The Queen and husband Prince Philip celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary today, and are among the longest married couples in the country.
In a BBC One special, Elizabeth & Philip: Love & Duty, Reverend John R Hall, Dean of Westminster, who married Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge, revealed his thoughts on the couple.
He considered the couple an “inspiration, not just to their family but to us all”.
He also said their union was a “rock”, and that it was “impossible to imagine what it would be like without them”.
Asked by presenter Kirsty Young what he thought to be the secret behind the pair’s marriage, Reverend Hall replied: “They were very much in love.”
“It was a love match – and that’s been very important.”
He added that the pair have a “deeply loyal sense of duty which is bolstered and uplifting by their faith”.
Reverend Hall also had the honour of taking the service for the pair’s diamond wedding celebration service in 2007.
The Queen and Prince Philip married 70 years ago today, on 20 November 1947, in Westminster Abbey.
The Queen was aged 21, while Philip, then known as Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, was 26.
Today is known as their platinum wedding anniversary – a remarkable sign of their marriage’s longevity.
During the summer of this year, Philip resigned from his public role after decades of royal duty.
Tonight the pair are celebrating their remarkable anniversary in a private dinner with family and friends at Windsor Castle.
Prince William was pictured on his way to the celebration with wife Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton and brother Prince Harry.
In honour of the occasion, Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip has been appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO), and honoured for his “services to the sovereign”.
Royal Mail has issued a set of six new stamps to commemorate the occasion, which feature the couple’s engagement and wedding.
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