Festive scene on Thames for queen's Jubilee

A couple with their eyes painted with Britain's Union flag pose for pictures beside the River Thames in London, on June 3, 2012, as Britain celebrates the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Queen Elizabeth II is to sail on a ceremonial barge down the Thames on Sunday at the center of a 1,000-boat pageant to mark her Diamond Jubilee, although heavy rain threatened to spoil the party.

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