10 moments from the life of Queen Elizabeth II

From the new book 'Elizabeth the Queen,' 10 new insights into the modern monarch.

5. The wedding festivities included a conga line and a decision to quit smoking

George VI (l.) and his wife Elizabeth (r.) with Eleanor Roosevelt (center)

At a celebratory ball before Elizabeth and Philip's wedding, then-king George VI was at the head of a conga line that went through all the state rooms inside Buckingham Palace. On the morning of the actual ceremony, Prince Philip decided not to smoke anymore – George VI's smoking habit had always worried Elizabeth.

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