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London Pride is one of the most anticipated celebrations of the LGBT+ community – and this year’s event is one of the most exuberant yet.
Roughly one million people have descended upon the capital to watch the parade, with around 30,000 individuals participating in the procession.
Pride is nothing if not synonymous with sartorial playfulness. This year, there were jaunty revellers dressed head-to-toe in rainbow sequins and performers who danced around the streets in elaborate headdresses and high heels.
Elsewhere, we saw myriad elaborate accessories, from bright fuchsia top hats to multi-coloured flower crowns.
Browse our gallery above for the wackiest and most wonderful rainbow ensembles at this year’s Pride in London.
Show all 10 1 /10Pride Power Couples Top 10 List 2019 Pride Power Couples Top 10 List 2019 1. Briony Hanson, director of film at the British Council, and Tricia Tuttle, director of BFI Festivals Two of the leading lights in British cinema, Hansen is director of film at the British Council, while Tuttle is the artistic director of the BFI London Film Festival. Together they are highly vocal for their support of women in the film industry and are responsible for the huge success of BFI: Flare, London’s LGBTQ+ film festival.
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Pride Power Couples Top 10 List 2019 2. Dustin Lance Black, screenwriter and director, and Tom Daley, diver Black is an author, campaigner and film maker, perhaps best known for his biopic of gay American politician Harvey Milk, while, since the age of 14, Daley has been one of the most successful British divers of all time, with a string of national, European and Olympic medals to his name.
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Pride Power Couples Top 10 List 2019 3. Jake Graf, director, writer and actor, and Hannah Graf MBE, officer of the British Army The UK’s most high profile trans couple, Jake and Hannah Graf’s activism has shone a light on trans equality in the UK and beyond, helping to raise awareness and to promote trans rights. Jake is an actor, director and filmmaker, having recently appeared in the movie hit Colette alongside Keira Knightley, while Hannah was until recently the highest ranked transgender officer in the British Army. Hannah Graf received her MBE from Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, in June 2019.
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Pride Power Couples Top 10 List 2019 4. Kate Brooks, <i>Emmerdale</i> producer, and Michelle Hardwick, <i>Emmerdale</i> actor Star of ITV drama Emmerdale , Michelle Hardwick first got together with show producer Kate Brooks in 2018, reflecting the soap’s lesbian storyline in which Hardwick plays a leading role. The platform of a popular TV soap allows actors and show runners to introduce LGBTQ+ storylines into the living rooms of those who may never otherwise encounter gay people, and Emmerdale accomplishes this hugely successfully.
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Pride Power Couples Top 10 List 2019 5. Riyadh Khalaf, documentary filmmaker, and Josh Harrison, dancer The online personalities have a combined following on Instagram of more than 130,000. Riyadh, a YouTuber, filmmaker and podcast host, released his book Yay! You’re Gay earlier this year, while Josh, a dancer and a creative, regularly partners with brands to increase awareness of LGBT+ issues.
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Pride Power Couples Top 10 List 2019 6. Rose and Rosie, entertainment duo YouTube sensations Rose Ellen Dix and Rosie Spaughton are the internet’s most popular female couple, with their three YouTube channels boasting around 1.5m subscribers. Former DIVA Award winners, in June 2016, Dix and Spaughton were selected by Sony Pictures as two of 15 influencers on social media to promote Sony's then upcoming movies Inferno and Ghostbusters during a public relations blitz in Singapore.
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Pride Power Couples Top 10 List 2019 7. Rylan Clark-Neal, television personality, and Dan Clark-Neal, former <i>Big Brother</i> contestant Rylan Clark-Neal exploded onto our TV screens during the 2011 X-Factor . He’s featured in some of the UK’s most popular shows, including Big Brother ’s Bit on the Side , This Morning and Eurovision: You Decide . Rylan is married to Dan, a former police officer who has himself appeared on Big Brother . In 2016, Rylan and Dan made history when they became the first gay couple to present This Morning .
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Pride Power Couples Top 10 List 2019 8. Scott Nunn, co-founder and director of <i>Gay Star News</i>, and Tris Reid-Smith, director and editor-in-chief of <i>Gay Star News</i> Nunn and Reid-Smith launched the LGBTQ news and features website Gay Star News in 2011, delivering in-depth gay oriented content to the UK, USA and much of the rest of the world. The pair also founded Digital Pride in 2016, and in 2012 Gay Star News was honoured as Publication of the Year at the Stonewall Awards.
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Pride Power Couples Top 10 List 2019 9. Stella Duffy, writer and trainee yoga teacher, and Shelley Silas, writer and patron of Diversity Role Models Shelley Silas has written extensively for TV, radio and the stage, while Stella Duffy is one of Britain’s best-loved authors, some of which have been adapted for television. With a string of prestigious awards under their belts, Duffy and Silas are one of the world’s most successful literary lesbian couples.
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Pride Power Couples Top 10 List 2019 10. Sue Perkins, comedian and former Great British Bake Off co-host, and Anna Richardson, TV presenter and producer The undisputed lesbian golden couple of British television, Perkins and Richardson have been the faces of some of the UK’s most popular programmes. Perkins’ on-screen partnership with Mel Giedroyc is one of the most enduring in TV, while Richardson’s Naked Attraction broke new ground in the history of broadcasting.
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