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05.06.2022 - 12:11 / foxnews.com
Since Thursday, several celebrations have taken place in honor of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee.The queen is the first British monarch to reach the milestone of serving 70 years on the throne. Members of the royal family have attended the Trooping the Colour ceremony, the service of thanksgiving and Saturday's Epsom Derby. Queen Elizabeth has only missed two derby days during her reign, and this year marked the third. The finale of the festivities celebrating the Queen is the Platinum Jubilee Pageant.
Unlike previous events, the final celebration is open to the public. Queen Elizabeth II smiles on the balcony during Trooping the Colour June 2, 2022, in London. (Chris Jackson) Bells of Westminster Abbey To kick off the Platinum Jubilee Pageant, the bells of Westminster Abbey will ring just as they did on Queen Elizabeth’s coronation day in 1953. The Mounted Band of the Household Cavalry will then lead the Gold State Coach, pulled by eight Windsor Grey horses, through the streets near Buckingham Palace and show archival images of a young Queen Elizabeth during her coronation. Queen Elizabeth with Prince Philip in the Gold State Coach during the procession from Buckingham Palace to St. Paul's Cathedral.
(Getty Images) Gold State Coach Queen Elizabeth’s 18th century Gold State Coach will be paraded through the streets of London during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant. Although the queen will not be along for the ride, the palace has said it will be projecting past images of the queen in the coach to the windows of the carriage.
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Mike Tindall is shedding some insight on Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Tindall, who is married to the Queen’s granddaughter Zara, recently appeared on "The Good, The Bad and The Rugby" podcast, where he shared that the Royal children had a "real sugar high" during the last event of Queen Elizabeth’s Jubilee on Sunday. Tindall shared a first-hand account of the celebrations to the host Alex Payne and touched on Prince Louis’ viral moment during the pageant. (Rear L-R) Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Mike Tindall and (front row L-R) Kate Middleton and Prince Louis attend the Platinum Pageant.Tindall shared that the children had a "real sugar high" during the celebration.
Mike Tindall is shedding some insight on Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Tindall, who is married to the Queen’s granddaughter Zara, recently appeared on "The Good, The Bad and The Rugby" podcast, where he shared that the Royal children had a "real sugar high" during the last event of Queen Elizabeth’s Jubilee on Sunday. Tindall shared a first-hand account of the celebrations to the host Alex Payne and touched on Prince Louis’ viral moment during the pageant. (Rear L-R) Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Mike Tindall and (front row L-R) Kate Middleton and Prince Louis attend the Platinum Pageant.Tindall shared that the children had a "real sugar high" during the celebration.
Queen Elizabeth II was notably absent from multiple Platinum Jubilee events due to her "episodic mobility issues." Royal historian Robert Lacey explained the decision had to do with minimizing the distress the citizens of the British monarch might feel if she stumbled. "She would not want to stumble – not for her own sake but for the distress it would cause other people," Lacey told People magazine. However, her absence was even felt at events she did attend.
Duchess of Cambridge, moved around a little, cosying up to both his parents and his grandfather the Prince of Wales. At one point, Charles rocked his four-year-old grandson from side to side on his lap.
royal duties last year, were similarly absent from family lunches on Thursday and Friday. Harry and Meghan were, however, present at Thursday's Trooping the Colour, and again at the Service of Thanksgiving on Friday.
Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell were among the famous faces who celebrated the Queen during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant. Hundreds of “national treasures” joined the Time of Our Lives section of the spectacle in central London, which paid homage to the last seven decades of the monarch’s historic reign. The celebrities, who have been pivotal to British culture over the last 70 years, travelled through the street parade in decorated open-top double-decker buses each themed to a decade.
TV presenter Holly Willoughby has shared a series of behind the scenes snaps from Sunday’s once in a lifetime Platinum Jubilee Pageant. The exciting event was the culmination of four days worth of events to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, which celebrates her momentous 70 years on the throne. Describing the occasion as a “day of dreams,” Holly shared several snaps from behind the scenes of the elaborate finale on Instagram.
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The Queen delighted royal fans on Sunday as she made a surprise appearance on the Buckingham Palace balcony at the end of the Platinum Jubilee Pageant. The 96 year old monarch, who is currently celebrating 70 years on the throne, was forced to withdraw from any engagements over the weekend after suffering from some "discomfort" on Thursday during the Trooping of the Colour ceremony.This lead to the Queen pulling out of Friday’s service at St.Paul’s Cathedral as well as the Epsom Derby.
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the Queen's Platinum Party At The Palace on Saturday. The music icon, 81, who has previously performed at both the 2002 Golden Jubilee and 2012 Diamond Jubilee celebrations, spoke of his sadness over not joining the glittering line-up which included Diana Ross, Queen and Elton John. Appearing on Sunday's Sky News, he was asked: 'And you did that in 2012, I remember that very well, at the Diamond Jubilee.
The Queen's Jubilee Pageant as kicked off this afternoon, Sunday 5 June, as part of the 96 year old monarch's final Platinum Jubilee celebrations.The Pageant route starts from Whitehall, goes through Admiralty Arch, up The Mall to Buckingham Palace, around Queen Victoria Memorial and down Birdcage Walk, and will see a 6,000 strong performing cast from across the UK and Commonwealth, celebrating the Jubilee split into three acts. For the first act, the bells of Westminster Abbey peeled as they did on Coronation Day.The Gold State Coach, a poignant symbol of Coronation Day 70 years ago, was seen travelling through the streets of London for the first time in twenty years.
The climactic day of the Platinum Jubilee will be marked by a pageant celebrating some key aspects of British life.