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    British Queen Marks Diamond Anniversary

    By THOMAS WAGNER – 10 hours ago

    LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has become 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 Monday.

    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.

    Archbishop Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury, told the service the diamond anniversary is a milestone in the queen's long and devoted service to the nation and Commonwealth.

    The queen, then Princess Elizabeth, married Lt. Philip Mountbatten at the abbey on Nov. 20, 1947.

    The young bride and groom's ceremony provided the nation with a splash of color during the tough days after World War II, when Britons were still coping with widespread rationing.

    She became queen in 1952, following the death of her father, George VI.

    "Every marriage is a public event, but some couples have to live more than others in the full light of publicity," Williams said. "We are probably more aware than ever these days of the pressures this brings.

    "But it also means that we can give special thanks for the very public character of the witness and the sign offered to us by this marriage, and what it has meant to nation and Commonwealth over the decades.

    "And part of what it has meant has had to do precisely with the sense of unqualified commitment that has been so characteristic of every aspect of this reign," Williams said.

    The queen's son, Prince Charles, and his wife, Camilla, also attended the service, along with the queen's grandson Prince Harry.

    Some 500 members of the Royal Household staff past and present were also among the guests, along with representatives from the former Royal Yacht Britannia, the Royal Train and the Royal Squadron.

    Five men who were boy choristers at the 1947 wedding service carried candles in the procession.

    Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, who actually reach their personal milestone on Tuesday, will travel to Malta, where they spent some of their happiest days as a young married couple.

    On the Net:

    Royal anniversary,: http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page6101.asp

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    Higher Love

    Steve Winwood

    Think about it

    there must be higher love

    Down in the heart or hidden in the stars above.

    Without it life is wasted time

    Look inside your heart

    I'll look inside mine.

    Things look so bad everywhere in this whole world

    what is fair?

    We walk blind and we try to see

    falling behind in what could be.

    Bring me a higher love

    bring me a higher love

    Bring me a higher love -

    where's that higher love I keep thinking of?

    World's are turning and we're just hanging on

    Facing our fear and standing out there alone.

    A yearning

    and it's real to me

    There must be someone who's feeling for me.

    Things look so bad everywhere in this whole world

    what is fair?

    We walk blind and we try to see

    falling behind in what could be.

    Bring me a higher love

    bring me a higher love

    Bring me a higher love - I could rise above on a higher love !

    I will wait for it

    I'm not too late for it.

    Until then I'll sing my song to cheer the night along.

    I could light the night up with my soul on fire

    I could make the sun shine from pure desire.

    Let me feel that love come over me

    let me feel how strong it could be !

    Bring me a higher love ! (12x)

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