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==Cancellations== In 2012, exceptional high river flows for summer prompted a partial cancellation: between Sunbury and [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]], the first time the tradition is known to have been cancelled (albeit partially).<ref name="Cancelled-2012"/> The first known full cancellation took place in 2020 due to [[COVID-19 pandemic in England|COVID-19]] social distancing measures.<ref name="Cancelled-2020">{{cite news |first=Anita |last=Singh |newspaper=The Telegraph |title=Royal tradition of swan upping cancelled this year due to coronavirus |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/16/royal-tradition-swan-upping-cancelled-year-due-coronavirus/ |date=16 May 2020 }}</ref> <gallery class="center"> File:Life on the upper Thames - swan-upping (1875).jpg|"Swan Upping on the Thames", from Henry Robert Robertson's ''Life on the Upper Thames'', (1875) File:Swan upping at Henley.jpg|A Queen's swan upper with a mute swan during 2010 swan upping at [[Henley-on-Thames]] File:Vintners' swan marker.jpg|Swan marker of the [[Worshipful Company of Vintners]], in his blue uniform, during 2011 swan upping, Abingdon. File:Swan Upping at Cookham.jpg|''Swan Upping at Cookham'', by [[Stanley Spencer]], oil on canvas, 1915β19 </gallery>
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