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Queen's wedding anniversary without Philip

Laura ElstonPress Association
The Queen has only been carrying out light duties since her October 20 hospital stay.
Camera IconThe Queen has only been carrying out light duties since her October 20 hospital stay. Credit: AP

The Queen has poignantly reached her first wedding anniversary without her late husband the Duke of Edinburgh.

The difficult milestone, seven months after Philip died at the age of 99, would have seen the royal couple celebrate 74 years of marriage.

It is also a month since the Queen was admitted to hospital overnight for preliminary investigations and ordered by her royal doctors to rest.

The 95-year-old, who also sprained her back and pulled out of attending the Remembrance Sunday service, has only been carrying out light duties since her October 20 hospital stay.

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Princess Elizabeth married the dashing Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten in Westminster Abbey on November 20, 1947.

Their relationship lasted the longest of any British sovereign and Philip was at the Queen's side throughout the decades.

Following his death in April, the Queen said she and her family were in a "period of great sadness", but she was comforted by the tributes paid to him.

Philip's funeral was held during coronavirus restrictions, with the numbers strictly limited and the final farewell taking place entirely within the confines of Windsor Castle.

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