The Royal Standard was raised on the Spirit of Chartwell to show the Queen was on board. With a red, gold and purple colour scheme, the vessel is designed to echo the richly decorated royal barges of the 17th and 18th Centuries.
The Royal Pageant on the River Thames
The Olympic torch is carried across the famous landmark of the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge outside the village of Ballintoy, Co.Antrim by carrier Denis Broderick