Queen's poignant mementoes of Philip kept close for Christmas message

Elizabeth wears a brooch she wore on her honeymoon in 1947, and on the desk near her she has a photograph of herself and Philip

Queen Elizabeth II records her annual Christmas broadcast in the White Drawing Room in Windsor Castle, Berkshire

The Queen of England will deliver what is expected to be a particularly personal Christmas Day message surrounded by reminders of the Duke of Edinburgh, as she prepares to spend her first festive period without her late husband.

A photograph released by Buckingham Palace ahead of her televised address shows the Elizabeth sitting behind a desk in the White Drawing Room at Windsor Castle.