In June the country will celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee over a bumper four day weekend. From Thursday June 2 until Sunday June 5, Brits will celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's 70 year reign.
Her majesty succeeded to the throne on February 6, 1952 when King George VI succumbed to lung cancer, but her coronation wasn't until June 2, 1953. The reason for the delay being the tradition of allowing an appropriate length of time to pass after a monarch dies before holding such festivals.
All across the commonwealth, celebrations to mark the first British Monarch to reach a Platinum Jubilee will take place. Festivities including street and garden parties are set to be in full swing throughout the long-weekend and on June 2 at 9:15pm, more than 1,500 beacons across the country will be lit.
