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■ Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip are celebrating their 73rd wedding anniversary today, and for the occasion, the royal couple have released a photograph of themselves opening a card from three of their great-grandchildren. The photo, made public late Thursday, shows Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and her husband seated on a sofa at Windsor Castle, examining the card made by the children of their grandson Prince William and his wife, the Duchess of Cambridge. The card features a pop-up number 73. Elizabeth was only 21 when she married Royal Navy Lt. Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey on Nov. 20, 1947. She has been queen since 1952, ruling longer than any other British monarch. Her marriage to Prince Philip is also the longest for any British sovereign. While Queen Elizabeth continues to carry out her duties, Prince Philip, 99, has retired from public life. With England under a national lockdown to control the covid-19 pandemic, the couple is self-isolating at Windsor Castle.
■ Fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli reported to prison on Thursday to begin serving his five-month sentence for bribing his daughters’ way into college, officials said. Giannulli’s wife, “Full House” actor Lori Loughlin, is already behind bars for her role in the college admissions bribery scheme involving prominent parents and elite schools across the country. She began her two-month prison term late last month. Giannulli, 57, whose Mossimo clothing had long been a Target brand until recently, is in custody at a federal prison in Lompoc near Santa Barbara, Calif., a Bureau of Prisons spokesperson said. Loughlin, 56, is at the federal lockup in Dublin, Calif. The couple was among the most high-profile parents charged in the scheme, involved hefty bribes to get undeserving teens into schools with rigged test scores or bogus athletic credentials, authorities say. Giannulli and Loughlin admitted in May to paying half a million dollars to get their two daughters into the University of Southern California as crew recruits even though neither girl was a rower. Their guilty plea was a stunning reversal for the couple, whose lawyers had insisted for a year they were innocent and accused investigators of fabricating evidence against them. Loughlin was also ordered to pay a $150,000 fine and perform 100 hours of community service, and Giannulli has to pay a $250,000 fine and perform 250 hours of community service. Nearly 60 people have been charged in the scheme led by admissions consultant Rick Singer, who secretly worked with investigators and recorded his conversations with parents and coaches to help build the case against them. More than 40 people have already pleaded guilty.