A flotilla of 1,000 boats will sail down the Thames River on June 3 to kick off the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, a three-day celebration to mark Queen Elizabeth II's 60 years on the throne.
In England, Chelmsford won the laurels awarded in 2012 to mark Queen Elizabeth's own diamond jubilee.
The exhibition opened at the Victoria and Albert Museum on Wednesday to mark Queen Elizabeth II's ascension to the throne 60 years ago.
And the Savoy continues to have artists-in-residence, including David Downes, who painted the Thames flotilla of 1,000 boats marking Queen Elizabeth's diamond jubilee.
Though his coalition government also expects a tough year, ministers hope that the public mood will be lifted by the Diamond Jubilee marking Queen Elizabeth II's 60 years on the throne and, a few weeks later, by the London Olympics.
Queen Sofia of Spain has cancelled a visit to the UK to mark Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee because of disputes over Gibraltar.
All children in education in the Bailiwick of Guernsey will receive a commemorative china mug to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee.
Each marked queen was observed in its colony during the experiment, ensuring that the same individual queens were being monitored for viral infection.
One new city will be created in Britain this year to mark the queen's diamond jubilee.
The train came into service in 1977 to mark the Queen's silver jubilee.
