Photograph of HM Queen Elizabeth II visiting Highbury Fields during her Silver Jubilee tour of North London. She is walking to the left wearing a floral dress and holding a bouquet. There is a crowd of well wishers waving Union Jacks to the right.

The Silver Jubilee, marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of HM The Queen’s accession, was a year of celebrations nationwide. The six Jubilee tours in the UK and Northern Ireland covered thirty-six counties. The Queen’s tour of North London included visits to Camden, Islington and Hackney. During the Silver Jubilee year more than 100,000 congratulatory cards were received by HM The Queen, and 30,000 Jubilee medals were distributed.