Queen Elizabeth delighted the clamoring crowd below with a surprise visit to the balcony of Buckingham Palace on Sunday, the final day of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations commemorating her 70 years on the throne.
The 96-year-old royal, wearing all green and her trademark pearls, joined son Prince Charles; Charles’ wife, Camilla Parker Bowles; the queen’s grandson William; his wife, Kate, and their children as she waved to her adoring fans on the Mall.
“When it comes to how to mark 70 years as your queen, there is no guidebook to follow. It really is a first. But I have been humbled and deeply touched that so many people have taken to the streets to celebrate my Platinum Jubilee,” she said in a statement released by Buckingham Palace on Sunday.
