{"id":31992,"date":"2022-06-01T12:41:04","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T12:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/queen-elizabeths-platinum-jubilee-your-guide-to-the-celebrations\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T12:41:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T12:41:04","slug":"queen-elizabeths-platinum-jubilee-your-guide-to-the-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/queen-elizabeths-platinum-jubilee-your-guide-to-the-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee: Your guide to the celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"

No other monarch in British history has achieved 70 years of service. <\/p>\n

The Queen, then aged 25, acceded to the throne on February 6, 1952 on the death of her father, King George VI. <\/p>\n

She became the longest-reigning British monarch in 2015, beating the time spent on the throne by her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria, who ruled for 63 years, seven months. <\/p>\n

In recognition of the landmark occasion, Buckingham Palace is pulling out all the stops. Here’s what you need to know. <\/p>\n

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What is happening? <\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
To celebrate the unprecedented anniversary, a number of events have taken place around the UK this year. It all culminates in a four-day national bank holiday weekend from Thursday, June 2 until Sunday, June 5, known as the Platinum Jubilee Weekend. In the UK, royal celebrations are typically held in the summer to allow for better weather. <\/div>\n

The weekend will feature a variety of public events and community activities, as well as “national moments of reflection” on the Queen’s seven decades as sovereign, according to the palace.<\/p>\n

The upcoming celebrations will be the Queen’s first jubilee without her husband, Prince Philip, who died in 2021. <\/p>\n

Several jubilees have punctuated the Queen’s reign since her accession to the throne in 1952: the Silver Jubilee, marking 25 years in 1977; the Golden Jubilee celebrations for 50 years in 2002; and the Diamond Jubilee commemorations a decade ago for her 60th anniversary di lei. <\/p>\n

The monarch opted to mark other anniversaries, like her Ruby Jubilee (40 years in 1992) and Sapphire Jubilee (65 years in 2017), with less fanfare and without public events.<\/p>\n

The Queen’s private estates – including Sandringham House and Balmoral Castle – are also joining in with jubilee themed events.<\/p>\n

What events are planned? <\/h3>\n<\/p>\n

Thursday, June 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

The festivities kick off from 10 am BST (5 am ET) with the Queen’s birthday parade, known as Trooping the Color. The annual ceremony is returning to central London after a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic. <\/div>\n

In an impressive display of military pageantry, more than 1,200 officers from the Queen’s personal troops, the Household Division, will be joined by several hundred Army musicians and 240 horses. The “color” – or regimental flag – will be trooped by the 1st Battalion, Irish Guards. The procession will start at Buckingham Palace and move down The Mall to Horse Guard’s Parade, joined by members of the royal family on horseback and in carriages. <\/p>\n

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