Officials check and count Queen's swans

By Helena Williams and Toby Melville
Updated July 16 2019 - 3:48am, first published 3:32am
The Queen's officials check and count the swans on the River Thames over a five-day period.
The Queen's officials check and count the swans on the River Thames over a five-day period.

Royal officials clad in scarlet outfits have taken to London's River Thames in traditional boats for the annual "Swan Upping" ceremony, an 800-year-old tradition of counting the swans owned by Queen Elizabeth.

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