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Elizabeth, 94, and Philip, 99, married in
London’s Westminster Abbey on Nov. 20, 1947, just two years
after the end of World War Two.
To mark their anniversary, Buckingham Palace released a
photograph of a smiling monarch and her husband looking at a
card made by her great-grandchildren Prince George, Princess
Charlotte and Prince Louis, alongside other cards and letters
from well-wishers.
The picture was taken at Windsor Castle, the queen's home west
of London where the couple are staying during the lockdown.
In a nod to their early days of marriage, Elizabeth was wearing
a chrysanthemum brooch, made of sapphires and diamonds, that she
wore for pictures taken at Broadlands in southern England during
the first part of their honeymoon.
The couple first met when they attended the wedding of Philip’s
cousin, Princess Marina of Greece, to Elizabeth’s uncle, the
Duke of Kent, in 1934.
Philip gained the attention of his future wife when the
then-13-year-old princess made a visit with her parents to
Britain’s Royal Naval College at Dartmouth in southwest England
where he was a cadet.
While royal watchers say Elizabeth and Philip have had their ups
and downs like any married couple, they have avoided the
travails of three of their four children whose marriages have
ended in divorce, most notably their oldest son Prince Charles’s
ill-fated union with his late first wife Princess Diana.
"He has, quite simply, been my strength and stay all these
years," Elizabeth said when the couple celebrated their 50th
wedding anniversary in 1997.
(Reporting by Michael Holden; editing by Stephen Addison)
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