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Spectators waving Britain's Union flags wait near Tower Bridge during the Diamond Jubilee river Pageant on the River Thames in London on June 3, 2012. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II sails on a royal barge down the River Thames as part of a huge pageant marking her diamond jubilee, in one of the biggest events of its kind in London's history. One million people are expected to line the river to see the extravaganza of steam boats and tugs, speed boats and historic vessels.