Queen celebrates Silver Jubilee on this day in 1977

by martin223 | June 7, 2009 at 06:50 am

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More than one million people have lined the streets of London to watch the Queen and the Royal Family on their way to St Paul's at the start of this celebrations.

The Queen, dressed in pink on her Jubilee Day and accompanied by Prince Phillip, led the procession in the golden state coach.

Despite the rain thousands camped out over night to try to get a better view of the procession as it made its way down the Mall and through Trafalgar Square, Fleet Street and Ludgate Hill.

At St Paul's 2,700 specially selected guests, including politicians and other heads of state joined in the ceremony which began with Ralph Vaughan Williams' arrangement of the hymn "All people that on earth do dwell" which was played at the Queen's coronation in 1953.

Millions of British people watched this occasion on the television, many joined the street parties and many took the day off work.

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