Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II

Left to right, atop barge: (grouped at left) the Duke of Edinburgh; the Duke of Cambridge; the Duchess of Cambridge; Prince Harry; Queen Elizabeth II; (grouped at right) the Duchess of Cornwall; the Prince of Wales, aboard the MV Spirit of Chartwell during the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant on 3 June 2012

The Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II was a multinational celebration throughout 2012, that marked the 60th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952. The only other time in British history that a monarch celebrated a Diamond Jubilee was in 1897, when Queen Victoria celebrated hers.

Commemorative events were held throughout the Commonwealth of Nations. Unlike the Queen's Silver and Golden Jubilees, when the Queen toured most of her realms around the world, Elizabeth II and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh, toured only the United Kingdom. Other parts of the Commonwealth were toured by her children and grandchildren as her representatives.