The Queen’s Jubilee celebrations taking place this summer are set to be huge, with street parties and parades scheduled across the country. And as an added bonus, to mark the long-reigning monarch, we all get a four-day bank holiday weekend from 2nd to 5th June—Thank. You. Liz.
In anticipation of the country-wide celebration, everybody has been Googling: ‘When is the Queen’s jubilee weekend' , ‘What is the Queen’s jubilee’, 'How many years is the platinum jubilee', 'What jubilee is 70 years' and ‘When was the Queen crowned’. So, we’ve rounded up everything you need to know before the royals get the party started.
When is Queen Elizabeth’s platinum jubilee?
The Queen’s Jubilee officially takes place on the 2nd June with celebrations continuing until the 5th—because who doesn’t love a huge party. On day one, there’ll be a military parade on Horse Guards Parade and Sandringham, and Balmoral will be open for visitors to enjoy the celebrations. On day two, there’ll be a Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s before a Platinum Party concert at Buckingham Palace on day three. On day four, there’s a big Jubilee Lunch when the public has been encouraged to host street parties across the UK.
How many years is the platinum jubilee?
A jubilee celebrates the life and reign of a monarch and are celebrated after 25, 40, 50, 60 65, and 70 years. Queen Elizabeth II became the longest reigning monarch back in 2015 and is the first monarch to ever celebrate her platinum jubilee after 70 years on the throne.
The Queen said in her Jubilee message to the public: 'As I look ahead with a sense of hope and optimism to the year of my Platinum Jubilee, I am reminded of how much we can be thankful for. These last seven decades have seen extraordinary progress socially, technologically and culturally that have benefitted us all; and I am confident that the future will offer similar opportunities to us and especially to the younger generations in the United Kingdom and throughout the Commonwealth.
'As I look forward to continuing to serve you with all my heart, I hope this Jubilee will bring together families and friends, neighbours and communities – after some difficult times for so many of us – in order to enjoy the celebrations and to reflect on the positive developments in our day-to-day lives that have so happily coincided with my reign.'
When was the Queen crowned?
The Queen’s coronation took place on the 2nd June in 1953 in Westminster Abbey, where she became the sixth Queen and the 39th Sovereign to be crowned there. However, the Queen actually ascended to the throne earlier in February 1952 after her father George VI died.
She was just 25 years old when she took to the throne and told the public on her coronation day: ‘I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendour that are gone but a declaration of our hopes for the future, and for the years I may, by God's Grace and Mercy, be given to reign and serve you as your Queen.
‘As this day draws to its close, I know that my abiding memory of it will be, not only the solemnity and beauty of the ceremony, but the inspiration of your loyalty and affection. I thank you all from a full heart. God bless you all.’