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Unfinished Millennium Bridge dedicated by Queen

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh attended a service at St Paul's Cathedral on Tuesday 9 May to mark the dedication of the Millennium Bridge.

The Queen was unable to cross the bridge as it is only three-quarters completed, so she performed a simple ceremony on the north side dedicating the bridge to the people of Southwark and the City of London.

Among those in attendance were the new Mayor of London Ken Livingstone, the outgoing Mayor of Southwark Cllr Charles Cherrill and the Lord Mayor of London, as well as the Bishops of London and Southwark and the Dean of Southwark Cathedral, the Very Rev Colin Slee.

A flotilla of small boats passed under the bridge to mark the occasion.

The Millennium Bridge will open to the public next month, after the HSBC Millennium Bridge Walk in aid of Save the Children on Saturday 10 June. Call 020 7252 4141 to register or visit the website at www.savethechildren.org.uk/millenniumbridge

Later this month an exhibition about the Millennium Bridge project opens at the.gallery@oxo on the South Bank. A book by Deyan Sudjic entitled Blade of Light: The Story of London's Millennium Bridge is also being published by Penguin.

There are links to media coverage of the Millennium Bridge on our SE1 in the News page