60 years of marriage

Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, have been married for sixty years today, this being their Diamond wedding anniversary. No other royal couple has ever reached such an anniversary, although this does not mean to say that the Queen and her husband have not had their ups and downs.

Here are sixty facts about Royal Weddings one for each year that the Royal couple have been wed.

Here is some video coverage of that special wedding sixty years ago today.