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| New portrait marks Queen and Prince Philip's 70th anniversary | New portrait marks Queen and Prince Philip's 70th anniversary |
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| A new portrait of the Queen and Prince Philip has been released to mark their 70th wedding anniversary. | A new portrait of the Queen and Prince Philip has been released to mark their 70th wedding anniversary. |
| The royal couple will mark Monday's platinum anniversary with a private dinner with family and friends at Windsor Castle. | The royal couple will mark Monday's platinum anniversary with a private dinner with family and friends at Windsor Castle. |
| The bells of Westminster Abbey, where they married in 1947, will ring to mark the occasion. | |
| Royal Mail has issued a set of six commemorative stamps, featuring the couple's engagement and wedding. | Royal Mail has issued a set of six commemorative stamps, featuring the couple's engagement and wedding. |
| The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are the first royal couple to celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary. | The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are the first royal couple to celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary. |
| When they married, the then Princess Elizabeth was 21-years-old while her groom, Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, was 26. | When they married, the then Princess Elizabeth was 21-years-old while her groom, Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, was 26. |
| The new image, by celebrity photographer Matt Holyoak, shows the pair flanked by Thomas Gainsborough's paintings of George III and Queen Charlotte from 1781. | The new image, by celebrity photographer Matt Holyoak, shows the pair flanked by Thomas Gainsborough's paintings of George III and Queen Charlotte from 1781. |
| In the photograph, the Queen is wearing a cream day dress designed by Angela Kelly, her personal assistant and dressmaker since 2002. | In the photograph, the Queen is wearing a cream day dress designed by Angela Kelly, her personal assistant and dressmaker since 2002. |
| She also wears a "Scarab" brooch in yellow gold, carved ruby and diamond, designed by Andrew Grima and given to the Queen as a gift in 1966. | She also wears a "Scarab" brooch in yellow gold, carved ruby and diamond, designed by Andrew Grima and given to the Queen as a gift in 1966. |
| Have you celebrated your platinum wedding anniversary? Share your stories by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. | Have you celebrated your platinum wedding anniversary? Share your stories by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. |
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