The flag attached to the Queen Marker's skiff flown during the Swan Upping on the River Thames

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The colourful and traditional ‘Swan Upping’ is a centuries old annual event in England. Swan Upping takes place with a flotilla of six traditional Thames wooden rowing skiffs in July on the third Monday starting at Sunbury-on-Thames, a few miles west of London to Abingdon near the famous university city of Oxford. The journey takes five days. All swans (Britain’s largest bird) are owned by the Crown.

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Size: 5366px × 3592px
Location: Swan Upping, Great Britain, River Thames
Photo credit: © richard sowersby / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: britain, ceremony, event, flag, great, marker, pennant, queen, river, swan, thames, upping