In pictures: 73 years of married life for the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh
The royal couple married on 20th November, 1947 at Westminster Abbey.
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh celebrated 73 years of married life last year.
Their enduring relationship lasted the longest of any British sovereign.
Philip was at the Queen’s side throughout the decades on royal duty.
Here we take a look back at their time together in pictures.
On their wedding day in 1947
On the Queen’s coronation day in 1953
The Queen holds a corgi as the couple chats in 1956 at Windsor Great Park
Prince Charles and Princess Anne being pushed on a swing by the Duke of Edinburgh
With their young family in 1965
And with the family in 1979
Watching the Badminton Horse Trials in 1968
With US president John F Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline in 1961…
… and Barack Obama and his wife Michelle
#ThrowbackThursday to The Queen and The Duke celebrating their Silver Wedding Anniversary with the family in 1972 pic.twitter.com/lUySywGvxc
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) January 21, 2016
The Queen and Duke on the Great Wall of China
Wearing safety glasses during a laser surgery demonstration at the University College Hospital in 2005
Viewing the floral tributes to Diana, Princess of Wales, at Buckingham Palace in 1997
During a visit to the Tower of London’s Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red installation
The Duke of Edinburgh and The Queen celebrated their Diamond Wedding anniversary in 2007 #ThrowbackThursday pic.twitter.com/VgPkuVel30
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) April 9, 2015
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh have marked their 73rd wedding anniversary by releasing a photograph showing them opening a card from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s children.
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