London - Queen Elizabeth II at the Diamond Jubilee carriage procession by Mark Sukhija

London - Queen Elizabeth II at the  Diamond Jubilee carriage procession

As part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, the Queen took part in an open carriage procession from the The Houses of Parliament to Buckingham Palace Looking happy, in spite of Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, being taken ill Queen Lizzie dashed through Whitehall and down The Mall and back home accompanied by The Household Cavalry.

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About Mark Sukhija

Mark Sukhija is a travel and wine blogger, photographer, tourism researcher, hat-touting, white-shirt-wearing, New Zealand fantatic and eclipse chaser. Aside from at least annual visits to New Zealand, Mark has seen eclipses in South Australia (2002), Libya (2006), China (2009) and Queensland (2012). After twelve years in Switzerland, Mark moved back to London in 2012. You can follow Mark on Twitter or Facebook