Plans to have a good time the Queen's Platinum Jubilee weekend have been unveiled and there's one break from tradition.
In the summer, there will be a four-day bank holiday weekend, from Thursday 2 June to Sunday 5 June.
On 2 June, the Queen's annual birthday parade, Trooping the Colour, will be held and it guarantees to be a impressive event, with 1,200 officers taking part, together with Army musicians and horses.
Traditionally, the event takes location on the 2nd Saturday in June, but this year, it will be held on a Thursday.
For the previous two years, Trooping the Colour has been a scaled-down ceremony at Windsor Castle amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Queen watched the tournament solo in the castle's quadrangle in 2020, but was once accompanied through her cousin, the Duke of Kent, ultimate year.
Members of the Queen's prolonged household traditionally join Her Majesty on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to watch the RAF flypast, as nicely wishers line the streets of The Mall.
The day after this year's parade, Friday three June, will see a Service of Thanksgiving for the Queen's reign held at St Paul's Cathedral. And on Saturday four June, Buckingham Palace will play host to the BBC's Platinum Party at the Palace, a stay concert featuring huge names in amusement with a ballot for tickets opening in February.
Sunday 5 June is the date of The Big Jubilee Lunch, with extra than 200,000 neighbourhood activities predicted to take place.
The Queen will become the first British monarch to rejoice 70 years on the throne on 6 February, and activities to mark her super milestone will be taking location in the course of the year.
The Platinum Jubilee Celebration from 12 to 15 May will see one thousand performers and 500 horses mark big moments in royal records through a 90-minute overall performance that will encompass actors, musicians, and international equestrian displays.
Monday also noticed the launch of Fortnum & Mason's Platinum Pudding Competition, which goals to locate a dish to commit to the Queen's 70 years on the throne. Recipes will be judged by way of an specialist panel along with Dame Mary Berry.
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