Diamond Jubilee: Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent to lead River Pageant in royal rowbarge Gloriana Yesterday's practice was the first time I have rowed Gloriana, and whilst she is very clearly different to anything I have ever rowed before, she handles very well and I was impressed with how quickly the team came together. We all feel very honoured to be leading the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant and we are looking forward to being part of a magnificent spectacle. Also among the rowers will be Cpl Neil Heritage, who lost both legs when a suicide bomber detonated a device in Iraq in 2004, where he was serving with the Royal Signals bomb disposal team. Cpl Rory Mackenzie, of 1st Bn Staffordshire Regiment, and Lt Will Dixon, of 3rd Bn, The Rifles, both of whom lost a leg in Afghanistan, will also be part of the crew. Major Kate Philp, of the Royal Artillery, Britain's first female soldier to lose a leg in combat, in Afghanistan, will be one of the guests on board, alongside former Royal Protection Officer Andrew Child, who was injured when he intercepted a car, and swimmers Sascha and Nyree Kindred, who have 15 Paralympic medals between them, eight of them gold. Gloriana was presented to the Queen and named by her on April 25.