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標題: [歐洲] The river of royalty: Queen uses Jubilee pageant to pay tribute to all her family [打印本頁]

作者: vandas 時間: 2012-5-19 05:57 AM 標題: The river of royalty: Queen uses Jubilee pageant to pay tribute to all her family

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1,000 boats will take to the water on June 3 for the 'outdoor party'

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Family life may not always have been plain sailing.5.39.217.765 I3 [% f! {8 b% L0 w

But the Queen is to use her Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant to pay a personal tribute to the relatives who have supported her over the past 60 years. X+ U% u! o7 F; [' r$ f6 B4 G
She has invited Prince Charles, the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge along with Prince Harry, to join her on the Royal Barge towards the head of the flotilla, Buckingham Palace announced yesterday.

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The event, to be held on June 3, will see 1,000 boats take to the water for ‘the world’s biggest and most spectacular outdoor party’.7 t/ C; U* b0 G0 I

The Queen and Prince Philip will be met at Chelsea Pier by Charles and Camilla before walking past a guard of honour formed by the Chelsea Pensioners. 5 u! s+ W: L* ]) s- V6 ?
They will then make a nostalgic trip on board a tender that once belonged to the Royal Yacht Britannia, which was decommissioned in 1997 after 44 years’ service.
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The vessel will take the Queen 800 yards downstream to Cadogan Pier where the Royal Barge, called the Spirit of Chartwell, and younger members of the Royal Family will be waiting. Bedecked with flowers from the Royal gardens, the barge will transport the monarch down the Thames to Tower Bridge.
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The Palace has confirmed that almost every senior member of the Royal Family will be taking part, except the reclusive Duchess of Kent who has quit public life. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 R! f! }1 S$ [6 K6 G

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An artists impression of Spirit of Chartwell the Royal Barge which will be taking part in the Thames Diamond Jubilee pageant along the river Thames
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The Duke of York and his daughters, Prince Edward and his wife, the Countess of Wessex, as well as the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, will board a second ship, the Havengore, at Imperial Pier. 3 @5 W2 N4 P/ k- @3 u) }1 J
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This is the passenger boat which carried Sir Winston Churchill’s body to his State funeral in 1965.

Princess Anne and her husband, Vice-Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, will travel on a third ship, the Trinity House No1 Boat. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 R) k4 V4 ?( _% J' v  e* F: B$ R
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The Duke of Kent and Princess Alexandra will board the final royal boat, a newly built RNLI lifeboat called Diamond Jubilee. , v7 ]% a6 Q+ i7 W  W! P3 f
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The first boat on the water will be the  £1million Royal Rowbarge Gloriana, led by Sir Steve Redgrave and Sir Matthew Pinsent.

This will be followed by the rest of the ‘manpowered boats’ which include traditional rowing boats, kayaks, dragon boats – and even a Kaimana, or Hawaiian war canoe.公仔箱論壇9 W- u# D8 C2 S4 c8 k
The Queen will head downriver – a journey expected to last an hour and a half – before mooring up after Tower Bridge. 公仔箱論壇: x  I0 ?' b6 ?% M. ]) B4 a/ K

Lord Salisbury, chairman of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Foundation, said yesterday: ‘It is a chance to pay a fitting tribute to the Queen for her 60 years of exceptional  service to this country.’5.39.217.76- r0 @1 L5 [( |. i/ f- V

He also revealed that JP Morgan has handed over a £100,000 cheque towards the £10.5million cost of the event within hours of the Daily Mail ‘naming and shaming’ firms which had not yet contributed.公仔箱論壇) J1 `( T% ]! O3 D2 h
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Yesterday, the Queen appeared to undertake a dry run for the pagaent by taking a ride in a bright yellow duckboat on the latest leg of her Diamond Jubilee tour.

Along with Prince Philip, the monarch sailed along the Mersey in Liverpool before being taken to see the city’s Albert Dock.
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A lavish red velvet banner decorated with a version of the royal coat-of-arms made from more than half a million gold-coloured buttons will hang from the stern5.39.217.76( i2 o) p6 O% [* |* i0 A- t. ~

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It has taken a team of talented seamstresses four months to sew on half a million golden buttons with 31 miles of thread7 ~5 [/ Z) j8 t! ]% @7 o
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The Queen, Prince Philip, Charles and Camilla will board the barge at Chelsea Pier collecting William, Kate and Harry en route to the O2

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