In honour of Queen Elizabeth II's 70th year as monarch, over 2,022 beacons will be lit across the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, UK Overseas Territories and one in each of the capital cities of Commonwealth countries for the Platinum Jubilee.
On the evening of Thursday 2 June 2022, beacons will be lit, continuing a long tradition in this country of celebrating Royal Jubilees, weddings and coronations with such lightings.
In an official statement, the Platinum Jubilee organisers say: "The beacons will enable local communities, individuals and organisations to pay tribute."
A decade ago, more than 4,200 beacons were lit in celebration of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, with the first beacon being in Tonga and the last at Buckingham Palace.
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Beacons will be lit on top of the four highest peaks in the UK - Ben Nevis in Scotland; Scafell Pike in England; Mount Snowdon in Wales, and Slieve Donard in Northern Ireland.
Notable locations also include the Queen's Sandringham and Balmoral Estates, at the Copper Horse statue of King George III in Windsor Great Park, and Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland.
At 2pm on June 2, town criers are invited to undertake the 'Proclamation', which announces the lighting of beacons later that evening. Then at 9.35pm, communities with pipers or bands are encouraged to perform "Diu Regnare" from central locations of their choice.
The tune was specially written for the Jubilee by piper Stuart Liddell, 2020 Glenfiddich Champion and Pipe Major of the World Champion Pipe Band.
To announce the formal lighting of some beacons, Jubilee organisers are asking bugle and cornet players to perform a unique bugle call at 9.40pm. Then finally at 9.45pm local time, in whichever country you are in, beacons will be lit up and down the UK and all over the globe.
As beacons are lit, choirs of all types and sizes within some local communities will sing the Song For The Commonwealth, the winner of a Commonwealth -wide competition organised over the last few months.
