Olympic torch relay: day 70 – in pictures

Rosie Hynes carries the Olympic flame between Bushy Park and Hampton Court Photograph: LOCOG/Getty Images

Crowds paddle on the edge of the riverbank as they watch the Queen's rowbarge Gloriana carry the Olympic flame Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Matthew Pinsent runs in front of the Great Gate at Hampton Court Palace Photograph: LOCOG/Getty Images

The royal barge Gloriana leaves Hampton Court Palace en route to City Hall Photograph: Sang Tan/AP

Gloriana goes through a set of locks carrying the flame Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Akosua Scantlebury holds the Olympic flame on board Gloriana Photograph: LOCOG /EPA

The Olympic flame passes Battersea Power Station Photograph: Ben Birchall/LOCOG/PA

Spectators wave as the flame makes it way down the river Thames Photograph: Ben Birchall/LOCOG/PA

Gloriana is accompanied by a flotilla of boats Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

The Olympic flame heads under Hammersmith Bridge Photograph: Ben Birchall/LOCOG/PA

Spectators rush across Westminster Bridge to see the torch relay pass by Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP

Gloriana and the flame pass by the Houses of Parliament Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Crowds on Waterloo Bridge Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Boats following the torch relay past the Tower of London Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Amber Charles holds the Olympic torch near Tower Bridge Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

Gloriana passes under the Millennium Bridge Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Rowers stand with oars raised outside Imperial College boathouse Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Crowds gather on the banks of the river Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

The Olympic torch passes City Hall on the south bank of the river Thames Photograph: Yui Mok/AP