Photos: Houston's British Consulate celebrates Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee

See how Houston celebrated Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee

By Ryan NickersonThe British Consulte General in Houston celebrated Her Majesty's Platinum Jubilee with a garden party and festival at Lott Hall in Hermann Park on Thursday.The event showcased the best of British culture, music, food, sports, and celebrated the connections between the UK and Texas.Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle

The event hosted fundraising activites to benefit Mountbatten House, a care home for senior citizens supported by local chapter of the Daughters of the British Empire.Elizabeth II became Queen of the United Kingdom, along with 14 other Commonweath countries, in 1952 at the age of 25. She is one of the longest-serving sovereign monarchs in world history, and the longest-serving female head of state.

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