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The weather was horrid; driving rain and cold temperatures combined to create perfectly miserable conditions. But no one was put off by the weather–after all, they’re prepared, having endured a relentlessly cold, rainy spring. According to the Telegraph, “Early estimates suggested that despite steady rain throughout the day, even more people turned out to watch the river pageant than were on the streets for last year’s Royal wedding. They were joined by six million more enjoying street parties up and down the country and a predicted global TV audience of two billion watching the biggest event staged on the Thames for 350 years.”