Queen elizabeth diamond jubilee

• Britain's only other diamond jubilee for a monarch was relatively recent, in terms of British history. In 1897, Elizabeth's great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, then 78, achieved the landmark.
(New York Times)
• LONDON — On a luxury barge festooned with flowers, Queen Elizabeth II sailed down the River Thames on Sunday amid a motley but majestic flotilla of 1,000 vessels, mustered to mark her 60 years on the British throne.
(New York Post)
• One of the boats taking part, Amazon, featured in diamond jubilee celebrations for Queen Victoria, Elizabeths great-great-grandmother, held in 1897 when Britains empire spanned much of the globe.
(Reuters India)
• Kate was saying hi, hello to everyone she saw and was smiling ear-to-ear despite the bad weather, an observer told Us Weekly of Middleton before she boarded. William walked a step or two in front of her the whole time.
(YAHOO!)
• LONDON - More than 1,000 boats sailed down the River Thames on Sunday in a flotilla tribute to Queen Elizabeth IIs 60 years on the throne, an event that organizers are calling the biggest gathering on the river for 350 years.
(globaltvedmonton.com)
• Great Britain is celebrating the Diamond Jubilee, the 60th year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, with four days of events, from June 2-5, 2012.
(Examiner)
• Queen Elizabeth Ii has helped to set a new Guinness World Record for the largest parade of boats after leading a 1,000-strong fleet along Londons River Thames as part of her Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
(Queen Elizabeth Ii's Diamond Jubilee Flotilla Lands New World Record - Contactmusic.com)
• Editors note: Roger Clark is CNNs senior director of international newsgathering and will be commentating from London on Queen Elizabeths Diamond Jubilee.
(CNN)
• When he was six years old, Brian Zelley's mother took him and his sister by the hand and led them out of their north London home on a trip to the centre of the British capital.
(The Vancouver Sun)