Diamond Jubilee: Teenagers camp out at 2am for best pageant seat Jose Torno, 15, from Madrid, said the group were surprisingly warm in the tent, despite the cold weather. With three of us in here it was hotter than we thought. We are doing okay so far," he said. Further down the river, Australian Jenny Dunston had transported a large garden umbrella from her nearby home in Battersea. My 74-year-old mother has flown over from Sydney for this, she is desperate to see it, so we had to come up with a plan. The rain is a nightmare but we brought the brolly from our garden and we are going to decorate it with bunting and flags. I've lived in the UK for 20 years and I think it's sad when people don't appreciate how amazing the Queen is. We all want to be here to experience today. We have got loads of food, including sausage rolls, curry puffs, cake and a huge Victoria sponge I am going to decorate with figures of the Queen, Duke of Edinburgh and Buckingham Palace. Wearing sunglasses needed after a cornea transplant, Brenda Sullivan, 66 was among the hardy few who braved the rain to claim a prime riverside spot by HMS Belfast. There were uncanny echoes of the Coronation for Mrs Sullivan, a widow from Eltham, south east London. "It was raining then as well," she said. "I had a fractured femur and was dressed as a hula hula girl," she recalled. They opened up the school so we could all stay dry, eventually the sun came up. Mrs Sullivan also attended the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997 - having slept out overnight. This time she made her way to the centre of London early in the morning. I won't see an awful lot this time, even with my husband's binoculars. Hopefully I will see one or two shapes and my children and grandchildren will tell me what is going on.