Diamond Jubilee Celebration Honors Queen Elizabeth's Dedication To Service

Queen Elizabeth Honored For Dedication To Service At Diamond Jubilee Celebration
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Though Queen Elizabeth's 60-year reign has been marked by a variety of both challenges and triumphs, there's been one constant: her commitment to service.

The Queen was recognized for her dedication to public service in a ceremony at St. Paul's Cathedral Tuesday during the Diamond Jubilee. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, gave the homily honoring the Queen, according to theprovince.com.

"We are marking six decades of living proof that public service is possible and that it is a place where happiness can be found,"he said.

People who want to show gratitude and appreciation for the Queen with gifts have been asked donate money to The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, an organization that aims to extend her dedication to service for years to come.

The Trust will support organizations that focus on youth leadership, urban food accessibility and greater quality of life for people living with disabilities, among other causes.

The Diamond Jubilee also honored other individuals for their dedication to service -- including five crew members of the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance Trust.

The Air Ambulance Trust, set up in 1989, is an emergency helicopter that can reach Kent, Surrey and Sussex in 20 minutes, and responds to between four and six emergencies each day. According to BBC, Pilots Blaine Ashurst and Kevin Goddard and clinical managers Gary Wareham, Rob Wilkinson and Richard de Coverly received Diamond Jubilee medals for their work.

Learn more about the Queen's Trust here.

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II views an inscription dedicated to Queen Victoria at the foot of the steps of St Paul's Cathedral, in central London, alongside Dean of St Paul's, David Ison, following a service of thanksgiving. (AP Photo/ Dominic Lipinski, PA) (credit:AP)
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Vehicles carrying the royal family drive along the streets where crowds line up to watch the carriage procession in London Tuesday June 5, 2012. The carriage procession is part of a four-day Diamond Jubilee celebration to mark the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II accession to the throne. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel/Pool) (credit:AP)
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This is a view of the interior St. Paul's Cathedral London, during a service of thanksgiving to celebrate Britain's Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee Tuesday June 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Murray Sanders, Pool) (credit:AP)
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth, right, attends a thanksgiving service with Prince Charles, centre, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, at St Paul's Cathedral in central London Tuesday June 5, 2012. Four days of nationwide celebrations during which millions of people have turned out to mark Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee conclude on Tuesday with a church service and carriage procession through central London. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett, Pool) (credit:AP)
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Britain's Prince William, right, Kate Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry are seated during a service of thanksgiving to celebrate Britain's Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee in St Paul's Cathedral London Tuesday June 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Murray Sanders, Pool) (credit:AP)
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attend a National Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral in central London, to which 2,000 people were invited, as part of four days of celebrations to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, Tuesday, June 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, Pool) (credit:AP)
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and members of the Royal Family, depart St Paul,s Cathedral following the service of thanksgiving during Diamond Jubilee celebrations on Tuesday June 5, 2012 in London. (AP Photo/Jeff J Mitchell, Pool) (credit:AP)
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Princess Beatrice, front left, and her sister Princess Eugene wait for their car outside St Paul's Cathedral following a national service of thanksgiving for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in London, Tuesday, June 5, 2012. Centre rear is Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and at right, Prince Andrew, Duke of York. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) (credit:AP)
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The Dean of St Paul's Cathedral David Ison and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II look at a commemorative inscription to Queen Victoria, Britain's only other monarch who reigned for 60 years and more, outside St Paul's Cathedral, London following a national service of thanksgiving for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Tuesday, June 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) (credit:AP)
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and members of the Royal Family, depart St Paul,s Cathedral following the service of thanksgiving a service of thanksgiving during Diamond Jubilee celebrations on Tuesday June 5, 2012 in London. (AP Photo/Jeff J Mitchell, Pool) (credit:AP)
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Kate, Duchess of Cambridge talks to religious leaders as she arrives at St Paul's Cathedral for a national service of thanksgiving for the Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and her Queen's Diamond Jubilee in London, Tuesday, June 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) (credit:AP)
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is driven from Buckingham Palace to St Paul's Cathedral, central London for a service of thanksgiving, Tuesday, June 5, 2012, to conclude the four-day Diamond Jubilee celebrations to mark the 60th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) (credit:AP)
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Spectators wait for Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and the royal family to pass along The Mall for a service of thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations Tuesday June 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Tom Hevezi) (credit:AP)
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Angelika Wagner, from Ohio, sits on the Mall while waiting for the start of a pop music concert at Buckingham Palace to help celebrate Britain's Queen Elizabeth II's 60-year reign during Diamond Jubilee celebrations in London, Monday, June 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Tim Hales) (credit:AP)

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