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Queen, prince celebrate diamond anniversary

Queen Elizabeth II on Monday became the first British sovereign to celebrate her diamond wedding anniversary, and more than 2,000 people attended a thanksgiving service in her honor at Westminster Abbey. Prince William marked the 60th wedding anniversary of his grandparents, the queen, 81, and Prince Philip, 86, by giving a New Testament reading from the Bible in their honor. Dame Judi Dench read a poem, “Diamond Anniversary,” composed for the ceremony by Poet Laureate Andrew Motion.

Eight couples who had married on the same day as the queen and Philip also attended the ceremony.