The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee In 66 Pix

Queen Elizabeth II has been on the throne for 60 years. 60 YEARS!!! It’s called a Diamond Jubilee and called for a good old British celebration. Food, drink, street parties, a 1,000 ships strong armada on the Thames, special horse races, an extra day off work and some rain made it the perfect British party. Hip Hip. Hurray.

1 Britain's Prince Charles (L) and Princess Anne play in the sand at Holkham Beach in this handout photograph

 from the summer of 1957 released on May 31, 2012. The photograph is part of a personal tribute to the Queen 

from Prince Charles which will be shown on BBC One on Friday as the curtain raiser for the Jubilee weekend. 

REUTERS/Clarence House Press Office/Buckingham Palace/Handout

2 Britains Queen Elizabeth is seen, with her sister Margaret (rear), during a car trip with their parents around 

the grounds of Windsor Castle, in this still image taken from film footage which was received in London on 

June 1, 2012. The film, entitled Royal Road and shot in 1941, and still images from the film, were released

to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth. REUTERS/www.britishcouncil.org/film/Handout

3 Britain's Queen Elizabeth (the then Princess Elizabeth) (R) is seen with her sister Margaret (2nd R), her 

mother Queen Elizabeth (2nd L) and father King George VI, in this still image taken from archive film footage,

 received in London on June 1, 2012. The film, entitled Royal Road, was shot during a car trip around the 

grounds of Windsor Castle in 1941. Still images from the film, were released to mark the Diamond Jubilee 

of Queen Elizabeth. REUTERS/www.britishcouncil.org/film/Handout

4 Britain's Queen Elizabeth (the then Princess Elizabeth) (R), her mother Queen Elizabeth (C) and father King 

George VI, in this still image taken from archive film footage, received in London on June 1, 2012. The film, 

entitled Royal Road, was shot during a car trip around the grounds of Windsor Castle in 1941. Still images 

from the film, were released to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth. REUTERS/www.britishcouncil.

org/film/Handout

5Union Jack flags hang over Elizabeth Street in London May 30, 2012. Celebrations to mark Britain's Queen

 Elizabeth's diamond jubilee begin this weekend. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett SUZANNE PLUNKETT/

REUTERS

6Katherine Burgess and her daughter Charlotte, 3, leave their house during a street party to celebrate Queen 

Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee at Fulham in London June 2, 2012. Queen Elizabeth gets four days of celebrations

 to mark her 60 years on the British throne under way on Saturday with one of her favourite pastimes, a trip

 to the horse races, as tributes to the long-serving monarch pour in. Kevin Coombs/REUTERS

7Boys wave their flags during a street party to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee. Kevin Coombs/

REUTERS

8Joshua poses for a picture during a Jubilee Family Festival in Hyde Park, central London. STEFAN 

WERMUTH/REUTERS

9Mandy Ellis wears a hat decorated with Union flags in front of the London Eye. LUKE MACGREGOR/

REUTERS

10A woman wears Union Flag sunglasses in London. LUKE MACGREGOR/REUTERS

11A detail is seen of the Queen's rowbarge Gloriana on the River Thames in London June 2, 2012. On 

Sunday, a flotilla headed of 1,000 boats assembled from around the globe will sail along the River Thames

 to accompany Britain's Queen Elizabeth on a royal barge, in a celebration of her Diamond Jubilee. KI PRICE

/REUTERS

12The Queen's rowbarge Gloriana is seen on the River Thames in London. KI PRICE/REUTERS

13Carpet is laid in Queen's rowbarge Gloriana on the River Thames in London. KI PRICE/REUTERS

14People pose at a street party to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee in Fulham, London. KI

 PRICE/REUTERS

15People attend a street party to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee in Fulham, London. KI PRICE

/REUTERS

16Britain's Queen Elizabeth smiles after the Derby horse race at the Epsom Derby festival in Epsom. TOBY 

MELVILLE/REUTERS

17A spectator waits on Westminster Bridge in central London. STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

18Spectators walk along the Mall in central London. OLIVIA HARRIS/REUTERS

19Guards ride along the Mall in the rain in central London. OLIVIA HARRIS/REUTERS

20A young spectator smiles as she waits for the start of the pageant along the River Thames in central London.

 ANDREW WINNING/REUTERS

21George Hughes of Derbyshire hugs his wife Margaret near Tower Bridge as they wait for the start of the 

pageant in central London. SUZANNE PLUNKETT/REUTERS

22Georgia and Alice pose for a photograph at the Piccadilly street party in central London. OLIVIA HARRIS

/REUTERS

23Spectators wait for the start of the pageant along the River Thames in London. ANDREW WINNING/

REUTERS

24Spectators wait for the start of the pageant along the River Thames in London. ANDREW WINNING/

REUTERS

25People wait in the rain wearing wellington boots for the start of the Thames pageant near Tower Bridge in 

London. PHILIP BROWN/REUTERS

26People wear Union Flag umbrella hats as they wait in the rain for the start of the river pageant to celebrate

 Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee in London. LUKE MACGREGOR/REUTERS

27Anti-monarchy protesters hold placards near the Tower of London. PHILIP BROWN/REUTERS

28Boats line up for the start of the Diamond Jubilee River Pageant on the Thames river in London. POOL/

REUTERS

29Boats line up for the start of the Diamond Jubilee River Pageant on the Thames river in London. POOL/

REUTERS

30Pleasure boats muster on the River Thames, in celebration of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, in London.

 Kevin Coombs/REUTERS

31Britain's Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall join a street party in Piccadilly, central London.

 OLIVIA HARRIS/REUTERS

32Crowds gather for a street party in Piccadilly, central London. OLIVIA HARRIS/REUTERS

33Pleasure boats muster on the River Thames, in celebration of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, in London. 

Kevin Coombs/REUTERS

34People wait for a pageant in celebration of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in London. DYLAN MARTINEZ

/REUTERS

35Crowds gather at Tower Bridge on the banks of the River Thames to celebrate Britain's Queen Elizabeth's 

Diamond Jubilee, London. PAUL HACKETT/REUTERS

36Britain's Queen Elizabeth embarks from Chelsea Harbour to join the pageant on the River Thames, in 

London. POOL/REUTERS

37Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip wave from a boat during a pageant in celebration of the Queen's 

Diamond Jubilee along the River Thames in central London June 3, 2012. Britain's Queen Elizabeth joins an 

armada of 1,000 boats in a gilded royal barge on Sunday in a spectacular highlight of four days of nationwide

 celebrations to mark her 60th year on the throne. ANDREW WINNING/REUTERS

38Guns are fired on the banks of the River Thames to celebrate Britain's Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee,

 London. PAUL HACKETT/REUTERS

39Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge prepares to board the Spirit of Chartwell to join Prince William and 

Queen Elizabeth for the Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the River Thames in London. POOL/REUTERS

40Boats take part in a pageant in celebration of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, along the River Thames in 

London. ANDREW WINNING/REUTERS

41Britain's Prince William arrives with his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry to board

 the Spirit of Chartwell for the Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the River Thames in London. POOL/REUTERS

42The 'Gloriana' leads the hand-powered craft past Chelsea Bridge during Queen Elizabeth's Thames river

 pageant during her Diamond Jubilee in London. KI PRICE/REUTERS

43Boats take part in a pageant in celebration of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, along the River Thames in 

London. DYLAN MARTINEZ/REUTERS

44Britain's Prince Charles meets members of the public as he joins a street party in Piccadilly, central London.

 POOL/REUTERS

45Britain's Queen Elizabeth smiles during a celebration commemorating her Diamond Jubilee in London.

 DYLAN MARTINEZ/REUTERS

46The 'Gloriana' leads the hand-powered craft towards Tower Bridge, during Queen Elizabeth's Thames

 river pageant during her Diamond Jubilee in London. POOL/REUTERS

47The row barge Gloriana leads the manpowered section of the Diamond Jubilee River Pageant on the River

 Thames in central London. POOL/REUTERS

48Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge meets members of the public before boarding the Spirit of 

Chartwell for the Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the River Thames in central London. POOL/REUTERS

49The Spirit of Chartwell, carrying members of Britain's royal family, approaches Westminster Bridge during 

the Queens Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the River Thames in London. STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

50The Spirit of Chartwell carrying members of the Britain's royal family sails towards Tower Bridge during 

the Diamond Jubilee Pageant in central London. NIGEL RODDIS/REUTERS

51Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, leaves the Spirit of Chartwell during the Queen's Diamond 

Jubilee Pageant on the River Thames in London. DYLAN MARTINEZ/REUTERS

52Boats take part in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the River Thames in London. SUZANNE 

PLUNKETT/REUTERS

53A skipper steers a boat as a passenger holds up a Union Flag during Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee

 pageant on the River Thames. ANDREW WINNING/REUTERS

54The Gloriana leads the manpowered craft towards Westminster Bridge during Queen Elizabeth's Diamond

 Jubilee Pageant on the River Thames in London. STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

55The Gloriana leads the manpowered craft towards Tower Bridge during Queen Elizabeth's Diamond 

Jubilee Pageant on the River Thames in London. PAUL HACKETT/REUTERS

56Royal Watermen wait on board of The Spirit of Chartwell during the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Pageant 

on the River Thames in London. SUZANNE PLUNKETT/REUTERS

57Britain's Queen Elizabeth talks to Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall on the Spirit of Chartwell during the 

Diamond Jubilee River Pageant on the River Thames, in London. POOL/REUTERS

58Manpowered craft pass Tower Bridge during Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the River 

Thames in London. HANDOUT/REUTERS

59Small vessels from the Sea Cadet corps pass the Houses of Parliament during Queen Elizabeth's Diamond

 Jubilee Pageant on the River Thames in London. HANDOUT/REUTERS

60The remains of lunch lay on a table after a street party to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee. 

Kevin Coombs/REUTERS

61The manpowered section of the Diamond Jubilee River Pageant makes its way along the River Thames 

in central London. POOL/REUTERS

62Fireworks go off onTower Bridge to mark the end of the river pageant in London. PHILIP BROWN/

REUTERS

63Three year old Henry Skelton waves his Union flag during the river pageant to celebrate the Queen's 

Diamond Jubilee as it passes St Paul's Cathedral in London. LUKE MACGREGOR/REUTERS

64Boats take part in Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee pageant on the River Thames. TOBY MELVILLE/

REUTERS

65Detail on the front of the Spirit of Chartwell is seen during the Queens Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the

 River Thames in London. EDDIE KEOGH/REUTERS

66Britain's Queen Elizabeth watches from onboard the Spirit of Chartwell with other members of the Royal 

family during her Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the River Thames in London. DARREN STAPLES/REUTERS