Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Celebrations
Two women in Union Jack costumes pose as they wait to enter a giant picnic area in Hyde Park ahead of the Diamond Jubilee concert at Buckingham Palace in London on June 4, 2012. A chain of more than 4,200 beacons began to flare across the globe on June 4 to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s diamond jubilee, with the last to be lit by the monarch at a star-studded concert at Buckingham Palace. (credit: JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/GettyImages)