11:24am UK, Friday June 01, 2012 | Rhiannon Mills, Sky News reporter
Jubilee Celebrations Start Off With A Bang
A 21-gun salute by a Royal Navy warship at Portsmouth Naval Base has triggered the start of an action-packed
weekend of celebrations to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
The Type 45 destroyer HMS Diamond sailed into port accompanied by a special diamond formation display by
four Navy helicopters.
As the ship fired its salute to the Queen in celebration of her 60 years on the throne, a naval gun overlooking the
harbour entrance at Fort Blockhouse in Gosport, Hampshire, returned fire.
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Jubilee Celebrations Start Off With A Bang
A 21-gun salute by a Royal Navy warship at Portsmouth Naval Base has triggered the start of an action-packed
weekend of celebrations to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
The Type 45 destroyer HMS Diamond sailed into port accompanied by a special diamond formation display by
four Navy helicopters.
As the ship fired its salute to the Queen in celebration of her 60 years on the throne, a naval gun overlooking the
harbour entrance at Fort Blockhouse in Gosport, Hampshire, returned fire.
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