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Queen Elizabeth II’s marriage to the Duke of Edinburgh was probably the most enduring royal relationships in British historical past, and the celebrations of their fiftieth and sixtieth wedding ceremony anniversaries in 1997 and 2007 introduced out some beautiful royal jewels.
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We keep in mind 1997 primarily because the yr that the world misplaced Diana, Princess of Wales, nevertheless it was additionally the yr that the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh celebrated their golden wedding ceremony anniversary. That June, they hosted a particular backyard occasion at Buckingham Palace, which was attended by different {couples} additionally celebrating 50 years of marriage.
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On November 20, 1997, the couple returned to Westminster Abbey, the place they’d married precisely 50 years earlier, for a service celebrating their landmark anniversary.
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After the service, the Queen and the Duke greeted well-wishers who had gathered close to the Abbey throughout the service.
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The Queen wore blue for the anniversary service, together with a hat trimmed with the identical brightly-printed material as her gown.
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She accessorized together with her signature pearls, plus probably the most vital brooches in her jewellery field: the Cullinan V Brooch.
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In reality, the Queen additionally wore the identical brooch for that June 1997 backyard occasion, too. The Cullinan V is an ideal brooch for celebrating marriage, with its central 18.8-carat heart-shaped diamond and complicated platinum setting. The diamond was positioned on this brooch setting underneath the supervision of the late Queen’s grandmother, Queen Mary.
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The Queen inherited the brooch from Queen Mary in 1953. It was one in all her very most worn brooches, and it additionally appeared at essential household occasions, together with the marriage of Princess Eugenie in 2018.
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Ten years later, Philip and Elizabeth celebrated one other outstanding milestone: their diamond wedding ceremony anniversary. To mark 60 years of marriage, they posed for particular portraits that recalled pictures taken throughout their honeymoon in November 1947.
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The unique pictures, taken at Broadlands, are iconic. In each the 1947 and 2007 portraits, the Queen wore the Sapphire Chrysanthemum Brooch.
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On November 18, 2007, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall threw a particular anniversary dinner for his mother and father at Clarence Home in London. The dinner was attended by the entire Queen’s youngsters and their youngsters. For the event, she wore a great deal of diamonds—together with Queen Mary’s Diamond Body Earrings and the King Khalid Necklace—and, sentimentally, the gold bracelet designed by Philip to rejoice their fifth anniversary in 1952.
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The next day, the royal household attended one other service of thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey to mark the diamond anniversary.
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Along with her pearls, the Queen wore a particular brooch inherited from her mom, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mom. It’s one of many ruby and diamond floral clips made for the Queen Mum by Cartier within the Forties. A stunning remembrance of the time interval of the royal wedding ceremony, and of a much-missed mom. The times of the late Forties had been additionally on the thoughts of Elizabeth and Philip, who departed shortly after the service for a visit to Malta, the place they’d spent a lot completely satisfied time within the early years of their marriage.
