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Find wording, traditions and practical ideas for the occasion you are marking.
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- The milestones
What is the pearl wedding anniversary?
The pearl wedding anniversary is the 30th year of marriage: pearl is the traditional symbol; the modern list gives diamond.
- The milestones
What is the platinum wedding anniversary?
Seventy years of marriage is the platinum wedding. It qualifies for a message from the King, and so does every year after it - the part of the rule most guides truncate.
- The milestones
What is the ruby wedding anniversary?
The ruby wedding anniversary is the 40th year of marriage, and its material is ruby.
- The milestones
What is the silver wedding anniversary?
The silver wedding anniversary is the 25th year of marriage: the traditional milestone symbol is silver.
- The first years
What is the wedding anniversary material for each year?
The UK traditional list assigns a material to each wedding anniversary year: paper at one, wood at five, tin at ten, and on up to gold at fifty and diamond at sixty.
- The wedding
What is wedding gift etiquette?
Wedding gift etiquette is simpler than it sounds: use the couple's registry or wishlist if they have one, give either a gift or money, and don't worry too much about exact timing.
- Getting engaged
What's a good personalised engagement present?
A favourite photograph, the day they got engaged or a message only you could write makes a lovely starting point. Choose a detail that means something to the couple, then a keepsake they will enjoy using or dis…
- The milestones
When to apply for a royal anniversary message.
Online applications open five weeks before the anniversary. For post, the official sources give two different answers, and both are set out below. There is also a table of which wedding years reach a qualifying…
- The first years
Which anniversary is it?
Enter how many years they have been married and get the British material, the name where the year has one, and whether it qualifies for a message from the King. Nothing to sign up for, and nothing invented wher…
- Getting engaged
Who traditionally buys an engagement gift?
There's no strict rule: close family and friends often mark an engagement with a small gift, but it's optional rather than expected.
- The first years
Wood anniversary gifts (5th).
Wood is the traditional 5 year anniversary gift in the UK, and the first major milestone on the anniversary list. Six gift ideas that fit the tradition without leaning on novelty, plus the answer to "is it 5th …