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Queen Elizabeth II waved to onlookers during the Queen's diamond jubilee in London.

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Queen Elizabeth joined an armada of 1,000 vessels on Sunday on London's River Thames.

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Revellers wearing crowns joined the four-day fete that started Saturday.

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Hundreds of rowing boats, barges, and steamers filled the River Thames with a blaze of color.

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Queen Elizabeth traveled on a launch boat that was taken to the royal barge, the principal boat of a flotilla of 1,000 vessels.

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In terms of sheer pageantry, it will dwarf last year’s nuptials of her grandson Prince William and his bride, Catherine Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge.

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Fireworks exploded above Tower Bridge during the jubilee.

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From left to right, Prince Harry, Kate Middleton, and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, on the royal barge "Spirit of Chartwell."

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From left to right, Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh; Queen Elizabeth II; Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall; and Kate Middleton, aboard the "Spirit of Chartwell."

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People lining the river bank waved British Union flags as the royal barged passed by.

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Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (left), and Sophia Helen Rhys-Jones, Countess of Wessex, reacted to a musical performance aboard the "Havengore."

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The "Spirit of Chartwell" passed crowds of onlookers.

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Crowds by the river cheered as the flotilla passed Tower Bridge.

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Princess Beatrice of York and Sophie, Countess of Wessex, waved to well-wishers.

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Guns fired in a 41-gun salute at the Tower of London in front of Tower Bridge.

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Members of Queen Elizabeth II 's Royal Marine Band, Plymouth, played in the pouring rain during the jubilee.