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November 2007, 14:18 GMT A suitably regal anniversary By Jon
Kelly BBC News  The Queen and Prince Philip The couple were
married in Westminster Abbey in 1947 It was a very British kind
of celebration.  As the drizzle came down on the grey London
pavement, Westminster Abbey witnessed a distinctly restrained
display of pageantry.  This was, after all, the diamond wedding
anniversary of the head of state and her consort.  Elsewhere,
such an event would probably be marked with fireworks, triumphal
music and military parades.  Here, the Queen and the Duke of
Edinburgh opened a new public walkway and unveiled a plaque.
There were no street parties, no state banquet. The night
before, Prince Charles hosted a black tie dinner for his parents
and 20 close friends. And after the church service, that was it.
'Just fantastic'  But this was a couple whose marriage of 60
years had been sealed in a very different age. A time of
rationing, bomb-scarred cities, a