Queen, Prince celebrate anniversary

Reuters

QUIET CELEBRATION: The Queen and Prince Philip have celebrated 62 years of marriage.

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Buckingham Palace says the Queen and her husband Prince Philip are celebrating 62 years of marriage quietly - without the fanfare of two years ago, when they marked their diamond anniversary.

Princess Elizabeth married Lt. Philip Mountbatten in Westminster Abbey on November 20, 1947, in front of 2,000 guests. They now have four children and eight grandchildren.
 
Queen Elizabeth II was the first British sovereign to celebrate a diamond anniversary, marking 60 years of marriage. That year, a service of celebration was held at Westminster Abbey, and the poet laureate wrote a new composition in the couple's honor.

But this year, "they'll be spending it privately,'' a Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said on Friday.

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