Unseen portrait of Queen from 19 years ago unveiled to mark Platinum Jubilee

There will be more than 40 street parties across Bury to celebrate the Queen’s jubilee next month with dozens of applications to have roads closed. The Platinum Jubilee celebrations, in honour of Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne, will take place from Thursday June 2 through to Sunday, June 5.

Greater Manchester is set to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in style with hundreds of street parties being held across the city region. Patriotic residents have submitted a deluge of applications for road-closure street parties, with more than 70 lined up for just Manchester itself.

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.

Stockport is set to celebrate the Queen’s platinum jubilee in style with street parties being held across the borough. To date, patriotic residents have lodged nearly 90 applications for road-closure street parties with the council. Knees ups are taking place everywhere from the Heatons, Bramhall and Cheadle to Romiley, Offerton and High Lane.

Eight new cities will be created in the UK as part of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

There will be more than 125 street parties across Bolton to celebrate the Queen’s jubilee next month with scores of applications to have roads closed.

Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee celebration has been revealed! Sir Elton John, Diana Ross, and Lin-Manuel Miranda are among the artists who will perform at BBC’s Platinum Party at the Palace on June 4.The event at Buckingham Palace will feature a three-stage setup where the band Queen and Adam Lambert, Alicia Keys, Hans Zimmer, Ella Eyre, Craig David, Mabel, Elbow and George Ezra, Duran Duran, Andrea Bocelli, Mimi Webb, Sam Ryder, Jax Jones, Celeste, Nile Rodgers, Sigala and Diversity will all perform.Join this star-studded line-up for an unforgettable night, celebrating some of the most significant moments from The Queen’s seven decade reign.

grounds of Windsor Castle! Tom Cruise appeared in the Royal Windsor Horse Show’s A Gallop Through History on Sunday evening. The Top Gun actor, 59, introduced the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery during the Platinum Jubilee Celebration. Queen Elizabeth watches granddaughter drive carriage at Royal Windsor Horse Show.@TomCruise is in the building, sitting down for a pre-performance interview with @Schofe and @julie_etch.

The Queen appeared emotional as a moving tribute was paid to her late husband Prince Philip at the Platinum Jubilee celebration at the Royal Windsor Horse Show on 15 May. Her Majesty, 96, who was recently seen for her first outing in six weeks despite her health issues, got a little misty eyed as her granddaughter Lady Louise drove the late Duke of Edinburgh's carriage during the finale of the 'Gallop Through History' segment of the show.

Queen Elizabeth appeared in high spirits at the first of her Platinum Jubilee celebrations at Windsor Castle. 

Alan Titchmarsh has addressed the "unusual" roster of celebrities taking part in the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Celebration.Taking place on Sunday 15th May, the event will be presented by Phillip Schofield and Julie Etchingham, alongside a series of other celebrity hosts taking us back through the 70-year history of Queen Elizabeth II's reign. And Alan himself has remarked on just how grateful he is to be taking part alongside the likes of Tom Cruise, Dame Helen Mirren, Damian Lewis and Adjoa Andoh.

Prince William is reportedly worried that his brother, 37, will use conversations that they have at the Platinum Jubilee as material for Netflix shows. According to The Sun, a source said the Duke of Cambridge, 39, is "wary" of Prince Harry's decision to attend Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's 70th anniversary celebrations with his wife Meghan Markle, 40, and their two children Archie, three, and 11 month old Lilibet.

Queen Elizabeth will celebrate her Platinum Jubilee, which honors her 70 years of reign. The event will host a variety of performances from the world’s biggest performers, including a “top secret” project that’s being developed by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

The June 2 reenactment of royal tradition “The Balcony Wave” will have some prominent cast members missing.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are heading across the pond with their kids. The couple will attend Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June, a spokesperson for the pair confirmed to ET.What's more is they will be bringing their children, Archie and Lilibet, with them to the celebrations, marking the first time their daughter will meet the monarch since being born in Santa Barbara, California, last June. According to a source close to the royal family, the queen is delighted she will be meeting her great-granddaughter for the first time and excited to be able to spend time with Archie and Lili. ET understands Harry’s relatives are also looking forward to meeting the couple's infant daughter and seeing Archie, who is now a 3-year-old toddler. While ET has learned that it was the sovereign herself who invited Harry and Meghan to attend her celebrations, they will not be permitted to partake in the royal family's traditional balcony appearance at Buckingham Palace during the annual Trooping the Colour event.

Family matters. As the big celebration gets closer, fans are wondering: why did Queen Elizabeth ban Prince Harry and Meghan Markle from appearing on the Buckingham Palace balcony during her  Platinum Jubilee festivities?