CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF MARRIAGE
PUT THEIR HAPPINESS ON DISPLAY WITH A NEW PORTRAIT TO MARK THEIR SILVER WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
With their heads close together in an informal pose, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh look very much in love in an affectionate portrait released to mark their silver wedding anniversary.
Taken in the grounds of their home, Bagshot Park in Surrey, by photographer Chris Jelf, the image shows Edward and Sophie casually dressed as they celebrate 25 years of married life.
The low-key nature of the portrait reflects the couple’s style. When they married in June 1999, Edward, then 35, and Sophie, 34, requested a simple family affair, with no pageantry and little pomp.
In their vows, they promised to stay together “as long as we both shall live” – and Edward is the only one of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip’s four children still married to their first spouse, with his siblings having all been divorced and the King and Princess Royal having both remarried.
STRONG BOND
Fast forward 25 years and Edward and Sophie, known as the Earl and Countess of Wessex before his brother Charles ascended the throne, are pare
