[www.keralites.net] In photos: Britain gets into the Jubilee spirit

 

 

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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