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Queen Elizabeth II's jolly old weekend - Washington Post

People toast at a street party celebrating the queen's Diamond Jubilee. The get-together on Saturday was organized by residents of Battersea in south London.
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Soldiers of the Queen's Guard march down the Mall outside Buckingham Palace on Saturday in London.
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A shop window in Durham, England, displays wares in honor of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee.
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Residents of Battersea in south London decorated their homes with bunting, flags and cardboard cutouts of British royals for a street party Saturday in honor of the Diamond Jubilee.
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A party boat sails toward a group of vessels that will be part of the Jubilee river pageant and docked in Putney on the River Thames in London. An estimated 1,000 boats are expected for the pageant.
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Racegoers wear their British best Saturday as they wait for the action to start on Derby Day, the second day of the Epsom Derby horse-racing festival, at Epsom in Surrey, southern England.
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Two racegoers rest on a bench Saturday on Derby Day at the Epsom Derby racing festival in southern England.
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Members of the Red Devils parachute display team land at the Epsom race course Saturday at the start of a four-day Diamond Jubilee celebration.
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Racegoers watch the action from the top of open-top buses on Derby Day at Epsom in Surrey.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, stands with Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, center, in the parade ring Saturday before the Diamond Jubilee Coronation Cup race on Derby Day, the second day of the Epsom Derby horse racing festival.
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Families attend a Jubilee Family Festival in Hyde Park, central London.
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Singer Katherine Jenkins attends the Investec Derby on Saturday, at the start of the weekend marking the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
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Stylish racegoers on Derby Day at Epsom.
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Queen Elizabeth II, center, stands next to Prince Edward, second from right, on the royal balcony at Epsom as she looks down at the winning horse in the Derby race on Derby Day. Princess Michael of Kent is at left.
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Tom Queally, center, riding Wrotham Heath on his way to winning the Diamond Jubilee Stakes during the Investec Derby.
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Princess Eugenie, left, sporting a Union Jack manicure, applauds the Derby winner with Princess Beatrice at Epsom on Saturday.
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Dancers perform Saturday during a Jubilee Family Festival in Hyde Park, central London.
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Queen Elizabeth II presents Joesph O'Brien with the trophy after he won the Coronation Cup at the Investec Derby.
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Mandy Ellis wears a hat decorated with the Union Jack as she looks towards the London Eye Ferris wheel on Saturday.
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