GUY RAZ, HOST: A day of, what else, pomp and circumstance in London today.</s>GUY RAZ, HOST: Boats of all sizes blew their horns in celebration traveling past the queen on her own vessel on the River Thames. It's the queen's diamond jubilee, a celebration of her 60th year on the throne.</s>UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Three cheers for the queen. Hip, hip...</s>UNIDENTIFIED GROUP: Hooray.</s>UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Hip, hip...</s>UNIDENTIFIED GROUP: Hooray.</s>UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Hip, hip...</s>UNIDENTIFIED GROUP: Hooray.</s>GUY RAZ, HOST: Thousands of people flocked to London for the highlight of four days of celebration.</s>GUY RAZ, HOST: And church bells welcomed the queen's royal barge as it joined the river pageant of over 1,000 boats. The grand finale was a performance of the national anthem by the London Philharmonic on a boat right under the Tower Bridge.</s>GUY RAZ, HOST: A flotilla of 1,000 boats on the Thames hadn't been seen in London since 1662 when one was held in honor of Charles II.
Thousands of revelers flocked to London for the highlight of four days of celebrations to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee, celebrating her 60th year on the throne. A flotilla of 1,000 boats hadn't been seen in London since 1662.