Queen Elizabeth II marks the 60th year of her reign. 

Elizabeth Alexandra Mary ascended to the British throne on February 6, 1952, upon her father, George VI’s sudden death. She received the news of her succession at the remote Sagana Lodge in Kiganjo, Kenya, where she and Prince Philip were holidaying.

She was subsequently declared queen in each of her 32 Commonwealth realms, including Kenya. Today sixty years later she is the constitutional monarch of just 16 realms (no longer Kenya either) and the last one to slip away was Mauritius in 1992.

Elizabeth was crowned queen nearly 16 months later at Westminister Abbey on June 2, 1953 in the first televised coronation ceremony (it set back the British exchequer back by four million dollars). On being crowned queen she and her prince consort moved into Buckingham Palace where they have been living for the last 60 years.

Elizabeth ordinarily does not celebrate her succession to the British throne (Accession Day) but on the first day of the sixtieth year of her reign she has two low-key visits planned to eastern England, that will kick off five months of diamond jubilee celebrations.

She plans to comprehensively tour England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales during her jubilee year. Other members of the royal family will journey overseas, representing Queen Elizabeth, and will visit every realm, as well as head to the Commonwealth countries, crown dependencies and to all of Britain’s overseas territories.

For instance Charles and wife, Camilla, will head to Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Papua New Guinea as well as the Channel Island and the Isle of Man. While Will and Kate will do Malaysia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu; Prince Harry Belize, Jamaica, The Bahamas. Prince Andrew will come to India.

In honor of the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth, her grandson Prince William and his wife Kate tour includes Signapore and the Solomon Islands. Check out here an impression of the journey.

Britain’s Prince William and wife Princess Kate are on tour in the Far East, their journey is part of the festivities surrounding the 60th throne jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.

Despite the scandal involving the topless photos in a French magazine they continued their journey.

Prince William and Kate will visit the Solomon Islands.

They are carried in a special wheeled boat.

Earlier they left for Malaysia.

In Kuala Lumpur they visited the Assyakirin mosque.

They also visited Signapore. She stood still at the monument in Kranji, commemorating the Second World War.

In a women’s center in the Solomon Islands Kate gets a souvenir of children in traditional attire.

In a traditional canoe trip the couple visited the Tuvanipupu Island, surrounded by the locals, who were dressed as sharks.

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and the Duchess of Cambridge observe a traditional dance

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