In an epochal display in honor of Queen Elizabeth’s 60-year reign, more than 1,000 watercraft packed the Thames on Sunday. Subjects turned out by the thousands despite it being a wee bit of a foggy day in London Town, and the queen herself led the procession in the royal barge before docking just past London Bridge. “We in Britain are experts at not letting the weather spoil our fun,” Adrian Evans, pageant master for the flotilla, told reporters. “The London Philharmonic Orchestra will be playing ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ as they travel down the river, and the crowd can sing along with them.”
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