View from the Shard: London's tallest building opens - pictures

LAST UPDATED AT 13:15 ON Fri 1 Feb 2013
The Shard viewing platform opens to the public
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Matthew Lloyd

There was romance at the opening of the Shard's viewing platform as James Episcopou proposed to his girlfriend Laura Taylor on level 72 of The View, the highest vantage point in Western Europe. She said 'yes'.

The Shard viewing platform opens to the public
The Shard viewing platform opens to the public
The Shard viewing platform opens to the public
The Shard viewing platform opens to the public
The Shard viewing platform opens to the public
The Shard viewing platform opens to the public

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