Weddings: Queen Elizabeth And Prince Philip Share 70th Anniversary Portrait

PLATINUM WEDDING ANNIVERSARY PORTRAIT OF HM THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH. OBLIGATORY CREDIT: PHOTO MATT HOLYOAK/CAMERA PRESS The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke framed by Thomas Gainsborough's portraits of George III and Queen Charlotte from 1781. The Queen is wearing a cream day dress by Angela Kelly and a 'Scarab' brooch in yellow gold, carved ruby and diamond, designed by Andrew Grima, and given as a personal gift from the Duke to The Queen in 1966.

A new portrait of the Queen and Prince Philip has been released to mark their 70th wedding anniversary.

The royal couple will mark Monday’s platinum anniversary with a private dinner with family and friends at Windsor Castle.The bells of Westminster Abbey, where they married in 1947, will toll to mark the occasion. Royal Mail has issued a set of six commemorative stamps, featuring the couple’s engagement and wedding.The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are the first royal couple to celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary. When they married, the then Princess Elizabeth was 21-years-old while her groom, Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, was 26.Photo Credit: PA

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