Britain's Queen Begins Diamond Jubilee CelebrationReported by VOA News on Saturday, 2 June 2012 (on June 2, 2012)
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth began her four-day diamond jubilee celebration Saturday watching horse races at the Epsom Downs course in southern England. Many of the estimated 150,000 who gathered for the Epsom Derby were handed British flags to mark the milestone. The celebration of the queen's 60 years on the throne officially began earlier Saturday with a 41-gun salute fired by the King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery at the Horse Guards Parade site in central London. ...
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