Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip on their wedding day, 20th November, 1947.
How would you celebrate your wedding anniversary? A party with your friends perhaps, or maybe a dinner for two in a small intimate restaurant?
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Britain’s reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary, called their diamond anniversary, with a service in Westminster Abbey, with 2000 guests.
Amongst the guests were five choristers from the Queen’s wedding in 1947, as well as 10 couples who married on the same day.
The service was also watched by Prime Minister Gordon Brown as well as his predecessors John Major and Baroness Thatcher.
The Queen is the first British monarch to reach a diamond wedding anniversary.
One of the couples, who married on the same day as the Queen, Margaret and Horace Bunn, said meeting the royal couple had been the “icing on the cake (锦上添花)“.
Mr Bunn told BBC News: “We had a bit of an idea we might meet the Queen but we didn’t know it was going to happen.”
His wife added: “We were really looking forward to meeting her and she was so nice.”
More than 30 Royal Family members were there at the ceremony, and the party isn’t about to end soon. As if such a huge celebration wasn’t enough, the Queen has released sixty fabulous facts about the British monarchy as a way of getting the whole nation involved. They make interesting reading.
Top of the list comes news of the Duke of Edinburgh’s pre-marriage party celebration, his ‘stag’ party. A stag party is an all male event often held just before a man gets married. Not content with just one party, The Duke of Edinburgh had two before his wedding to the Queen in 1947!
Queen Elizabeth II 生平简史：
- Born: 21 April 1926
- Birthplace: London, England
- Best Known As: The Queen of Great Britain
Name at birth: Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor
Elizabeth II has been the United Kingdom’s reigning monarch since 1952. She was proclaimed queen on 6 February 1952 following the death of her father, George VI; she was formally crowned the next year, on 2 June 1953. Her husband, Prince Philip, comes from the royal family of Greece and was created Duke of Edinburgh prior to their wedding on 20 November 1947. Elizabeth and Philip had four children: Charles (b. 1948), Anne (b. 1950), Andrew (b. 1960) and Edward (b. 1964); as the eldest, Prince Charles is heir to the throne. Queen Elizabeth is the sister of the late Princess Margaret, daughter of the late Queen Mother, mother-in-law to the late Princess Diana, and grandmother to the princes William and Harry. She also shares a name with a famous predecessor, Queen Elizabeth I. The queen celebrated her Golden Jubilee in 2002, marking 50 years on the throne.
Elizabeth II was played by Helen Mirren in the 2006 film The Queen; Prince Philip was played by James Cromwell.
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