In Pictures: 70 Years Of Married Life For The Queen And Duke Of Edinburgh

In Pictures: 70 Years Of Married Life For The Queen And Duke Of Edinburgh
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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.

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On their wedding day in 1947 (PA)

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On the Queen’s coronation day in 1953 (PA)

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The Queen holds a corgi as the couple chats in 1956 at Windsor Great Park (PA)

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Prince Charles and Princess Anne being pushed on a swing by the Duke of Edinburgh (PA)

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With their young family in 1965 (PA)

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And with the family in 1979 (PA)

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Watching the Badminton Horse Trials in 1968 (PA)

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With US president John F Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline in 1961… (PA)

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… and Barack Obama and his wife Michelle (John Stillwell/PA)

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The Queen and Duke on the Great Wall of China (Ron Bell/PA)

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Wearing safety glasses during a laser surgery demonstration at the University College Hospital in 2005 (PA)

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Viewing the floral tributes to Diana, Princess of Wales, at Buckingham Palace in 1997 (John Stillwell/PA)

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During a visit to the Tower of London’s Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red installation (PA)