The Queen and Prince Philip enjoyed raucous nights full of dancing and fancy dress, according to a friend of the Duke's.
In their early days of marriage, the royal couple were said to be "supremely happy" - with long-time friend of the Duke's Gyles Brandreth saying the 1950s were a "golden time".
In jovial spirit as newlyweds, the Queen and Prince Philip even attended parties in fancy dress, with the Duke once dressing as a water and Elizabeth as a maid.
One another occasion, the Duke dressed as a policeman in full fancy dress uniform, complete with a hat and handcuffs.
The couple would reportedly stay up until the early hours of the morning dancing the night away.
Gyles writes: "In May 1948, six months after their wedding, Chips Channon observed the Edinburghs dancing the night away at a fancy-dress party — until 5am. According to Channon, Philip was the success of the ball, 'wildly gay with his policeman's hat and handcuffs.
"And more fancy dress parties, too. At the American ambassador's ball, for instance, Philip went as a waiter and Elizabeth as a maid."
During these early years of marriage, the Queen and Duke enjoyed long weekend full of "old-fashioned gaiety" - including country shoots, hunt balls, house parties, tennis and croquet.
However, ahead of Prince Philip's marriage to the Queen, he reportedly questioned whether he was "brave or foolish" as he gave up huge parts of his life for her.
In a piece for the Mail Online Mr Brandreth looked back on the time that Philip proposed to his future wife the Queen.
He said: "On the morning of his wedding, just after breakfast, Philip asked Patricia Mountbatten: 'Am I being very brave or very foolish?'
"I asked Lady Mountbatten once what she thought he meant by that. 'He was apprehensive,' she said. 'He was uncertain — not about marrying Princess Elizabeth, but about what the marriage would mean for him. He was giving up a great deal.'
"For a start, that very morning Philip had stopped smoking cigarettes. The King was a heavy smoker — it was a family habit: Queen Mary was a smoker, too. And having seen the effect cigarettes had on her father, Princess Elizabeth had asked Philip to give up."
Philip was married to Queen Elizabeth II for more than 70 years and was the longest-serving consort in British history.
He officially retired from public engagements in the summer of 2017.
His death has left the Queen with “a huge void in her life”, their son Prince Andrew said.
The Duke of York said his mother was “feeling it more than everybody else” but was nonetheless staying “incredibly stoic”.
Royal sources said the Queen was incredibly grateful for being able to be with Prince Philip in his final hours before he died peacefully on Friday morning at Windsor Castle.
