Across the nation, people are gearing up for the Diamond Jubilee. From pre-Jubilee parties to pub makeovers, here's how Britain is preparing
for the four-day bank holiday.
1: We're SOOO patriotic: Brown lemurs play with flags that have been put up by staff at Blair Drummond Safari Park near Stirling
2: An impressive array of Union flags fly above London's Regent Street.
3: A large Union Jack flag hangs above an antique store in Portobello Market in west London.
4: Ahoy there! Andrew Southerden, landlord at the Coach & Horses in Kibworth, Leicestershire,
has turned his pub into a ship to mark the forthcoming Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
5: Echoing last year's Royal Wedding, Union flags are lined up along The Mall in London.
6: Coachmen ensure that the horses at the Royal Mews in Buckingham Palace are looking their best ahead of the four-day celebrations.
7: A mystery 'yarnbomber' has struck once again in the town of Saltburn in North Yorkshire.
Recently, a host of knitted figures celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee have appeared on the pier -
created by an unknown knitter or knitters.
8: Coachmen take the horses out for an early morning stroll at the Royal Mews in Buckingham Palace
before they are paraded in front of millions this weekend.
9: Drummer Matthew Bick poses for pictures wearing a Queen mask during a pre-Jubilee celebration named the
"Jubilee meets Mad Hatters Tea Party."
10: Bunting flutters in the breeze in Brighton. Photo credit: Y! Reporter, Nicholas
11: Carriage restorer David Evens cleans the 1902 State Landau carriage at the Royal Mews in Buckingham Palace,
as the horses and carriages are prepared for the Diamond Jubilee.
12: Preparations take place outside Buckingham Palace for the star-studded Diamond Jubilee Concert
which will see the likes of Stevie Wonder, Gary Barlow and Annie Lennox performing in front of thousands.
13: From teapots to mugs, souvenirs commemorating the Diamond Jubilee are displayed in a London shop.
14: Mandy Hunter inspects a banner made for Britain's Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee at Flyingcolours
flagmakers in Knaresborough, Yorkshire.
15: The Royal Oak pub in picturesque Ailsworth and Castor Village, Cambridgeshire, gets into the Jubilee spirit.
16: Transport manager Alex Garty poses with Queen Elizabeth II's Bentley at the Royal Mews in Buckingham Palace.
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