|  | Saturday, 1 January, 2000, 04:20 GMT In pictures: Capital celebrations
London was one of the best places to be for a millennium party. BBC News Online captures the moments in pictures.
The Queen receives a millennium peck on the cheek from The Duke of Edinburgh
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Revellers party in Parliament Square as the fireworks go off behind Big Ben
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Dancers at the Millennium Dome perform an aerial ballet for the 10,000 crowd
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This party of revellers at Bankside in London painted themselves silver for the occasion
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The Queen joins Tony and Cherie Blair in a rendition of Auld Lang Syne
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The colours and sounds of Rio were on show at the Millennium Dome
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The Canty family from Letchworth, Hertfordshire celebrate the millennium in central London
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The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh toast the new millennium with champagne
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