Buckingham Palace has this evening (Mat 25) released the exact start timings for all the events taking place for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. As well as street parties and gatherings around the country a series of big celebratory concerts and parades are scheduled.
They include the BBC's Platinum Party at the Palace concert in front of the palace, featuring stars including Queen + Adam Lambert, Alicia Keys, Duran Duran and Diana Ross. More than 70,000 Big Jubilee Lunches are being held across the UK on the Sunday afternoon, with an expected 10 million people set to sit down with their neighbours at street parties, picnics and barbecues.
The celebration also coincides with this year's Thank You Day - originally set up to pay tribute to those who helped people through the pandemic. Celebrities Ross Kemp, Gareth Southgate, Prue Leith and Ellie Simmonds have urged people to throw the biggest thank you party for the Queen . The finale on June 5 is the Jubilee Pageant through the streets of London.
