Congratulations HM Queen Elizabeth II and HRH Prince Philipp

Today The Queen and her husband celebrate their Platinum wedding!

70 facts about the Wedding in 1947

• Before the wedding, Prince Philip was created The Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich of Greenwich in the County of London.
• 2,000 guests were invited to the ceremony.
• The wedding ring was made from a nugget of Welsh gold which came from the Clogau St David's mine, near Dolgellau.
• Jewellery for the day included two pearl necklaces, the shorter of the two necklaces was the 'Queen Anne' necklace, said to have belonged to Anne, the last Stuart Queen.
• The bridal bouquet consisted of white orchids and also included a sprig of myrtle, a tradition that was started by Queen Victoria.
• Famously, the newlyweds went onto balcony at Buckingham Palace to wave to the huge crowds on the mall.

Meet the Newlyweds on the blacony
The Queen's wedding dress, designed by Norman Hartnell, 1947.  

The dress is made from ivory silk and decorated with crystals and 10,000 seed pearls.

• The couple received over 2,500 wedding presents from around the world and around 10,000 telegrams of congratulations.
• The cake used ingredients from all around the world, including sugar from the Girl Guides in Australia, which gave the cake the name 'The 10,000 Mile Cake'.
• The cake was cut using the Duke's Mountbatten sword, which was a wedding present from The King.
• Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip spent their wedding night in Broadlands.
• The Queen and The Duke celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary in 1997, with a lunch at banqueting House in London.
• In 2007, The Queen became the first British Monarch to have celebrated a Diamond Wedding anniversary.