Queen Elizabeth And Prince Philip Celebrate Another Anniversary

Princess Elizabeth... now Queen Elizabeth II... was engaged to Prince Philip of Greece and England on July 9, 1947...as royal weddings go...a small and cost conscious post war ceremony.  

The couple are celebrating their 72nd wedding anniversary today, November 20, 2019.

The couple in May 2019, at a Windsor Castle Order Of Merit presentation. Prince Philip, who is 98, has retired from public life, but the Queen at 93, so continues her amazing life of public duties. 

This lovely portrait was taken in 2017 for the couple's Platinum anniversary of 70 years of marriage.

 Time Was Antiques has a set of Wedgwood, England blue jasperware dishes made to commemorate the Silver Wedding Anniversary in 1972, in original boxes.

Very nice profiles, indeed... or hand applied white jasperware.

For more information, click on the photos.

Best wishes to the couple!

Happy 70th Wedding Anniversary to Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip

Nonember 20th, 2017 marks the 70th wedding anniversary of Queen Elizabsth and Prince Philip who were married on November 20th, 1947.

Above is the official photograph by Matt Holyoak taken for the occasion and released for the date.

70 years is an amazing acheivement! My husband and I are at 44, and that seems like a lifetime spent with my other half.

The Royal Mint is also releasing specially minted coins for the anniversary...

Which is a nice tribute...

One of the official wedding photographs...

there is so much I could tell you about the wedding the dress, etc but it is best seen on the Monarchy website, which is featuring 

70 Facts about The Queen and the Duke Of Edinburgh's Wedding which includes videos form the event. A wonderful compilation...

Click on the photo above to go to the website, or click this link:

https://www.royal.uk/70-facts-about-queen-and-duke-edinburghs-wedding

Have a lovely Thanksgiving

and don't foret to enjoy a cup of tea with a friend!

Cheers

 

Wedding Anniversary Queen Elizabeth and Philip, Diamond Jubilee Teacup, Thanksgiving

It is torrential rain interspersed with sunshine here in the Pacific Northwest.Forecast to be a drier and warmer than usual winter...it has been exactly the opposite so far...go figure!

Thanksgiving is this week, and we are looking forward to the official national day to be thankful for the many blessings we have. I don't want it to be only one day of the year, but I want my life to be lived in the attitude of thankfulness to God for His blessings!

 November 20, 1947 Princess Elizabeth married Prince Philip of Greece, in....as royal weddings go...a small and cost conscious post war ceremony.  They had their 67th wedding anniversary just a few days ago....

The young couple...when they were engaged, and below...just a few weeks ago...a couple aging together....

I love this photo!..My teacup today is one of the few made for the wedding by Paragon, England. And it was another simple post war idea...another previously made design was reused with the addition of the wedding bell border added. Very simple...

The bottom bears the Royal warrants of Queen ElizabethII's mother Queen Elizabeth...wife of King George VI...and her grandmother...wife of King George V...Queen Mary.  Pretty and simple. Robin's Egg blue was said to be the bride's favorite color at the time.

Wedgwood did a fancy and huge mug for their 25th anniversary in 1972 by designer Richard Guyatt which is quite spectacular. The trim is platinum and the mug is gorgeous!

They are very hard to find! I loved this one!

 

I don't have a more current wedding cup and saucer or mug, but I do have a Diamond Jubilee cup and saucer made for the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II ascending to the throne. I love the smiling portrait on that...

Isn't that lovely? I think it's a great image of a wonderful woman who has shouldered a tremendous job and done it with integrity and grace. Her image is surmounted with the crown and surrounded by the rose for England, the thistle for Scotland, daffodils for Wales and the shamrock for Ireland.

The teacup and saucer is bone china, made by Heirloom, England, one of the new small potteries to emerge since the last major consolidation and closing of potteries in the early 1990s. May they long survive and continue to make pottery in the UK!

Thanksgiving is one of the times I get out the old issues of Victoria magazine...this is the September/October 2008 issue, and I fell in love with this natural material wreath...

 I hope you have a wonderful day with family and friends, and don't forget to share...or at least think about...the many blessings we take so for granted. We are indeed a people truly blessed...don't let the negative get in the way of our appreciation for our many blessings! God is good!

 I am joining these lovely blog parties....

Tuesday Cuppa Tea with Ruth 

Tea Cup Tuesday with Martha

Tea Time Tuesday with Sandi 

                                     Tea in the Garden with Bernideen 

Trooping The Colours For Queen's Official Birthday

Today, June 16th marked the last of the major royal duties for Queen Elizabeth II before the London Olympics begin in July. She also announced her semi annual Birthday Honours List ehich includes Kenneth Branagh and Kate Winslet.

Although the Queen's actual birthday is in April, her official birthday is always celebrated in June...nicer weather usually. The birthday main feature is the Trooping Of The Colour ceremony at Horse Guards Parade in London where the queen is greeted and is reviewed by Her Majesty.

This photo of from 1982. The Queen is sidesaddle, which is how she always rode for the ceremony. The year before, someone shot at her along the Mall, but she is a spectacular horsewoman and brought Burmese, her horse, under control within seconds to the admiration of the crowd. There will be archived news videos of the event if you are interested.  Now the queen, at 86, watched from the grandstand. This year Prince Philip was recovered enough to join her. 

Most of the guardsmen you see are Coldstream Guards, the regiment my husband was a member of. He remembers  that at the Trooping of the Colour someone almost always fainted due to locked knees. If it was hot, which it sometimes is, there were more that went down...and were subsequently disciplined with a boring job for a bit & teased by the others. In the 1970s, the bearskin hat weighed in at 8-10 pounds. The framework is now much more lightweight and weighs in at 5-6 pounds. I found this photo of an example:

The family enjoyed the carriage ride back to Buckingham Palace after the ceremony. Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge rode with Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, as both William and his father Charles were on horseback.

 The family then gathered on the balcony of Buckingham Palace for a wave and a fly by.

 So happy official birthday Ma'am!

Queen Elizabeth And Catherine in my Hometown!

I am so excited! On the first leg of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee tour, where she has been joined by Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge as well as Prince Philip, her first stop is my hometown Leicester!

The Queen & co arrived via British rail from St. Pancras, visited the cathedral, Montfort university and met waiting crowds.

all photos from the Daily Telegraph photo galleries photo gallery

I wish I had been there! Joining Pink Saturday with How Sweet The Sound!