Today the queen and duke of Edinburgh released
three photos to mark their 70th wedding anniversary as they
celebrate with a small private party at Windsor Castle.
Queen Elizabeth II, marred her consort at Westminster
Abbey on November 20 1947. Today she becomes the first British monarch ever to
celebrate a platinum wedding anniversary.
The 96-years old newly retired Duke, who was 26 and
very young from serving for the Royal Navy in the Second World War when he
wedded has now made a history as the longest serving consort in British history
while the monarch who was 21 years old when she walked up the aisle becomes the
longest reigning sovereign.
The photographs, taken by British photographer Matt
Holyoak, show Elizabeth II and Prince
Philip in the White Drawing Room at
Windsor Castle in early November.
One shows
the Queen beaming as she sits on a golden chair with matching upholstery with
her hands resting on her lap, and the Duke standing next to her with his left
hand in his pocket.
The
91-year-old monarch wears the cream day dress by Angela Kelly that she also
wore at the Diamond Wedding Anniversary thanksgiving service, along with a
yellow gold, ruby and diamond ‘Scarab’ brooch, designed by Andrew Grima and
gifted to the couple in 1966.
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