Monday, 6 February 2017

The Queen's Sapphire Jubilee

The Queen wearing sapphires given by her father as a
 wedding gift in 1947

Today marks the start of the first Sapphire Jubilee (65 years) in British history. The Queen overtook her great great grandmother, Victoria, as Britain's longest reigning monarch in 2015. Both have commemorated Silver, Golden and Diamond Jubilees.

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