News / UK and world by Press Association November 20, 2018, 2:47 am Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp Email Sign up to our Daily newsletter The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are celebrating a rare achievement – their 71st wedding anniversary. The monarch was a 21-year-old princess when she married the dashing Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey on November 20 1947. Their enduring relationship has lasted the longest of any British sovereign, and Philip has been at the Queen’s side throughout the decades, supporting her as she devotes herself to her role as head of state. While the duke has retired from public duties, the Queen has an official engagement on the morning of their anniversary on Tuesday – when she visits the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in London to mark its own 150th anniversary. But the couple are likely to be reunited in private later in the day. Last year saw the Queen and Philip toast their milestone platinum wedding anniversary with a black-tie party for 100 family and friends in the state apartments at Windsor Castle. This year’s anniversary is expected to be low key. There is no traditional gift, jewel or colour associated with 71st wedding anniversaries in the UK, although in France it is the ochre anniversary. With two royal weddings, two royal babies and one on the way, 2018 has already been a year of celebration for the Windsors. The Queen and the duke’s grandson the Duke of Sussex wed American former actress Meghan Markle in May,… [Read full story]
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