The Queen and Prince Philip celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary

The Queen and Prince Philip, who were married in 1947, celebrate their platinum wedding anniversary on 20 November.

We look through seven decades of marriage in pictures, including moments when the couple have stood together through pivotal events in history.

The royal wedding, 20 November 1947

Princess Elizabeth and The Duke of Edinburgh were married at Westminster Abbey.

Crowds gathered outside Buckingham Palace for a glimpse of the couple.

The birth of Prince Charles, 1948, and Princess Anne, 1950

With their first child Prince Charles, aged six months.

Princess Anne was christened at Buckingham Palace in 1950.

The Queen's coronation 1953

Queen Elizabeth on the way to her coronation at Westminster Abbey.

1950s

The Royal Family enjoy some homemade entertainment.

1960s

With President John F Kennedy and his wife Jackie at Buckingham Palace.

The Queen celebrates her 39th birthday with Philip and her children, who by this time also include Andrew and Edward

1970s

The Queen photographs her horse Columbus on the first day of the 1974 Badminton Horse Trials.

The couple relax at Balmoral Castle with their dog Tinker, a cross between a corgi and long haired dachshund.

1980s

The Queen waves as Concorde flies past the Royal Yacht Britannia near Barbados.

The wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales.

Taking photos on the South Sea Islands of Tuvalu.

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visit the Great Wall of China in 1986.

1990s

Celebrating the 70th birthday of Baroness Thatcher in 1995.

Viewing floral tributes to Diana, Princess of Wales, at Buckingham Palace in 1997.

At the Birmingham Hippodrome for the 1999 Royal Variety Performance.

Marking the new millennium with a glass of champagne in Greenwich, London.

2000s

Concentrating at Strathclyde Fire Brigade's Command and Control Centre.

A parade for the Queen's Golden Jubilee in 2002.

Leaving the funeral of the Queen Mother in 2002.

The couple enjoy a musical performance in the Abbey Gardens, Bury St Edmunds in 2002.

Holding hands at the State Opening of Parliament.

A garden party in Buckingham Palace.

The Queen views her 1947 wedding gown and 13-foot bridal trail at an exhibition to mark her diamond wedding anniversary in 2007.

The annual Trooping the Colour parade in 2009.

2010s

During a service at St Paul's Cathedral to mark the Centenary of the Order of the British Empire in 2017.

The Queen and Prince Philip were married on 20 November 1947.