THE QUEEN will become the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee this year – marking 70 years on the throne.
Public celebrations will take place throughout the year to honour the Queen‘s decades-long reign – including a long four day weekend in summer.
The Queen will celebrate her Platinum Jubilee with a blockbuster weekend of celebrationsCredit: PA
What is The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee?
The Platinum Jubilee marks 70 years of a monarch’s reign.
The Queen will be the first British monarch to mark this milestone, having acceded to the throne in 1952 at the age of 25.
On significant anniversaries, celebrations take place across the country and the Commonwealth.
On the last jubilee, Diamond, which marked 60 years since the coronation, the Queen and Prince Philip visited every region in the UK.
There’ll be parties across the UK as well as public ceremonies such as the Trooping the Colour, which marks the Queen’s official birthday.
When is The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee?
Princess Elizabeth became Queen on February 6, 1952 – the day her father King George VI died.
Therefore February 6, 2022, will mark 70 years on the throne.
However, the official celebrations always take place at the beginning of June. And this year, the Platinum Jubilee celebrations will begin on Thursday, June 2, and will continue over the weekend until June 5.
What is happening for The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee?
Lots of celebrations have been planned for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, including a national pudding competition, a pageant along the Mall, a four-day bank holiday and performances in Windsor Castle.
A contest, dubbed Bake Orf, has been launched to create a pud to become a national treasure like Coronation Chicken, devised when she took the throne in 1952.
The winning recipe will be sampled by the Queen and devoured at parties nationwide.
In February, some of the biggest names in entertainment will perform at the highly-anticipated Platinum Party at the Palace.
Then, the Platinum Jubilee Celebration will take place between May 12 and 15 at Windsor Castle.
This is set to be a three-day spectacular, with more than 500 horses and 1,000 performers taking their audience on a “gallop” through history.
The May Bank Holiday Weekend will be moved to Thursday June 2, where a big celebratory parade will take place to honour The Queen’s birthday.
Members of the Royal Family will join 1,400 soldiers, 200 horses and 400 musicians, parading down The Mall on horseback, while The Queen watches from the Buckingham Palace balcony.
And the weekend will be extended with an extra day off on Friday, June 3.
Buckingham Palace said the extra long weekend will provide “an opportunity for communities throughout the United Kingdom to come together and celebrate the historic milestone”.
