Queen's strict Buckingham Palace rule broken by senior royal – with hilarious result

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With their hands intertwined, the smiling Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh looked blissfully happy in two glorious portraits to mark their silver wedding anniversary.

Publicly released in June 2024, the photos not only celebrated 25 years of a remarkable marriage, but also a union that is often held up as an example of enduring love, friendship and quiet commitment. “There’s clearly a lovely partnership there,” says royal author and commentator, Katie Nicholl. “You can see from the way Edward looks at his wife that he adores her and is very much in love with her.

I think he has huge amounts of admiration for her, and what they’ve got is clearly something very special.” In one of the anniversary pictures, which were taken in the grounds of their Bagshot Park home, Edward stood with his arms around Sophie’s waist, while the other saw them sitting on the garden steps, looking affectionately into each other’s eyes.

As the Duke himself said just weeks earlier, in a rare TV interview to mark his 60th birthday in March, the success of their marriage owes much to Sophie’s unwavering support.