The Queen 's 2012 Diamond Jubilee Extravaganza

                                                   Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth 11

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The Queen's Diamond Jubilee this year - only the second such Jubilee in Britain’s long history - was truly a historic milestone in the life of the nation.
It was a grand spectacle of  colours , sounds  and exciting events.
Here are a few of them:

The  Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations began , all over the UK with the decoration of  streets, private and public buildings with commemorative flags and buntings.

 Henson Blumenthal , celebrity Chef,  presenting the Jubilee Picnic hampers

Jubilee Picnic Spread

Thousands of  Diamond Jubilee Picnics and street parties were held all over the country.

The Queen's guests at the Buckingham Palace Garden Jubilee  Picnic 

The Queen enroute St. Paul's Cathedral for the Thanksgiving Service

The Queen's Guards , on the Mall , escorting the Queen to St. Paul's.

St. Paul's Cathedral 

Arriving  St. Paul's Cathedral

"The Spirit of Chartwell" ~ The Queen's Ceremonial  Royal Barge

The Queen boards the "Spirit of Chartwell", to view the river pageant on the River Thames

The Thames River Pageant

  Massive crowds celebrating  with The Queen at  Buckingham Palace .

 

Red Arrow Fighter Jets displaying over Buckingham Palace

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Red arrows

At  Buckingham Palace

Red Arrows  fly-past on the Mall .

Her Majesty the Queen arriving for  the Jubilee Night party  on the grounds of Buckingham Palace 

Mammoth crowd of hundreds of thousands at the Jubilee Night party

Sir Elton John performing on the night  .

Spectacular Firework displays at Buckingham Palace

Pop star , Kylie Minogue, strutting her stuff  @ the night party @ Buckingham Palace

Sir Paul McCartney

Lighting one of the  hundreds of  the Jubilee Beacons.

The Queen's Diamond Jubilee commemorative souvenirs:

Numerous souvenirs were made to commemorate the 2012 Queen's Diamond Jubilee,  as was the case for The Queen's  previous Jubilee celebrations .
 Outstanding amongst the  numerous  Diamond  Jubilee souvenirs were those of Gold and Silver coins , of  flowers , stamps and China Tableware.

The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Coins:

To celebrate this grand royal occasion, the Royal Mint has struck a beautiful new £5 coin with two new portraits of The Queen spanning her long reign.

It is the first coin ever struck to commemorate a Diamond Jubilee - there were no special coins for Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897 - and is certainly worthy of the occasion.

It is minted to Brilliant Uncirculated standard - a higher quality than the coins in your pocket - and is set within a beautifully illustrated display folder.

The Diamond Jubilee £5 coin is a fabulous souvenir of this once-in-a-lifetime occasion and is ideal for street parties and Jubilee celebrations.

 GOLD COINS

Diamond Jubilee Commemorative  Designer Chinaware

 Souvenir Tea Caddy

 Souvenir fine -bone China Tea cup

Souvenir Flower Arrangements

Bouquet of Roses , Diamond Jubilee arrangement presented to the Queen  by the Covent Garden Flower Academy.

Diamond  Jubilee flower arrangements at the Chelsea  Flower show in  , in Chelsea London

Diamond Jubilee  Commemorative stamps

 

The Shard's Laser show

Wimbledon 2012

Be Grateful

I will praise the name of God with song, And shall magnify Him with thanksgiving.  Psalm 69:30

Thanksgiving is possible only for those who take time to remember; no one can give thanks who has a short memory

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, and confusion into clarity.... It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow."
- Melodie Beattie

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.

We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if  it  is good, because it is good, if bad, because it works in us patience, humility and the contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country

The U.K. Celebrates : Final Countdown to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee - 2012

Events to mark the Diamond Jubilee of the Queen's Coronation  started months ago.

 Now as the Jubilee weekend draws near , preparations are at fever pitch  to make the event a memorable one. After months of hard work by all sections of the nation , the results are visible as cities nationwide are wearing  festive looks  for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee 2012.

The Queen, Elizabeth 11, is the only monarch other than Queen Victoria to serve 60 years on the British throne. Londoners and visitors will celebrate this remarkable achievement during a four-day national holiday this weekend.

Congratulations to Her Majesty , the Queen and to the entire Royal Family.
God save the Queen and long may she reign !

Celebrations this weekend.
The Jubilee celebrations reach a climax over four days from June 2 to June 5 with a 1,000-boat river pageant on the Thames, a concert featuring some of pop's biggest names and the pomp and splendour of a ceremonial parade.
Hundreds of street parties and local celebrations will be taking place throughout the city.
 In addition to major events in central London, which include the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant and Big Jubilee Lunch in Piccadilly Square, on Sunday 3 June; the lighting of the National Beacon and the Diamond Jubilee Concert in the Mall on Monday 4 June, which will be watched by large crowds in the Mall, Hyde Park and St James's Park; and the Ceremonial Procession, which will be watched by millions on television and broadcast on the screens in Hyde Park, St James's Park and Trafalgar Square on Tuesday 5 June.


Following the National Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral, receptions at City venues and a Livery lunch at Westminster Hall, a carriage procession will convey the Royal party to Buckingham Palace.
The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Henry of Wales will all participate in the procession.
The route is expected to be lined with thousands of spectators.
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh will be transported in the 1902 State Landau in which the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge rode after their wedding last April.
The Queen's Landau carriages, her exclusive Bentleys and the royal horses being used in the Diamond Jubilee procession are put through their paces ahead of the weekend's celebrations.
The Queen's Carriage

The royal carriages are being polished, giant Union Jack flags hang over the streets of London and the largest image of the royal family ever produced has been erected over the Thames.

  London's South Bank has become a temporary home to the largest image of the royal family ever produced. 
The image, which measures 100m by 70m and weighs in at nearly two tons, was erected onto the Sea Containers building - and will be visible to her Majesty as she passes by during Sunday's boat parade on the Thames.

The chosen picture is one of the most memorable photographs ever taken of the Queen, Prince Philip and their children.
It was snapped by an unknown photographer during the Silver Jubilee in 1977 .

The Royal Procession route and major landmarks in the city of London and all over the UK , have been decked with buntings  for the event.

Buckingham Palace

Windsor Castle

Regents Street , London

 Jubilee   at Heathrow Airport

Covent Garden , London

The Queen's Guards

The Prince of Peace is alive forever!

^1"Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.

 ²And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.

 ³And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

 ⁴And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:

 ⁵And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

 ⁶He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,

 ⁷Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

 ⁸And they remembered his words,

 ⁹And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest ". Luke 24: 1-8.

5. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

 ⁶Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

 ⁷But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

 ⁸And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

 ⁹Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

 ¹⁰That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

 ¹¹And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Phillipians 2:5-11.

Immeasurable Love .

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends ".
  John 15: 13.