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!