Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Mark 70 Years of Marriage<br />Black-and-white pictures of the wedding on Nov. 20, 1947, which appeared as part of a collection of stamps released on Monday by the Royal Mail, showed Princess Elizabeth<br />and Prince Philip, described by a New York Times correspondent in 1947 as "a healthy, happy girl and a grinning young naval officer." The images were a reminder of the couple’s constant presence in the public eye through most of the past century, while the country and the world around them changed.<br />20, 2017<br />LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II, already Britain’s longest-serving monarch, passed a new milestone on Monday,<br />together with Prince Philip, as they became the longest-married couple of the royal family.<br />The queen has described Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, as her "strength<br />and stay through all these years." On Monday, she appointed him a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, an award made by the queen for services to the sovereign.<br />One of the images showed them alongside portraits of another long-lasting couple, King George III and Queen Charlotte, who were married for 57 years.<br />No public event was scheduled to mark the anniversary, unlike the spectacular pageantry of their<br />vows in front of an estimated 2,000 guests that brought a spark to a war-torn London.<br />Food and clothes were still being rationed in Britain,<br />and the United States was discussing sending billions of dollars in aid to western parts of a divided Europe for postwar reconstruction.
