Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee year
- It was a year of pomp, parties and spiffy hats as Queen Elizabeth celebrated 60 years on the throne. (Reuters/WENN.com)
- Britain's Prince William (R) and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, visit the Kranji Commonwealth War Cemetery in Singapore September 13, 2012. The royal couple are at their first stop of a nine-day tour of Southeast Asia and the South Pacific on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II to commemorate her Diamond Jubilee. REUTERS/Tim Chong
- Britain's Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, listens to a village chief deliver a speech after her arrival in Marapa Island, Solomon Islands, September 17, 2012. Britain's Prince William and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, are at the third stop of a nine-day tour of Southeast Asia and the South Pacific on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II to commemorate her Diamond Jubilee. REUTERS/Rick Rycroft/Pool
- Britain's Queen Elizabeth waves during an event to unveil the Diamond Jubilee stained glass window in the Queen's Chapel of the Savoy Hotel, London November 1, 2012. REUTERS/Eddie Mulholland/Pool
- Britain's Prince Charles (R) receives a traditional "hongi" greeting (or Maori greeting) during a walk along the Wellington waterfront November 14, 2012. Britain's Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, are on the last leg of a tour to mark Queen Elizabeth's diamond jubilee. REUTERS/Kent Blechynden/Pool
- Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, make a toast in honour of Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee at a British Gala reception at the Eden Hall in Singapore September 12, 2012. Britain's Prince William and Catherine are in the city-state for a three-day visit that started on Tuesday. REUTERS/Nicolas Asfouri/Pool
- Catherine, Britain's Duchess of Cambridge, meets with Malaysia's Queen Sultanah Tuanku Haminah binti Hamidun (not in picture) at the Istana Negara in Kuala Lumpur September 13, 2012. Prince William and Catherine are on their second stop of a nine-day tour of Southeast Asia and the South Pacific on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II to commemorate her Diamond Jubilee. Picture taken September 13, 2012. REUTERS/Malaysia Information Department/Handout
- Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, exchanges a "hongi" (gentle pressing of noses, signifying the sharing of the breath of life) with Ngati Whatua's Taiaha Hawke as she attends the Armistice Day Commemoration at the Auckland War Memorial Museum, November 11, 2012. Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, are in Auckland, New Zealand, for the final leg of their Pacific tour to mark the Queen's diamond jubilee. REUTERS/Nigel Marple
- Britain's Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, talks to committee members, volunteers and other guests in the Committee Room of the Victorian Jockey Club at Flemington race course before the running of the Melbourne Cup, November 6, 2012. Prince Charles and his wife Camilla are touring Australia for six days to commemorate the diamond jubilee of his mother Queen Elizabeth's II. REUTERS/Brandon Malone
- Catherine, Britain's Duchess of Cambridge looks at Prince William as he removes his shoes before entering As-Syakirin Mosque in Kuala Lumpur September 14, 2012. The royal couple are at their second stop of a nine-day tour of Southeast Asia and the South Pacific on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II to commemorate her Diamond Jubilee. (REUTERS/Samsul Said)
- Britain's Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, waits as her husband, Britain's Prince William, reviews an honour guard at Honiara International Airport September 16, 2012. The royal couple are on their third stop of a nine-day tour of Southeast Asia and the South Pacific on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II to commemorate her Diamond Jubilee. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz
- Britain's Prince Charles (C) speaks to New Zealand Air Force staff during a visit to Ohakea air base in Manawatu November 15, 2012. Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, visit New Zealand on the last leg of their tour of the Pacific to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. REUTERS/Marty Melville/Pool
- Britain's Prince William and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, arrive barefoot in Tavanipupu, Solomon Islands, September 17, 2012. Britain's Prince William and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, are at the third stop of a nine-day tour of Southeast Asia and the South Pacific on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II to commemorate her Diamond Jubilee. REUTERS/Rick Rycroft/Pool
- Britain's Prince Charles (L) is greeted by Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard at Government House in Canberra November 10, 2012. Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall are touring Australia for six days to commemorate the diamond jubilee of his mother Britain's Queen Elizabeth. REUTERS/Rob Griffith/Pool
- Exhibition curator Caroline de Guitaut poses with Queen Victoria's Small Diamond Crown at the Queen's Gallery in Buckingham Palace, London, in this file photograph dated May 15, 2012.
More than 10,000 diamonds go on show at London's Buckingham Palace this week to mark Queen Elizabeth's 60th year on the throne, in a dazzling display of gems gathered over the centuries as objects of beauty and symbols of power.
The exhibition, which runs from June 30 to July 8 and then from July 31 to Oct. 7, was designed to coincide with the queen's diamond jubilee this year, and features jewels she wears regularly at official functions in Britain and abroad. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/files
- Britain's Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, smiles during a ceremony naming an orchid hybrid in honour of her and Prince William at the National Orchid Garden in the Singapore Botanic Gardens September 11, 2012. The garden is the first stop for the royal couple, who is on their three-day tour of the city-state as part of a tour to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. The orchid hybrid named in their honour is called the Vanda William Catherine. REUTERS/Stephen Morrison/Pool
- Curator John Keyworth poses with a newly minted Diamond Jubilee gold coin at the Bank of England Museum in London June 22, 2012. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor
- Britain's Queen Elizabeth walks past a poster of herself during her tour of the Stormont Estate in Belfast on the last day of her Diamond Jubilee tour of Northern Ireland, June 27, 2012. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton
- Britain's Prince William smiles at Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, during the state banquet hosted by Singapore's President Tony Tan at the Istana presidential palace in Singapore September 11, 2012. The royal couple are in the city-state for a three-day visit as part of a tour to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. REUTERS/Tim Chong
- Britain's Queen Elizabeth waves to members of the public as she and her husband Prince Philip drive through the Stormont estate during a Diamond Jubilee event in Belfast, Northern Ireland June 27, 2012. REUTERS/David Moir
- Britain's Queen Elizabeth inspects soldiers from the Royal Regiment of Scotland, during the Ceremony Of The Keys at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland July 2, 2012. The ceremony marks the start of Holyrood Week in Scotland with the Queen and her husband Prince Phillip attending Diamond Jubilee events across the country. REUTERS/David Moir
- Britain's Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh (L) meets Ian "Spike" Betterton, Chair of The Friends of St Georges Park, during a visit to Kidderminster in central England July 11, 2012. Prince Philip was accompanying Britain's Queen Elizabeth during her nationwide Diamond Jubilee tour. REUTERS/Heathcliffe O'Malley/Pool
- Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, is seen in a reflection against a car upon her arrival at the VIP terminal of Changi International Airport in Singapore September 11, 2012. Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, are in the city-state for a three-day visit starting on Tuesday as part of a tour to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. REUTERS/Wong Maye-E/Pool
- Schoolchildren wave union flags as they wait for Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip to arrive for a service of thanksgiving at Saint Macartin's Cathedral in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland June 26, 2012. REUTERS/David Moir
- Britain's Princes Beatrice is driven to a service of thanksgiving to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Britain's Queen Elizabeth at St Paul's Cathedral in central London June 5, 2012. REUTERS/Tom Hevezi/Pool
- Prince William, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Procession in London, England, June 5, 2012. ()
- Britain's Queen Elizabeth addresses the nation on the her Diamond Jubilee in a recorded television broadcast in London June 5, 2012. REUTERS/UK Pool via Reuters TV
- Britain's Prince Edward (L) watches a Royal Air Force plane during a flypast as her wife Countess of Wessex Sophie Rhys-Jones adjusts his glasses as they visit the Naval Base in Gibraltar June 12, 2012. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
- Pippa Middleton at The Queen's Diamond Jubilee River Pageant Flotilla London, England, June 3, 2012. (WENN.com)
- Britain's Prince Charles kisses the hand of his mother Queen Elizabeth at the end of her Diamond Jubilee concert in front of Buckingham Palace in London June 4, 2012. REUTERS/David Parker/pool
- Princess Beatrice attends a reception at Diamond Jubilee Reception at Guildhall on June 5, 2012 in London, England. WENN.com)
- Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (L) and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (R) arrive in the 1902 State Landau coach at Buckingham Palace at the end of a carriage procession following a national service of thanksgiving in honour of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in London on June 5, 2012. WENN.com)
- Britain's Queen Elizabeth meets Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper at Buckingham Palace in central London June 6, 2012. Queen Elizabeth thanked millions of well-wishers on Tuesday at the end of four days of spectacular Diamond Jubilee celebrations marking her 60th year on the throne. REUTERS/Sean Kilpatrick/Pool
- Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge aka Kate Middleton and Queen Elizabeth II visit Vernon Park during the Queen's Diamond Jubilee tour of Britain Nottingham, England, June 13, 2012. (WENN.com)
- A woman holds flags as spectators line Parliament Square to see the Queen in London June 5, 2012. Four days of nationwide celebrations during which millions of people have turned out to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee conclude on Tuesday with a church service and carriage procession through central London. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs
- Queen Elizabeth II, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge aka Kate Middleton, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge at The Queen's Diamond Jubilee River Pageant Flotilla, June 6, 2012. (WENN.com)
- Britain's Prince Edward (L), his wife Sophie, Countess of Wessex (R) and their daughter Lady Louise Windsor wave as they arrive for a Diamond Jubilee service at St Paul's Cathedral in central London June 5, 2012. REUTERS/Andrew Winning
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