There are two stories that happened when Prince Philip and Princess Elizabeth were still in Malta between 1949 and 1951. The first one relates to the above photo. If you look closely, Prince Philip has two fingers placed on the bench, and it is told that he did that on purpose. He wanted to give a subliminal message that his wife was pregnant with her second baby, the future Princess Anne. The pregnancy was not public yet, but he wanted to give a hint about the second blessed event that was coming, or as the Americans say....he wanted to give a hint that there is a bun in the oven! The second story recalls the many times that Prince Philip used to call his wife from his HMS Magpie, where he was stationed, and occasionally she would not answer. The reason was because she had found a Maltese friend, and she would wrap a scarf around her face and sneak out with her to have a coffee and chat at the Hotel Phoenicia in Floriana.
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