Diamond Jubilee

To mark 60 years of Her Majesty’s reign, the entire nation will be celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee throughout 2012. The jubilations will centre around an extended weekend in 2012 on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th June but the preparations have already begun, with excitement being felt around the globe

Queen’s Diamond Jubilee window unveiled

Set across from a window with the arms of her father, King George VI, in the spectacular Westminster Hall will be a beautiful new stained glass window to honour The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

The Queen to address Parliament to mark Diamond Jubilee

The Queen will address both Houses of Parliament to mark her 60 years on the throne

Garrard designs Diamond Jubilee necklace

Jewellery house Garrard has announced the launch of its Diamond Jubilee pendant

Da Vinci tour for Diamond Jubilee

Ten of Leonardo da Vinci’s finest drawings in the Royal Collection will tour across the UK

Royal Treasures: A Diamond Jubilee Celebration at Holyroodhouse Palace

Treasures from The Queen’s Palaces

An exhibition of some of the finest treasures from the Royal Collection will go on display on 16 March in the Palace of Holyroodhouse

Prince Harry arrives in Jamaica for Diamond Jubilee Tour

Prince Harry landed in Jamaica on the final leg of his tour of the Caribbean and Central America to mark his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee

The Queen begins her Jubilee tour in Leicester

Cheering crowds waving union jacks have greeted the Queen in Leicester, the first stop on the monarch’s Diamond Jubilee tour of the UK

Diamond Jubilee 2012 events announced

Here at BRITAIN we’re very excited about Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, when the UK will be celebrating 60 years of Elizabeth II’s reign

Queen Elizabeth II portraits by Cecil Beaton

In the run up to the Diamond Jubilee, the V&A is holding an exhibition of portraits of Her Majesty by photographer Cecil Beaton

Diamond Jubilee Portrait

Diamond Jubilee portrait commissioned

The National Portrait Gallery commission the first portrait of HRH The Queen and Prince Philip photographed together, to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee