Our picture shows Queen Elizabeth II in the River Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant which took place in the cold and pouring rain on 3 June. Diamond represents 60 years.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
Commemorated ati
2012 Commemorations - Blackheath
The names on the outer circumference sound as though they are areas of Blackh...
Bomber Command Memorial
The campaign to bomb civilians was so controversial that the bombers were giv...
Cutty Sark Gardens - Opening
The plaque was unveiled by Her Majesty The Queen to mark the opening of Cutty...
Diamond Jubilee QEII - Jefcoate tree
This tree is in the borough of Wandsworth. There are 32 Greater London boroug...
Ealing Town Hall restoration
{Beneath an emblem reading "Queen's Diamond Jubilee 60":} The restoration of ...
Other Subjects
Queen Victoria's first visit to the City of London (as queen)
In the Temple Bar ceremony the Queen, or King, stops so that the Lord Mayor of London can presents the Sword of State as a sign of loyalty. After the Temple Bar was removed this ceremony continued ...
King Canute / Cnut
King of Denmark, England and Norway. Also known as Cnut Sweynsson or Cnut the Great. His supposed attempt to turn back the waves, was not arrogance on his part, but to show his fawning courtiers th...
Duke of Monmouth
Born James Scott (or Crofts or Fitzroy) at Rotterdam. Illegitimate son of King Charles II and Lucy Walter. He came to England in 1662 where he was created Duke of Monmouth. 1682 he had Monmouth Hou...
King Charles I
Born Fife. Until the age of 11 he was only the 'spare' but then his 18-year old brother Henry died (probably of typhoid) and Charles became the heir, ascending the throne in 1625 on the death of hi...
Diana Princess of Wales
Born Lady Diana Frances Spencer in Norfolk. Married the Prince of Wales at St Paul's Cathedral in London on 29 July 1981, divorced 28 August 1996. Died in a car crash in Paris with Dodi Fayed. Abov...
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