Photograph of HM The Queen (b.1926), seated, and HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921-2021) standing beside her, papers in his hands. The Queen wears a blue dress, three-row pearl necklace, pearl earrings, brooch. The Duke wears a suit.

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh received approximately 15,000 congratulatory letters and 2,500 telegrams on the occasion of their Silver Wedding anniversary. They are shown here reading through messages sent from around the world by rulers including the Kings of Tonga and Thailand, and the Emperors of Japan and Ethiopia.