The Queen's diamond wedding

BBC reported:

A suitably regal anniversary
“ It was a very British kind of celebration.
As the drizzle came down on the grey London pavement, Westminster Abbey witnessed a distinctly restrained display of pageantry.
This was, after all, the diamond wedding anniversary of the head of state and her consort.
Elsewhere, such an event would probably be marked with fireworks, triumphal music and military parades.
Here, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh opened a new public walkway and unveiled a plaque.
There were no street parties, no state banquet. The night before, Prince Charles hosted a black tie dinner for his parents and 20 close friends. And after the church service, that was it. ......”

Comments: This is the celebration for the Queen's 60 years marriage. It sounds that the celebration was not that grandy as it should be to match the glamour of the so called diamond wedding. However, it is suitable at “A time of rationing, bomb-scarred cities, and making the best of one's circumstances”. And most important, after all, it is “very British kind of celebration”, in other words, the form is not the most important.