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| Organisers start to dress the shops prior to the Jubilee street party in Marple Bridge, Stockport in Manchester on June 3, 2012. Britain kicks off four days of celebrations to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s diamond jubilee, including a 1,000-boat river pageant and a star-studded concert. Britons nationwide will get out the bunting and hold street parties, sitting down to share lunch with their neighbours, reminiscent of the silver jubilee in 1977, when around 10 million people joined in the merriment.
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| Members of the public wear royal masks near Tower Bridge during the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the River Thames in London on June 3.
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| Spectators gather near Tower Bridge as they wait for the start of the pageant in central London June 3, 2012.
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| Spectators walk along the Mall in central London June 3, 2012. A flotilla of 1,000 boats will sail London’s River Thames on Sunday in a spectacular highlight of four days of nationwide celebrations marking the Diamond Jubilee of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth.
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| Britain’s Queen Elizabeth shakes hands with a racegoer as she arrives with Prince Philip (2nd L) at the Epsom Derby festival in Epsom, southwest of London June 2.
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| Britain’s Queen Elizabeth arrives at the Epsom Derby festival in Epsom, southwest of London June 2.
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| Britain’s Queen Elizabeth (2nd L) smiles after the Derby horse race at the Epsom Derby festival in Epsom, southwest of London June 2.
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| Two women, wearing masks depicting Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, pose for a picture during a Jubilee Family Festival in Hyde Park, central London June 2.
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| People pose at a street party to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee in Fulham, London June 2.
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| Carpet is laid in Queen’s rowbarge "Gloriana" on the River Thames in London June 2, 2012.
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| The Queen’s rowbarge "Gloriana" is seen on the River Thames in London June 2, 2012.
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| A detail is seen of the Queen’s rowbarge "Gloriana" on the River Thames in London June 2, 2012.
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| A man creates an image of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth in the sand on the banks of the River Thames in London June 2, 2012. On Sunday, a flotilla 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.
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| Mandy Ellis wears a hat decorated with Union flags in front of the London Eye.
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| Members of the Red Devils aerobatics team parachute on the course at the start of Derby Day, the second day of the Epsom Derby horse racing festival, at Epsom in Surrey, southern England, on June 2.
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| Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II stands with Prince Philip, second left, in the parade ring before the Diamond Jubilee Coronation Cup race at Epsom Derby, Epsom, southern England, Saturday June 2.
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| Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II arrives on Derby Day, the second day of the Epsom Derby horse racing festival, at Epsom in Surrey, southern England, on June 2.
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| In this 1937 file photo, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, poses with her husband, King George VI, and their two daughters, Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen Elizabeth II, center, and Princess Margaret.
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| In this April 21, 1947 file photo, Britain’s Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, sits at Natal National Park in South Africa, on her 21st birthday.
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| In this June 2, 1953 file photo, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, seated on the throne, receives the fealty of the Archbishop of Canterbury, back to camera at center, the Bishop of Durham, left and the Bishop of Bath and Wells, during her coronation in Westminster Abbey, London.
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| In this Sept. 8 1932 file photo, Britain’s Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, front right, stands with her mother and father, Duke and Duchess of York , fourth and fifth from right, at the Braemar Highland Gathering.
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| Two dogs wearing crowns sit as residents of a street in Battersea hold a Jubilee street party in London.
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| The King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery fires a 41-gun Royal Salute to mark the anniversary of the Coronation of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, on Horse Guards Parade in central London.
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| Soldiers of the Honorable Artillery Company prepare to fire blank rounds during a 62 gun salute at the Tower of London on June 2.
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| Soldiers from the Queen’s Guard march down the Mall outside Buckingham Palace in London.
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| A specially built concert stage (C) is pictured outside Buckingham Palace in London, on June 2.
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| The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, HCMR, form up in the early hours of this morning Friday.
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| This June 15, 1960 file photo shows Queen Elizabeth II, riding out from Buckingham Palace, London to take the salute at the ceremony of Trooping the Colour, followed by Prince Philip and with him is the Duke of Gloucester, the Queen’s uncle. Queen Elizabeth II kicks off a long weekend of celebrations of her 60year reign by going to the races, and perhaps no other event will give her so much pleasure. The Epsom Derby is the richest event on Britain’s horseracing calendar, and never mind that this is the only major race in which the queen has never entered a winner. Pleasure, in the gilded life of Queen Elizabeth II, often comes on four hooves.(AP Photo, File).
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| Sailors raise their caps as HMS Diamond enters Portsmouth Harbour, England after firing a 21 gun salute to officially launch celebrations to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
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