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Queen of Diamonds: Elizabeth and her Prince celebrate 60 years of marriage
Sixty years ago the bride wore white - and today the Queen wore white again as she celebrated her diamond wedding anniversary.
In a ceremony that bore remarkable echoes of their wedding service, she and the Duke of Edinburgh walked down the same aisle at Westminster Abbey where, 60 years ago tomorrow, they became man and wife.
The Queen is greeted at Westminster Abbey Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall arrive with Princes William and Harry Gordon Brown and wife Sarah were all smiles despite the rain Baroness Thatcher and Dame Judi Dench arrive
Then, in a service that was seen as a welcome splash of colour amid the austerity of post-war Britain, she wore an ivory silk Norman Hartnell gown, decorated with 10,000 seed pearls, glittering crystals and featuring an intricate 13ft star-patterned train. Today, a lif... |

