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A diamond jubilee celebrates the 60th anniversary of a significant event related to a person (e.g. accession to the throne or wedding, among others) [1] or the 60th anniversary of an institution's founding.
Contents. Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. The year 2012 marked the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II being the 60th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952. The only diamond jubilee celebration for any of Elizabeth's predecessors was in 1897, for Queen Victoria.
Watch highlights from The Queen and The Duke's Diamond Jubilee visit to Jamaica from attending a special session of Parliament at Gordon House, Kingston, to touring Montego Bay.
Diamond Jubilee: Queen's address to Parliament in full. Here is the full text of the Queen's address to both Houses of Parliament on 20 March 2012, to mark her Diamond Jubilee: "My Lords and ...
Queen Elizabeth II has celebrated her Silver, Golden and Diamond Jubilees with regal aplomb and public events that echo those planned for the Platinum Jubilee.
The 60 facts listed below demonstrate the intensity and breadth of the Jubilee programme, the focal point of which was the Jubilee Weekend in June. 1. More than 35,000 entries were received by Blue Peter in the national competition to design the official Diamond Jubilee emblem.
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, 1897. Ten years later, on 20 June 1897, Queen Victoria became the first British monarch to celebrate a Diamond Jubilee, marking 60 years of service. The day itself was marked privately with a service of thanksgiving at St George's Chapel, Windsor.
Big Ben. …the occasion of Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee, celebrating 60 years on the British throne. The hands of the clock are 9 and 14 feet (2.7 and 4.3 metres) long, respectively, and the clock tower rises about 320 feet (97.5 metres). Originally in coordination with the Royal Greenwich Observatory, the chimes….
Full coverage of Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations marking 60 years of her reign; latest news, pictures and video from royal events in 2012, the Buckingham Palace concert, Thames...
The Queen has visited a school in Norfolk as she marks the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne. Earlier she said she was dedicating herself "anew to your service" and that she was ...