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Milo Boyd

Queen always travelled with luggage she picked for honeymoon with Prince Phillip

The Queen has left behind an impressive legacy - including being the world's most travelled monarch.

In fact over the course of her 70 year reign she visited 120 countries, across six continents.

When it came to packing for trips, Her Majesty was a creature of habit, opting for the same luggage she first chose for her honeymoon with the Duke of Edinburgh in 1947.

On the website of luxury British leather suitcase company Globe-Trotter it is revealed that the Queen was a big fan of the brand.

"HM Queen Elizabeth II chose Globe-Trotter for her honeymoon luggage in 1947 and continues to use her cases to this day," the company claimed alongside a picture of a brown case with silver buckles embossed with 'The Queen'.

The Queen chose a set of Globe-Trotter suitcases for her travels (globe-trotter.com)

Of course on many of her travels, her husband Prince Philip was by her side, first joining her as Queen as she embarked on a 44,000 mile trip across the world to mark her ascension to the throne.

The romance between Prince Philip and the Queen was revisited extensively last year, following the Duke of Edinburgh's death.

After spending time together when they were teenagers at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, Philip and then-Princess Elizabeth began corresponding through letters.

The Queen and Philip during their honeymoon in 1947 (Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

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In 1946 he proposed and they tied the knot on November 20, 1947 in front of a crowd of 2,000 guests at Westminster Abbey.

A further 200 million people listened in to the ceremony via a live BBC radio broadcast.

Following the pomp and ceremony of the big day, the couple managed to escape to some peace and quiet together in Broadlands, Hampshire - the home of Philip’s uncle, the Earl Mountbatten of Burma.

From there they travelled to Birkhall on the royal family’s Balmoral Estate in Scotland.

Fifty years later, to mark their golden wedding anniversary, the Queen delivered a sweet speech about the early days of her marriage.

“Yesterday I listened as Prince Philip spoke at the Guildhall, and I then proposed our host’s health. Today the roles are reversed,” she said at a lunch.

“All too often, I fear, Prince Philip has had to listen to me speaking. Frequently we have discussed my intended speech beforehand and, as you will imagine, his views have been expressed in a forthright manner.

“He is someone who doesn’t take easily to compliments but he has, quite simply, been my strength and stay all these years, and I, and his whole family, and this and many other countries, owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim, or we shall ever know.”

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