The climactic day of the Platinum Jubilee will be marked by a pageant celebrating some key aspects of British life.
It will be split into four acts: For Queen and Country, The Time Of Our Lives, Let's Celebrate, and Happy and Glorious. The first act will be a military parade containing 1,750 people and 200 horses from the Army, Nacy, RAF and Commonwealth - making it one of the biggest parades in British history.
Meanwhile, the second act will show representations of British life "since 1972" and will show off aspects of British culture, music and technology. Following this will be the third act which aims to tell the story of the Queen's life in 12 chapters and will feature a 20ft puppet of a princess accompanied by a pack of cor and 80 dancers mimicking the white coronation robes.
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Finishing off the pageant will be a gospel choir and the Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marine who will invite the public to join in singing the national anthem.
What time is the pageant?
The Platinum Jubilee Pageant will kick off at 2.30pm this afternoon and will last for more than two hours as it parades all through central London, finishing at 5pm.
What is the route?
The Pageant will take place on streets in Westminster including Whitehall and the Mall, up to Buckingham Palace.
The Pageant will start on Whitehall, turn under Admiralty Arch and then process up the Mall before finishing outside Buckingham Palace around Queen Victoria Memorial.
Who is taking part?
Some pretty famous faces will be spotted throughout the pageant including Ed Sheeran, Sir Cliff Richard, Jeremy Irons, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, Gary Lineker, Rosie Hones, Kadeena Cox, Alan Titchmarsh, Heston Blumenthal, James Martin, Bil Bailey and Gok Wan.
Ed Sheeran will be ending the Jubilee celebrations with a musical tribute to the Queen at around 5pm following the end of the pageant. He wrote on Instagram: "Twenty years ago I decided I wanted to pick up a guitar because I watched the Golden Jubilee on tv, saw Eric Clapton play Layla and said 'that's what I wanna do'.
"Ten years later I played The A Team at the Diamond Jubilee, and now 10 years on I'm playing the Platinum Jubilee this Sunday. Life is weird how it keeps coming full circle in lovely ways. Tune in on Sunday and see ya there x."
How to watch?
The Platinum Jubilee will be covered on a variety of channels with BBC One beginning its live broadcast of the event at 1pm. Other channels covering the pageant include ITV, Sky and BBC iPlayer if you want to stream it on your phone, computer or tablet.
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