London 2012 Olympic torch relay: day 69 – in pictures

Torchbearer Tyler Rix lights the Olympic cauldron during the torch relay celebrations in Hyde Park Photograph: Ki Price/Reuters

Saman Jafar carries the flame on an open-top double-decker bus through Westminster Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, centre left and centre, and Prince Harry, centre right, receive the flame at Buckingham Palace on its journey through central London Photograph: Tim Rooke /Rex Features

Actors Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders carry the flame on the leg between Lambeth and Kensington and Chelsea Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Crowds surround the flame as it passes along Whitehall Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Sir Bruce Forsyth carries the flame through Kensington and Chelsea Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik carries the flame through central London Photograph: Tom Shaw/Getty Images

Ban Ki Moon, the UN secretary general, carries the flame through central London Photograph: Diego Azubel/EPA

The flame passes through Parliament Square Photograph: Diego Azubel/EPA

Former England rugby union captain Lawrence Dallaglio passes the flame to former England rugby union captain Lewis Moody outside the Chelsea FC stadium, Stamford Bridge Photograph: Matt Alexander/PA

David Shaw carries the flame over Chelsea Bridge with Battersea Power Station in the background Photograph: Matthew Childs/Action Images

John Hulse runs with the flame on Constitution Hill Photograph: Will Oliver/AFP/Getty Images

Sarah Springman carries the flame through Clapham Photograph: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images

The flame is carried on top of an open-top bus along Oxford Street Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Laura Tollerton carries the flame through the streets of Clapham Photograph: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images

David Cameron greets torchbearer Florence Rowe in Downing Street Photograph: Cathal Mcnaughton/Reuters

Kenton Cool carries the flame through the streets of Peckham Photograph: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images

The flame is carried through the crowded streets of Brixton Photograph: Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images

The flame travels through the City of London Photograph: Li Gang/Corbis

Wheelchair basketball player Adedoyin Adepitan carries the flame over the Millennium Bridge Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Comic actor David Walliams prepares to carry the flame through Islington Photograph: Tony Kyriacou/Rex Features

Luke Corduner carries the flame in St Pancras International Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

Paris Walker holds the flame as it travels on a barge on Camden Lock Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA