The official Silver Wedding group photograph of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

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The official Silver Wedding group photograph of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

by Patrick Lichfield
colour print, 26 December 1971
15 in. x 19 1/2 in. (382 mm x 495 mm)
Acquired from Thomas Patrick John Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, 1977
Photographs Collection
NPG x26200

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Taken in the White Drawing Room, Windsor Castle.

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  • NPG x25290: The official Silver Wedding group photograph of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (black and white version)

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  • Alison Smith, Charles III: The Making of a King, 2023, p. 73
  • Moorhouse, Paul and Cannadine, David (appreciation), The Queen: Art and Image, 2011 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 17 May to 21 October 2012), p. 99 Read entry

    This group portrait was taken at Windsor Castle to mark the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh's Silver Wedding anniversary. Lichfield's arrangement portrays a family gathering without rigid formality.

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The United Kingdom changes to the Decimal System for currency, getting rid of shillings, and guineas and simplifying the denomination of pounds into 100 pence. This brought the British pound sterling in line with other currencies and made computer calculation easier.

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Michael Caine stars in the filmGet Carter, a British crime classic about a man who sets out to get bloody revenge on the gangsters that killed his brother.

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The Immigration Act consolidated previous legislation in order to limit immigration, by requiring applicants to hold a work permit and introduced the concept of right of abode.
In Uganda, Idi Amin overthrows President Milton Obote and becomes dictator.

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