Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Mark 70 Years of Marriage
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Mark 70 Years of Marriage
Black-and-white pictures of the wedding on Nov. 20, 1947, which appeared as part of a collection of stamps released on Monday by the Royal Mail, showed Princess Elizabeth
and Prince Philip, described by a New York Times correspondent in 1947 as "a healthy, happy girl and a grinning young naval officer." The images were a reminder of the couple’s constant presence in the public eye through most of the past century, while the country and the world around them changed.
20, 2017
LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II, already Britain’s longest-serving monarch, passed a new milestone on Monday,
together with Prince Philip, as they became the longest-married couple of the royal family.
The queen has described Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, as her "strength
and stay through all these years." On Monday, she appointed him a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, an award made by the queen for services to the sovereign.
One of the images showed them alongside portraits of another long-lasting couple, King George III and Queen Charlotte, who were married for 57 years.
No public event was scheduled to mark the anniversary, unlike the spectacular pageantry of their
vows in front of an estimated 2,000 guests that brought a spark to a war-torn London.
Food and clothes were still being rationed in Britain,
and the United States was discussing sending billions of dollars in aid to western parts of a divided Europe for postwar reconstruction.
Black-and-white pictures of the wedding on Nov. 20, 1947, which appeared as part of a collection of stamps released on Monday by the Royal Mail, showed Princess Elizabeth
and Prince Philip, described by a New York Times correspondent in 1947 as "a healthy, happy girl and a grinning young naval officer." The images were a reminder of the couple’s constant presence in the public eye through most of the past century, while the country and the world around them changed.
20, 2017
LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II, already Britain’s longest-serving monarch, passed a new milestone on Monday,
together with Prince Philip, as they became the longest-married couple of the royal family.
The queen has described Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, as her "strength
and stay through all these years." On Monday, she appointed him a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, an award made by the queen for services to the sovereign.
One of the images showed them alongside portraits of another long-lasting couple, King George III and Queen Charlotte, who were married for 57 years.
No public event was scheduled to mark the anniversary, unlike the spectacular pageantry of their
vows in front of an estimated 2,000 guests that brought a spark to a war-torn London.
Food and clothes were still being rationed in Britain,
and the United States was discussing sending billions of dollars in aid to western parts of a divided Europe for postwar reconstruction.