WINDSOR, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 17:
(EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO SALES. No charge should be made for the
supply, release or publication of the photograph. The photograph
shall not be used after 4th December 2020, without prior permission
from Royal Communications. After that date the image MUST be
removed from your archive and no further licensing can be made.
There shall be no commercial use whatsoever of the photograph
(including any use in merchandising, advertising or any other
non-editorial use). The photograph must not be digitally enhanced,
manipulated or modified in any manner or form and must include all
of the individuals in the photograph when published.) In this
handout image released on November 19, Queen Elizabeth II and
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh look at their homemade wedding
anniversary card, given to them by their great grandchildren Prince
George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, in the Oak Room at
Windsor Castle ahead of their 73rd wedding anniversary, on November
17, 2020 in Windsor, England. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty
Images)
Buckingham Palace has released a new
photograph to mark the 73rd wedding anniversary of The Queen and
the Duke of Edinburgh.
The Queen and Prince Phillip will
celebrate their special day on Friday at Windsor Castle.
In the photograph, the 94-year-old
monarch and her 99-year-old husband are seen looking at an
anniversary card made by Prince George, Princess Charlotte and
Prince Louis, alongside other cards and letters sent by
well-wishers.
The photograph was taken in the Oak
Room at Windsor Castle earlier this week by Chris Jackson.
In the image, Her Majesty is wearing
a pale blue double wool crepe dress by Stewart Parvin, and the
Chrysanthemum Brooch.
The Chrysanthemum Brooch is made of
sapphires and diamonds, set in platinum.
The Queen, when Princess Elizabeth,
was photographed wearing the brooch in images taken on her
honeymoon at Broadlands in Hampshire, and again in images takento
mark The Queen and The Duke’s 60th wedding anniversary in
2007.
Charlie Proctor has been a royal
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