Royal introductions! Queen Elizabeth II met Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s daughter, Lilibet, for the first time during her Platinum Jubilee celebrations, Us Weekly confirms.
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Rochdale is set to celebrate the Queen’s platinum jubilee in style with street parties being held across the borough. A late surge of applications from patriotic residents has landed in the council’s in-tray - and that’s on top of those already set to go ahead over the four-day weekend.
The festivities, in honour of Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne, will take place from Thursday June 2 through to Sunday, June 5. Details have been released of where the street parties confirmed so far will take place - although council chiefs stress it is not the final list. There will be 18 roads closed for parties - eight in Middleton, six in Rochdale and two in both Littleborough and Heywood.
It’s not just at street parties where the jubilee celebrations go with a swing, however.With less than two weeks to go until celebrations erupt across the country, Rochdale has plenty of events lined up to mark the milestone anniversary.
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These include:
From 6.30pm
Champness Hall Drake Street Rochdale
In celebration of HM Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee the world famous Black Dyke Band and Wardle Junior Blast will provide a ‘scintillating evening’ with thrilling film scores, toe tapping big band music, and patriotic favourites.
The concert will round off with favourites from the Last Night of the Proms. Guiding Black Dyke Band through all the songs will be professional opera singer Tom Smith. Tom will also sing two songs with Black Dyke Band including Nessun Dorma.
Entry fee: Tickets from £5 - £14 (+ booking fee)
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9.15pm
Middleton Jubilee Park 7 New Lane Middleton
As part of The Queen’s
Royal introductions! Queen Elizabeth II met Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s daughter, Lilibet, for the first time during her Platinum Jubilee celebrations, Us Weekly confirms.
American-British singer Celeste wowed viewers during the Platinum Party at the Palace with her chilling rendition of What A Wonderful World, but who is the 28 year old star? She joined the ranks of some of the biggest names in music, including Diana Ross, Rod Stewart and Alicia Keys, on stage as the nation said "thank you, ma'am" with a series of musical, theatrical and comedy performances. Celeste, accompanied by composer Hans Zimmer, sang her heart out in a cover of Louis Armstrong’s famous track while millions of people looked on. A user praised the vocalist on Twitter: “Kudos to Celeste at #PlatinumPartyatthePalace.
Rod Stewart was among the entertainers to perform at Saturday night’s Platinum Party at the Palace, held outside the gates of Buckingham Palace in London as part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have shared adorable photos of their children baking cakes for The Queen's Jubilee weekend. Posting on social media, the images show the Cambridge children baking cakes with their mother ahead of the festivities in Cardiff on Saturday (4 June).
Prince Charles praised his "mummy" the Queen in a touching speech on Saturday evening, as he gushed over her historic 70 year long reign.The Prince of Wales, 73, was met with cheers of the 22,000 royal fans gathered outside Buckingham Palace as he thanked the monarch on behalf of "the whole world" for her incredible dedication to duty.The incredible live event was filled with live music from Rod Stewart, Duran Duran and sweet moments, including Prince George singing along to Rod Stewart and the Queen's surprise comic sketch with Paddington Bear. Royal Family members including Prince Charles, Prince William and Kate Middleton and Zara Tindall attended the event to watch the celebrations in aid of the monarch's historic Platinum Jubilee.
Superstars from both sides of the Atlantic joined forces on Saturday evening in London to put on a Platinum Party at the Palace, as part of the celebrations to celebrate the British monarch’s 70th anniversary on the throne.
Prince George was spotted having a whale of a time as he sang along to Sir Rod Stewart singing Sweet Caroline. George, eight, was accompanied by his younger sister Charlotte, seven, and his parents, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge for the Party at the Palace.The family were, of course, sat in the Royal box alongside the likes of Prince Charles and Camila, Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie, and Zara Tindall. During this evening’s festivities for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, young George was spotted singing to the hit song, as Prince William enthusiastically did so as well.
Pop legends Steps brought the Jubilee celebrations to an uplifting end when they performed the closing act on ITV's National Lottery Big Jubilee Street Party. It was an evening filled with celebrity performances and anecdotes from members of the public who shared stories of their interactions with the Queen.
An almost unrecognisable Mark Owen stunned fans during his latest appearance on ITV's The National Lottery's Big Jubilee Street Party. The Jubilee party is part of televised celebrations commemorating Queen Elizabeth II's 70-year reign.
The Jubilee bank holiday weekend is set to bring more high temperatures and plenty of sunshine. Highs of 17C are expected all across Greater Manchester today with very little rain to dampen spirits.
Nvidia has launched a new Minecraft map with RTX to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.The virtual Minecraft street party will take place at a recreation of Buckingham Palace and Pall Mall to celebrate the event. The creation was brought to life by specialist artist Ushio Tokura using Nvidia’s GeForce RTX GPU, as well as real-time ray tracing.The digital recreation took 650 hours over two weeks to build, and includes 45million individual blocks, spanning around 830,000 square feet in Minecraft.
The four-day Platinum Jubilee weekend celebrations will be host to a wide range of events all marking the 70 years since Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne.
Nothing quite says Queen's Jubilee like a classic Victoria sponge cake. No Jubilee party is complete without the Victoria sponge and it is often the centrepiece of any street party across the UK.