The Platinum Jubilee weekend schedule has been released, with the festivities just over a week away. The following is a schedule of activities and celebrations as the nation commemorates the Queen’s 70 years as monarch:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thursday, 2 June<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 10:00 AM <\/strong>– The Queen’s Birthday Parade, Trooping the Colour\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10:30 AM<\/strong> – Members of the royal family depart Buckingham Palace for the parade ground.\u00a0 The military display will be followed by a balcony appearance by the Queen, as well as prominent royals including the Cambridge children, who will be treated to a special flypast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9:25 PM <\/strong>– Members of the royal family arrive to witness the lighting of the palace’s main beacon, a 21-meter-high Tree of Trees monument. Over 3,000 beacons will illuminate across the United Kingdom and Commonwealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Friday, 3 June<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 11:00 AM<\/strong> – The royal family begins to arrive at St Paul’s Cathedral for the Thanksgiving ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 12:25 PM<\/strong> – Members of the royal family then attend a Guildhall reception hosted by the Lord Mayor\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Saturday, 4 June<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 5:30 PM <\/strong>– The Epsom Derby takes underway. On Derby Day, the Queen and her family are anticipated to arrive at the racecourse, where she will be greeted by a guard of honour comprised of up to 40 of her former and current jockeys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7:40 PM<\/strong> – The royal family arrives for the BBC’s Platinum Party at the Palace concert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8:00 PM to 10:30 PM<\/strong> – The open-air concert in front of the palace, featuring Queen Plus Adam Lambert, Alicia Keys, Duran Duran, and Diana Ross, is broadcast live on BBC One.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sunday, 5 June<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Street parties and Big Jubilee Lunches are staged across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm<\/strong> – The Jubilee Pageant takes place in central London, with a 3km carnival procession featuring a cast of thousands including puppets and celebrities and tributes to the seven decades of the Queen’s reign. It will move down to The Mall and past the palace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The finale will feature Ed Sheeran performing, and the singing of the national anthem in front of the Queen’s official residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The four-day bank holiday is one of the most-awaited events that will be witnessed not just in the UK but in most parts of the world. The Queen is not just the country’s longest-reigning monarch, but also the world’s longest-serving sovereign.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Platinum Jubilee weekend schedule has been released, with the festivities just over a week away. The following is a schedule of activities and celebrations as the nation commemorates the … <\/p>\n