Vessels of all shapes and sizes took part in the historic pageant including royal barge Spirit of Chartwell, with the 86-year-old monarch and her proud family on board.
About 1.25 million well-wishers packed the river’s banks in London, cheering in spite of grey skies and heavy downpours while around the country, thousands more held street parties to mark the day.
Bedraggled Brits used to holiday deluges lined the Thames joined by foreign visitors determined to shrug off the weather and pay tribute to Her Majesty’s 60-year reign.
The Queen defied the wind and rain without an umbrella to wave from beneath an ornate canopy on the Spirit of Chartwell as it joined a magnificent flotilla making the seven-mile trip from Battersea to Tower.
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