ON TUESDAY 20th NOVEMBER 2007
HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE QUEEN
AND
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE PHILIP
CELEBRATE THE SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR MARRIAGE.
ON THIS DAY IN 1947 THE YOUNG
PRINCESS ELIZABETH AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH
MADE THEIR VOWS IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY, LONDON.
THE SORROWS OF WORLD WAR TWO WERE STILL FRESH IN THE MEMORY OF THE NATION. CONSEQUENTLY PEOPLE WERE GENUINLY PLEASED TO WITNESS A ROMANCE AND HAVE A GOOD REASON TO CELEBRATE. THE BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS AND HER HANDSOME SPOUSE LOOKED WONDERFULLY HAPPY AND THE NATION REJOICED WITH THEM.
IN THE ABSCENCE OF TELEVISION THE NUPTIALS WERE BROADCAST BY RADIO AND AN EXCITED NATION QUEUED TO BUY THE EVENING PAPERS. IN OUR CASE IT WAS THE 'LIVERPOOL ECHO'. HAVING HEARD ABOUT THE RADIANCE OF THE COUPLE, THE DELICATE MAGNIFICENCE OF THE WEDDING DRESS AND THE EXTRAVAGANT BRIDAL BOUQUET EVERYONE WANTED TO GLIMPSE A PICTURE. NO ONE WAS DISAPPOINTED BY WHAT THEY SAW!
NEXT IT WAS THE TURN OF THE CINEMAS TO SEE LONG QUEUES OUTSIDE. THE NATION SOUGHT TO RELIVE THE SOLEMNITY, THE GRANDEUR AND THE JOY OF THE DAY AND THIS TIME IT WAS IN COLOUR!!
THE ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER PICTURES WERE ALL IN BLACK AND WHITE.
NOW WE ARE ABLE TO CONGRATULATE THE ROYAL COUPLE ON THEIR LIFETIME TOGETHER AND THE EXAMPLE OF STABILITY WHICH THEY SET TO THE WORLD. WE WISH THEM WELL AND HOPE THEY HAVE YEARS OF HAPPINESS STILL TO ENJOY.
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''What will survive of us is love.''Philip Larkin
Subject: Diamond Wedding Anniversary 
Sun 18 Nov 2007 - 19:57
.Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip
