London 2012 Olympic torch relay: day 69 – in pictures
Torchbearer Tyler Rix lights the Olympic cauldron during the torch relay celebrations in Hyde ParkPhotograph: Ki Price/ReutersSaman Jafar carries the flame on an open-top double-decker bus through WestminsterPhotograph: Chris Radburn/PAThe 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 LondonPhotograph: Tim Rooke /Rex Features
Actors Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders carry the flame on the leg between Lambeth and Kensington and ChelseaPhotograph: Yui Mok/PACrowds surround the flame as it passes along WhitehallPhotograph: Oli Scarff/Getty ImagesSir Bruce Forsyth carries the flame through Kensington and Chelsea Photograph: Ben Birchall/PADenmark's Crown Prince Frederik carries the flame through central LondonPhotograph: Tom Shaw/Getty ImagesBan Ki Moon, the UN secretary general, carries the flame through central LondonPhotograph: Diego Azubel/EPAThe flame passes through Parliament SquarePhotograph: Diego Azubel/EPAFormer 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/PADavid Shaw carries the flame over Chelsea Bridge with Battersea Power Station in the backgroundPhotograph: Matthew Childs/Action ImagesJohn Hulse runs with the flame on Constitution HillPhotograph: Will Oliver/AFP/Getty ImagesSarah Springman carries the flame through ClaphamPhotograph: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty ImagesThe flame is carried on top of an open-top bus along Oxford Street Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesLaura Tollerton carries the flame through the streets of ClaphamPhotograph: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty ImagesDavid Cameron greets torchbearer Florence Rowe in Downing Street Photograph: Cathal Mcnaughton/ReutersKenton Cool carries the flame through the streets of Peckham Photograph: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty ImagesThe flame is carried through the crowded streets of Brixton Photograph: Matthew Lloyd/Getty ImagesThe flame travels through the City of London Photograph: Li Gang/CorbisWheelchair basketball player Adedoyin Adepitan carries the flame over the Millennium BridgePhotograph: Oli Scarff/Getty ImagesComic actor David Walliams prepares to carry the flame through IslingtonPhotograph: Tony Kyriacou/Rex FeaturesLuke Corduner carries the flame in St Pancras International Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PAParis Walker holds the flame as it travels on a barge on Camden LockPhotograph: Chris Radburn/PA
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