Review: Star-studded gala in Queen's front garden

The relationship between rock stars and royalty has not always been a cosy one. Back in 1977, The Sex Pistols stuck a grubby finger up to the silver jubilee with a raucous barge party on The Thames. In 2012, a day after a flotilla of 1,000 boats took to the same stretch of water, it seems that peace has been made. The diamond jubilee is being marked with a musical extravaganza on a stage built around the Queen Victoria Memorial outside London's Buckingham Palace.

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