He has been at her side through more than 68 years of marriage and as they each mark milestone birthdays, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh’s enduring love is plain to see in this intimate newly released portrait.
As Her Majesty said of her Prince on their golden wedding anniversary in 1997: “He has, quite simply, been my strength and stay all these years and I and his whole family and this and many other countries owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim or we shall ever know.”
In the pink: The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh sit side by side in this portrait, released last week at the start of a weekend of national and international celebrations. It is the sixth – and final – of the official images taken by Annie Leibovitz at Windsor Castle in March
PHOTO: ANNIE LEIBOVITZ/PA PHOTOS