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King Juan and Queen Sofia married 50 years

French President Jacques Chirac (R) and his wife, Bernadette (L) emerge from a meeting with Spanish King Juan Carlos (2L) and Queen Sofia on the steps of the Elysee Palace in Paris, March 27, 2006.Juan Carlos is on his third state visit to France during his three-decade reign. (UPI Photo/Maya Vidon)

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Published: May 14, 2012 at 8:54 PM

BARCELONA, Spain, May 14 (UPI) -- Spain's King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia quietly celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Monday.

ThinkSpain said the royal couple declined to hold an official celebration of their golden wedding anniversary, but the palace has produced a CD album to mark the occasion called "Their Majesties' Golden Wedding: 50 years, 50 pictures."

The king and queen were married May 14, 1962, in Athens, Greece, in a Catholic and Orthodox service witnessed by 137 kings, queens, princes and princesses from all over Europe, ThinkSpain said.

The news outlet did not say exactly how the couple spent their half-century anniversary Monday.

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