The
Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II was a multinational celebration throughout 2012, that marked the 60th anniversary of the accession of Queen
Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952. Queen Elizabeth is
queen regnant of 16 sovereign states, known as
Commonwealth realms, including the United Kingdom. The only other time in British history that a monarch celebrated a Diamond Jubilee was in 1897, when
Queen Victoria celebrated hers.