10 most romantic royal moments from Queen Elizabeth; Princess Diana; Meghan Markle and Prince Harry; and Kate Middleton and Prince William – from cute snowball fights to wedding details

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Feb 14 , 2022

Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, seen during the 2021 Global Citizen Live festival in New York, have shown their love for each other in public ways, as have a number of Britain’s royals. Photo: AFP

Valentine's Day

Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth shared blankets and traded jokes for 73 years before his death, while Prince Charles conducted an orchestra for Camilla’s 60th birthday

Prince William gave Kate Middleton his mum’s engagement ring while Meghan Markle’s wedding veil included fabric from the dress from her first date with Prince Harry

The British royals have made grand romantic gestures for their partners – but also expressed love in low-key ways.

In celebration of Valentine’s Day, here are 10 of the most romantic gestures the royals have made over the years …

1. Prince Philip gave up smoking on his wedding day

Then-Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh leaving Westminster Abbey, London, after their wedding in November 1947. Photo: Reuters

Prince Philip’s valet John Dean told Vanity Fair that the prince quit smoking “suddenly and apparently without difficulty” on the day of his wedding since he knew how much Queen Elizabeth hated her father’s cigarette addiction.

2. Queen Elizabeth and Philip shared a blanket at the Braemar Gathering in 2015

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Charles, Prince of Wales at the annual Braemar Gathering in central Scotland, in September 2015. Photo: AFP

While watching competitors in running, lifting weights, solo piping and solo dance, Queen Elizabeth and Philip got cosy under a checked blanket.

3. Married for 73 years before Philip’s death in 2021, he always held her umbrella

A 2007 photo of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh at Broadlands. Photo: PA Photos/Abaca Press/TNS

It’s been said that Princess Elizabeth had been in love with Prince Philip since she was 13. Even decades later, they could still be spotted laughing together and he made a point of always holding an umbrella for her.