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Animal puppets are being prepared for their big day, the Queen's Jubilee, when there'll be a huge parade.

The spectacle celebrates Queen Elizabeth's 70th year in her role.

The puppets have been designed by firm 'Imagineer', with help from university students.

The puppets form one special part of the parade, 'The Queen's Favourites', and include dogs and horses.

The Queen's corgis - her short-legged dogs - are famously important to her.

Elizabeth received her first one from her parents on her 18th birthday.

By tradition, all England's swans belong to the Queen, so swan costumes will be a large feature in the procession.

Trudy Rees-Marklew is responsible for designing the costumes and the visual displays.

She's attempted to make people laugh with her design.

One enormous puppet in the procession is Lady Godiva, a historical figure from a millennium ago.

There'll also be a copy of 'Bluebottle', a small boat which was presented as a wedding gift to Princess Elizabeth and her husband.

For Imagineer's head, Jane Hytch, making the Queen smile is an important goal.

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