Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II - celebration news, pictures and events

Day care patients show they’re cut out for some fun

8:36am Friday 1st June 2012

Day care patients at St Leonard’s Hospice held an afternoon tea with cupcakes they had made themselves – and had their photographs taken as The Queen and Prince Philip in a seaside-style board with cut-out faces as part of their own street party.

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Jubilee celebrations at York nursery

10:04am Friday 1st June 2012

IT WAS party time for a group of children as the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee festivities hotted up.

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Princess for a day

11:00am Friday 1st June 2012

SHE’S the queen of smiles and has the crown to prove it – Gabriella Hudson models the royal headwear that won her a prize at the Big Blue House Nursery Jubilee Party.

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York primary schools get into the Diamond Jubilee spirit

11:44am Thursday 31st May 2012

PRIMARY schools in York have been getting into the Jubilee spirit early.

Union Flag flowerbed marks The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

11:26am Thursday 31st May 2012

A UNIQUE Union Flag flowerbed has been unveiled at Bishopthorpe Palace to mark The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

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Brownies dig deep to make mark on Diamond Jubilee

11:29am Thursday 31st May 2012

BROWNIES have moved four tonnes of soil to make a permanent souvenir of the Diamond Jubilee for their community.

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Jubilee event at Heslington Pre-School

9:33am Wednesday 30th May 2012

CHILDREN at a York pre-school dressed in fancy dress for a fundraising Jubilee event.

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Kids just go potty for celebration royal mugs

8:48am Tuesday 29th May 2012

YORK’S new Lord Mayor has been getting into Diamond Jubilee mood in one of his first engagements since taking on the historic civic role.

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