Prince Philip’s guidance in matters of the heart was apparently taken seriously by the Royal Family - and this includes his grandson Prince William. The Prince and Princess of Wales were dating for seven years before he popped the question and it’s been suggested that Philip fully "backed" William taking some time over it.
Writing in William & Catherine: The Intimate Inside Story, royal expert and editor Russell Myers claims that Prince Philip cautioned his grandson after seeing how King Charles and Princess Anne’s first marriages and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s marriage had ended unhappily.
