This year, the Queen will become the first British monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee after 70 years on the throne.
To mark this historic achievement, people the length and breadth of Britain are being urged to help throw the biggest ever thank-you party for our beloved Queen, who turns 96 in April.
But Sunday, June 5, won’t be the first time the streets have been adorned with banners and bunting to celebrate Her Majesty’s long and glorious reign. From the Silver Jubilee back in 1977 to her Golden Jubilee in 2002 and the joyous Diamond Jubilee of 2012, millions of patriotic Brits have taken to the streets for Union Jack-festooned tea parties, spirit-lifting street parades and large-scale celebrations and raised a toast – sometimes in a chintzy themed glass – to Elizabeth II.
