LONDON - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II sails on a royal barge down the River Thames Sunday as part
of a huge pageant marking her diamond jubilee, in one of the biggest events of its kind in London's history.
The flotilla of more than 1,000 boats is the high water mark of the national celebrations for the 86-year-old
monarch's 60th year on the throne but the event also poses formidable security challenges.
More than one million revellers are expected to watch the extravaganza of steam boats and tugs, speed boats
and historic vessels in the first pageant on this scale on London's river since 1662.
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of a huge pageant marking her diamond jubilee, in one of the biggest events of its kind in London's history.
The flotilla of more than 1,000 boats is the high water mark of the national celebrations for the 86-year-old
monarch's 60th year on the throne but the event also poses formidable security challenges.
More than one million revellers are expected to watch the extravaganza of steam boats and tugs, speed boats
and historic vessels in the first pageant on this scale on London's river since 1662.
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