HRH Queen Trooping of the Colour
Members of the Royal family Prince William, Camilla Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Charles, Prince Edward, Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh watch the fly past on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London following the Trooping the Colour ceremony marking the Queen's official birthday in London, 11th June 2005. Camilla, Prince Charles's new wife, appeared on Saturday for the first time on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, an iconic setting for royal appearances before the British public.

Anti-European Union
An Anti European Union constitution banner is seen outside Downing Street in London on 6th June 2005. Britain will suspend legislation on Monday to set up a referendum on the new European Union constitution, already overwhelmingly rejected by voters in France and the Netherlands.

Elton John and Lulu in Swindon

Sir Elton John visits the County ground Swindon to play some his greatest hits. A packed audience of 20,000 watched and listened in glorious weather to the sound that have made the Watfordonian famous. He was supported by Scottish legend Lulu, revisiting her famous hits of the sixties and seventies.

Elton, who had a special wish for Swindon Town FC, who he revealed he used to watch as a boy when, the son of a RAF trumpeter, lived at Lyneham. "When I was a little boy I used to live at Lyneham at the airbase," Full Story of the Music Extravaganza click here

Summer Solstice Stonehenge
Up to 21,000 people gathered amid beating drums and blowing horns to witness the Summer Solstice at Stonehenge on 21st June 2005. Cheers rang out across Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire as the sun rose over the heel stone at 0458 BST. Stonehenge is an amazing feat of engineering and still many historians are seraching for the methodology behing the circular stone monument. Druids - a pagan order dating back to Celtic Britain - believe the solstice signifies the 'oak king' being overcome by the 'holly king', who rules the second half of the year.

Henmania Over For Another Year
Tim Henman crashes out of Wimbledon 2005 in round two day four [23rd June] to Russian Dmitry Tursunov. The Russian proved to be too strong in the final set ending Henman's hopes with a 3-6 6-2 3-6 6-3 8-6 victory. Henman - the sixth seed and British no.1 - has reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon four times and has reached at least the 4th Round every year since 1996. However, he was pushed to five sets in his first round match against Jarkko Nieminen, and endured another 2nd round five set marathon against Tursunov.

Festival of the Seas 2005
Fireworks explode over tallships sailing in the Solent off the coast of Portsmouth, southern England 28th June 2005. Britain celebrated an epic naval victory on Tuesday but a descendant of its hero Admiral Horatio Nelson said the Battle of Trafalgar bicentenary was trying too hard not to offend historical enemies France and Spain. Trafalgar 2005 Review More..