diamond jubilee
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Jubilee 1952-2012
Origins - past jubilees
Imperial BritainThe Diamond Jubilee 1897
Mahatma Gandhi Royal portrait 1897
Other diamond jubilees
Louis XIV Franz Joseph1654-1715 1848-1916
Hirohito Bhumibol Adulyadej 1926-1989 1950-present
Changing Britain under Queen Elizabeth II
Coronation portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, June 1953
Multicultural Britain
Modern monarchy
King Sobhuza II of Swaziland
The longest serving monarch in modern times.
1899-1982Queen Elizabeth
would have to be 106 before she can challenge his record!