Queen Elizabeth II marked the 60th anniversary of her coronation on Tuesday with a service at Westminster Abbey filled with references to the rainy day in 1953 when she was crowned.
More than 2,000 guests crammed into the abbey for the service, attended by all the senior members of the royal family including Prince William and his heavily pregnant wife Catherine.
The 86-year-old monarch, in an oyster-coloured outfit by Angela Kelly, was accompanied by her husband Prince Philip, 91, who was at her side despite pulling out of a public engagement on Monday because of ill health.
Prince Charles, the heir to the throne who was just four when his mother was crowned, sat next to his parents on the front row, alongside his second wife Camilla.
Next to them sat William and Catherine, who wore a daisy lace dress and a peach silk jacket by British designer Jenny Packham.
Charles recalled last year that the queen practised wearing the crown around Buckingham Palace in the weeks before her coronation, even popping in to say hello to her children during their bath time.