Cara and Poppy, a year before Philip stole the heart of the then heiress to the British throne.
The Delevingne / Mountbatten connection
The most interesting thing about this image, which was taken by Edward Delevingne, grandfather of Cara and Poppy, is 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.