In pictures: 70 years of married life for the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are celebrating 70 years of married life. Here we take a look back at their time together in pictures.
On their wedding day in 1947 (PA)
the Queen's coronation day in 1953 (PA)">On the Queen’s coronation day in 1953 (PA)
The Queen holds a corgi as the couple chats in 1956 at Windsor Great Park (PA)
Prince Charles and Princess Anne being pushed on a swing by the Duke of Edinburgh (PA)
With their young family in 1965 (PA)
And with the family in 1979 (PA)
Watching the Badminton Horse Trials in 1968 (PA)
With US president John F Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline in 1961… (PA)
… and Barack Obama and his wife Michelle (John Stillwell/PA)
#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 (Ron Bell/PA)
University College Hospital in 2005 (PA)">Wearing safety glasses during a laser surgery demonstration at the University College Hospital in 2005 (PA)
Viewing the floral tributes to Diana, Princess of Wales, at Buckingham Palace in 1997 (John Stillwell/PA)
During a visit to the Tower of London’s Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red installation (PA)
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
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