Enormous flotilla celebrates accession of King Charles on River Thames

The Royal Household’s Gloriana was the flotilla’s centrepiece (Image: Shutterstock)

That is the spectacular flotilla of 150 boats that sailed London’s River Thames in reminiscence of the late Queen.

Initially deliberate as a part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations, the flotilla marked Her Majesty’s dying and the accession of her eldest son, King Charles.

Folks lined the banks of the river final night time to look at the illuminated vessels glide by peacefully.

All boats have been embellished with grandiose white lights, with the memorable occasion beginning after sundown.

The procession departed from Albert Bridge and from there it floated downriver by means of central London, passing beneath Chelsea Bridge at 7pm, Westminster Bridge at 7.30pm, and arriving at Tower Bridge at 8.15pm, the Day by day Mail reported.

Gloriana, a British royal barge privately commissioned as a tribute to the monarch for her 2012 Diamond Jubilee, was the flotilla’s centrepiece.

One of many roughly 150 boats participating on the occasion (Image: Shutterstock)

The flagship was the Queens rowing barge Gloriana (Image: Shutterstock)

Gloriana was privately fee for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee (Image: Shutterstock)

All vessels have been fantastically embellished with white lights (Image: PA)

The ceremony ended at Tower Bridge (Image: PA)

Chris Livett, the King’s Bargemaster was on the helm, whereas adventurer Ben Fogle and previous winners of the historic race for Doggett’s Coat and Badge have been rowing.

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Images present them utilizing illuminated oars to row by means of the murky Thames water.

The ultimate vacation spot, Tower Bridge, was doused in purple lighting to commemorate the Queen, and raised as a part of the ceremony’s ending.

A part of the set up known as ‘Reflections’, the magnificent pageant lasted about 90 minutes.

It was a tribute by the river group to the sovereign, who died on September 8 on the age of 96.

The occasion additionally hopes to boost £20,000 for the Royal Nationwide Lifeboat Establishment (RNLI).

The cash will likely be used to assist construct a brand new lifeboat station in Waterloo.

Promoted as a part of this 12 months’s Completely Thames competition, Reflections is organised by Thames Alive along with a bunch of people that performed a central function within the supply of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant.

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