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Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Weekend unveiled

Everything you need to know about the national celebration in 2012. A celebratory long weekend of parties and pageantry will mark The Queen…

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Everything you need to know about the national celebration in 2012.

A celebratory long weekend of parties and pageantry will mark The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in June 2012 - and you can find out all the details from the new Directgov Diamond Jubilee page

The main programme will take place from Saturday 2 June to Tuesday 5 June with activities marking the Jubilee taking place throughout the United Kingdom and across the Commonwealth. Further details of these events and of other national and regional Diamond Jubilee events will be announced in due course.

The Directgov Diamond Jubilee page, launched today, will be kept up to date with information for the public running up to next year’s celebrations. 

Businesslink - the government’s website for business - has also launched a page that explains the implications and opportunities of the Diamond Jubilee to businesspeople.   

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Published 2 June 2011