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Courtney Pochin

Drag Race star says she's 'blessed' to be in Jubilee Pageant - and Queen will 'love it'

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations are well and truly underway in London, kicking off with Trooping The Colour.

And there's still plenty more fun to be had over the weekend, with the extravaganza ending with the Platinum Jubilee Pageant on Sunday, June 5.

The Pageant will bring to life iconic moments from the Queen's 70-year reign and showcase changes in society during this time in creative and unique ways.

RuPaul's Drag Race UK star Vanity Milan will be getting involved with the pageant, strutting her stuff on a float celebrating all things 90s and recreating big fashion moments from that era.

She will be joined by three other UK Drag Race Queens - Ella Vayday, Blu Hydrangea and Baga Chipz.

Speaking to The Mirror, Vanity shared how "blessed" she felt to be involved in such a special event.

She thinks the Queen will love the performance (POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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"I'm really excited to be a part of it," she said. "It's known as The People's Pageant, so you know people are getting involved across the UK and the Commonwealth, coming together to do something extraordinary like this.

"It's a blessing to actually be a part of it, especially when you are part of thousands of creative people.

"The float that I'm on represents the 90s and fashion and I think that goes hand in hand really.

"I'm a 90s baby, that's the era that I was brought up in so it's exciting to represent the 90s and do what I do best, which is be a drag queen and sell it on my float."

She'll be celebrating the 90s at the Pageant (itsvanitymilan/Instagram)
Vanity was in the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race UK (Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images)

Vanity went on to share some details about her outfit for the Pageant and how she's excited to bring more of the 90s back.

"The looks are inspired by the 90s decade, the fashion model Liz Hurley, Geri Halliwell from The Spice Girls, Alexander McQueen and mine is very much a Naomi Campbell-inspired look.

"My husband is a designer so we've been working closely to ensure we fit the brief.

"When it comes to my general drag anyway, I draw my inspiration from the 90s - the music and the fashion - it's good to be bringing it into 2022.

"I love when things come back. It's a really good thing. You get to see all the ruffles again and buckles and straps."

The 90s float will be part of The Time of Our Lives segment of the Pageant and Vanity is confident the Queen will "love it".

"I think she will [love it]," she admits.

"It's a celebration, so everyone's gonna be happy."

She adds: "It shows how we can all come together, no matter where you're from and just celebrate and be with each other and love each other because love always wins."

The Platinum Pageant starts at 2:30pm on Sunday and ends at 5pm. You can watch on BBC One, Sky or ITV.

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