1 In 1968, the diamond Jubilee came and went without celebration for fear of a financial loss!

2 What is the point of celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of someone who is born into a position of privilege?

3 Next year, Queen Elizabeth will celebrate her Diamond Jubilee, 60 years on the throne.

4 The central image of the Diamond Jubilee china is William IV's coat of arms which has been specially redrawn.

5 There's new speculation that UK Prince William could marry long-time girlfriend Kate Middleton in 2012 - the same year as the summer Olympics in London and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

6 Nuala McGourty, retail director at the Royal Collection, said: 'We wanted to create a design that was decorative and feminine, and that would provide the right provenance for the Diamond Jubilee.

7 More Royal Collection memorabilia will be unveiled as next year's Diamond Jubilee approaches.

8 Yet 87% think high profile events –such as the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and Euro 2012 –will boost patriotism.

9 Dhore – who says he was born in 1897, the year that Queen Victoria celebrated her diamond jubilee – already has 13 children by five wives, but said he would like more with his newest,[] Safiya Abdulle.

10 It was said that they wanted to avoid taking attention away from the Queen and Prince of Wales in the runup to the Queen's diamond jubilee next summer.

11 All pubs and bars could be allowed to stay open late for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee weekend under Government plans.

12 Yet beyond all this fun—and the celebrations of Queen Elizabeth's diamond jubilee—nagging worries will remain about London's future, as regulations start to squeeze its financial industry.

13 Ifshe continues drawing on the reserve at the current rate, she will runout of funds by 2012 – the year of her diamond jubilee.