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The Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant was a parade on 3 June 2012 of 670 boats on the Tideway of the River Thames in London as part of the celebrations of the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. The Queen, Prince Philip and other members of the Royal Family were aboard vessels that took part in the parade. The parade was organised by the Thames Diamond Jubilee Foundation, and funded by private donations and sponsorship.〔 The pageant master was Adrian Evans.〔 The vessels that took part included military, commercial, and pleasure craft. According to ''Guinness World Records'', this was the largest ever parade of boats, surpassing the previous record of 327 vessels set in Bremerhaven, Germany, in 2011. Sailing vessels and others too tall to pass under the bridges were moored as an "Avenue of Sail" downstream of London Bridge with smaller craft in St Katherine Docks.〔(Avenue of Sail ) Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant official site〕 British media organisations estimated that one million spectators watched from the banks of the Thames.〔''(1,000 boats, 20,000 participants and a million onlookers )'', The Guardian (3 June 2012)〕 The pageant was broadcast live by the BBC and Sky News and subsequently broadcast around the world on other networks. More than 10 million tuned into the BBC's four and a half hour coverage, with an audience average of 10.3 million. == Planning and route == The organisers of the pageant were the Thames Diamond Jubilee Foundation, chaired by Lord Salisbury, with Michael Lockett as the Chief Executive of the Pageant and Pageant Master, Adrian Evans.〔(Welcome ) Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant Official Website. (accessed 2012-06-12)〕 Other bodies involved in the organisation included the Port of London Authority, the RNLI, the Metropolitan Police, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and the Environment Agency.〔 The pageant was planned with inspiration from a painting by the 18th-century Venetian painter, Canaletto.〔(Canaletto Masterpiece ), Ross Lydall, London Evening Standard, 24 April 2012 (accessed 2012-04-24)〕 The painting ''Lord Mayor's Day on the Thames'' depicts a flotilla against a background of London, including St Paul's Cathedral. The painting was loaned for an exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich from the Lobkowicz Collections, Prague.〔 The pageant took a route from Wandsworth to Tower Bridge.〔 From the launch at Cadogan Pier, the flotilla travelled under 14 of London's Thames bridges – Chelsea Bridge, Grosvenor Bridge, Vauxhall Bridge, Lambeth Bridge, Westminster Bridge, Hungerford Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridges, Waterloo Bridge, Blackfriars Bridge, Blackfriars Railway Bridge, Millennium Bridge, Southwark Bridge, Cannon Street Railway Bridge, London Bridge, and Tower Bridge. The Thames was closed to normal navigation. To help ensure smooth conditions, particularly for the many rowed craft, the organisers had arranged for the annual high tide test closure of the Thames Barrier to take place on the same day as the parade.〔〔Note: The barrier closure for the pageant enabled it to be tested for longer than normal, and with a higher water level upstream than downstream.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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