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Diamond Jubilee

2012 saw the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, marking the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne upon the death of her father, King George VI, on 6th February 1952. The celebrations centred around an extended bank holiday weekend in June.

Queen made heartbreaking and poignant final wish just days before she died

Floella Benjamin

Boris Johnson booed as he attends Queen's Jubilee service with wife Carrie

Boris Johnson

Marks and Spencer unveil Corgi and Queen Connie the Caterpillar Cake for Jubilee celebration

Marks & Spencer

Platinum Jubilee: How Her Majesty celebrated Jubilees during 70 years on throne

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The Queen

Royal Ascot 2019: Full racing results from final day of festival

Royal Ascot

5 things we learned from the final of Royal Ascot as The Tin Man won the Diamond Jubilee Stakes

Royal Ascot

Queen returns £50 to Royal fan who wrote letter saying "treat yourself to favourite cup of tea"

The Queen

This is the Queen in her own words as she becomes Britain’s longest-reigning Monarch

The Queen

Cat roars in Copper

Royal Ascot

Dad went on 'drunken one-man riot' during Diamond Jubilee street party

Diamond Jubilee

Fit for a Queen: Commemorative china released to mark 60th anniversary of the Queen's coronation

Diamond Jubilee

Diamond Jubilee in pictures: A look back at the royal celebrations one year on

Diamond Jubilee

Holiday on the royal barge: Queen's Diamond Jubilee vessel now offering river cruises in Portugal

Diamond Jubilee

Queen's must-read: Behind-the-scenes photos reveal Daily Mirror among Her Majesty's favourite reading material

The Queen

Inside the living room of the world's most famous granny: Rarely seen pictures of the Queen's Balmoral residence

The Queen

Diamond Jubilee mosquito nets donated to save lives in Africa

Diamond Jubilee

Tea towels, jigsaws and a baby llama: Queen's Diamond Jubilee gifts revealed

Diamond Jubilee

Google Zeitgeist: Whitney Houston knocks Kate Middleton off most-searched people list for 2012

Google

Stone ageless: 20,000 fans go wild as Mick, Keith, Ronnie and Charlie mark 50 years

Music

Gary Barlow is officially better than Robbie Williams after being awarded OBE by the Queen

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Gary Barlow

Queen and Prince Philip's 65th wedding anniversary: Seven decades of pictures reveal secrets of a royal marriage

The Queen

Job well done: Prince William and Kate Middleton feel their royal tour did justice to the Queen despite topless photos row

William and Kate tour 2012

BBC1 opens up biggest lead over ITV1 since records began

London 2012 Olympics

On the mend: Prince Philip "responding well to treatment" but will stay in hospital "a few more days"

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