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| The royal family on river thame |
Queen Elizabeth
joined a spectacular armada of 1,000 vessels on Sunday for the most
dazzling display of British pageantry seen on London's River Thames for
350 years, watched by cheering crowds celebrating her 60th year on the
throne.
Typically inclement British weather failed to dampen enthusiasm, with
hundreds of thousands of onlookers, waving "Union Jack" flags, massed on
the riverbanks to catch a glimpse of the procession along the seven
mile (11 km route).
They were accompanied on the barge by heir-to-the-throne Prince
Charles, his eldest son Prince William and new wife Kate, a global
fashion trendsetter who wore a vivid red Alexander McQueen dress and
matching hat.
The
queen, wearing a silver and white dress with a matching coat, smiled
broadly and waved to the crowds from the royal barge, "The Spirit of
Chartwell", alongside her 90-year-old husband Prince Philip.
Up and down the country, organizers said millions of people attended
diamond jubilee street parties in honor of the 86-year-old sovereign,
the only British monarch after Queen Victoria to have sat on the throne
for 60 years.
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| Duke and Duchess of cambridge |
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| The senior members of the royal family |
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| spectators watch |
flotilla of boats at battersea bridge |
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| spectators watch the pagentry |
photos:reuters
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