The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh have recreated pictures of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, taken more than 70 years ago in the Maltese villa where they lived when they were the Edinburghs.On Wednesday, the Duke and Duchess toured Villa Guardamangia and heard about restoration work taking place on the former residence of the late Queen and her husband when they were a young married couple.They lived there between 1949 and 1951 while Prince Philip was stationed in Malta as a serving Royal Navy officer.The Duke and Duchess met Elizabeth Pule whose mother, Jessie, was a housekeeper when the late Queen and Philip lived in the villa on the outskirts of the capital, Valletta.The Duke told her: “I know that my mother spotted your mother in a crowd when she came on a visit. She never forgot her.”The pair were taken on a tour of the house during which they walked through an exhibition of photos of the late Queen and Philip set up in the garden.The Duke and Duchess waved at two people who were stood on the balcony of a property overlooking the garden.They had a Union flag and Malta flag draped over their balcony and remained there for the majority of the visit.The Duke and Duchess were left alone at the top end of the garden, near a derelict fountain, to have a private moment, talking among themselves and taking in their surroundings.Bells sounded midway through the tour, which were rung specially by a local priest in honour of the couple’s visit.The Duke and Duchess finished the tour by posing for a photo on the villa’s roof, and were asked to swap positions to recapture a famous photo of the late Queen and Prince Philip taken on the same spot decades ago.They waved to a small gathering of people outside the property as they got into a car to head towards a church service.Sign up to the Front Page newsletter for free: Your essential guide to the day's agenda from The Telegraph - direct to your inbox seven days a week.

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