Sapphire jubilee


In 2017, the term sapphire jubilee or blue sapphire jubilee was coined for the celebrations to mark the 65th anniversary of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Previously, the sapphire wedding anniversary was understood to be the 45th, and this would be expected to carry over to regnal anniversaries as with silver, golden, and diamond jubilees.

65-year reign anniversaries in recent history

Notable personYear of Jubilee
King Louis XIV of France1708
King Ferdinand III of Sicily1824
Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary1913
Prince Johannes II of Liechtenstein1923
King Sobhuza II of Swaziland1964
King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand2011
Pope Benedict XVI, sapphire priesthood.2016
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
and the other Commonwealth Realms
2017