3 June 2012 Last updated at 12:49

Jubilee party-goers brave the wet weather

Diamond Jubilee picture galleries

Revellers queue to enter a Jubilee Party in Battersea Park on 3 June, 2012 in London, England

People around England are celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee at events across the country.

People queue with umbrellas to enter Battersea Park

In London, despite wet weather, parties are taking place in parks around the capital ahead of the Thames Jubilee River Pageant later this afternoon.

A London pub features a 'Fine Reign' ale in honour of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee

Pubs and village halls have been decked out in bunting and flags with millions expected to take part in the Big Jubilee Lunch.

Organisers start to dress the shops prior to the Jubilee street party in Marple Bridge, Stockport in Manchester

Across England and Wales there have been 9,500 road closure applications by people planning to celebrate in the streets.

Education Through Expeditions explorers reach the summit of Mount Barbeau

A Diamond Jubilee tea party, thought to be the remotest in the world, will take place later in the Arctic. Polar Explorer Antony Jinman from Plymouth led a six-man group to the summit of Mount Barbeau, on the Queen Elizabeth Islands, 560 miles (901km) from the North Pole.