The Queen's Diamond Jubilee
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Welcome to the Leicestershire Lieutenancy website pages dedicated to events planned to mark HM the Queen's Diamond Jubilee |
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To mark 60 years of The Queen's reign the Diamond Jubilee will take place in 2012. The celebrations will centre around an extended weekend in 2012 on 2, 3, 4 and 5 June.
The Queen came to the throne on 6 February 1952 and her coronation took place on 2 June 1953. She celebrated her Silver Jubilee (25 years) in 1977 and her Golden Jubilee (50 years) in 2002. The only other British monarch to celebrate a Diamond Jubilee was Queen Victoria in 1897.
To view the Queen's Official Diamond Jubilee Website please click on the emblem below
You can even send a message to The Queen !!
A Diamond Jubilee Pageant will take place at Windsor Castle in May 2012. Buckingham Palace will be co-ordinating a programme of events centred around the extended weekend. This will include a Big Jubilee Lunch, a Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the Thames, a concert at Buckingham Palace and the lighting of 2012 beacons throughout the United Kingdom.The Queen and other members of the Royal Family will also attend a Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral.
The Leicestershire Lieutenancy is providing information here to help you to get involved in the celebrations
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The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Trust
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Calling All Diamond Wedding Couples
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The Jubilee Bank Holiday Weekend
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The Jubilee Pageant at Windsor Castle
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The Pageant on the Thames
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Jubilee Beacons
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Queen Elizabeth Fields Challenge
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Choirbook for The Queen
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Diamond Jubilee Woods
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Big Jubilee Lunch
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Leicestershire's Diamond Jubilee Awards
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St Paul's Cathedral Service
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The Diamond Jubilee Exhibition
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Jubilee Time Capsule
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Commemorative Gifts and using
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The Diamond Jubilee Medal
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Tell us what you are doing
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Jubilee Children's Painting Competition
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Page Last Updated: 25 April 2013
