In June, Singer Ed Sheeran and more than 100 “national treasures” will join some 10,000 performers in a ‘People’s pageant,” the climax of four days of celebrations to mark Queen Elizabeth’s 70 years as British monarch.
In February, the Queen, 96, became the first British sovereign to reach seven decades as monarch.
To commemorate this milestone, celebrations will be held across two public holidays and a weekend at the start of June, including a Service of Thanksgiving, a live concert outside Buckingham Palace and a military parade, as well as others events across the country.
The pageant, to be held on 5th June, will see military bands, performers, dancers and well-known figures from sports, film, theatre and music taking 1.9 mile route through the center of London, the same taken by the Queen on the day of her coronation in 1953.
“We are working hard to make her Platinum Jubilee celebrations relevant to our times, and the most magnificent of them all,” said Adrian Evans, the Pageant Master.
According to organizers, some one billion people across the world are expected to watch the event, which will be broadcast live and feature seven open-topped buses, each one depicting a different decade, with famous figures from the UK and the Commonwealth on board.
At the end of the pageant, crowds will gather along the Mall leading to Buckingham Palace, where “national treasures,” personalities from British cultural life, will join Ed Sheeran for the grand finale.
As the Queen has been forced to cancel several engagements in recent months due to health problems, the attendance of the Queen at the celebrations has yet to be confirmed.
