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In a show of the resilience that has marked her record-breaking reign, the Queen has vowed to make two appearances on the Buckingham Palace balcony on Thursday, the first day of her Jubilee celebrations.
The appearances – which come despite recent mobility problems – will take place during Her Majesty’s official Birthday Parade, the start of the four-day bank holiday weekend.
A Royal source said: ‘The Queen is determined to take part in the Jubilee celebrations. Trooping was brought forward by one week to be part of the Jubilee this year and the Queen very much wants to be part of it.’
Crowds are expected to line the Mall to watch as the colour – or flag – is trooped by the 1st Battalion Irish Guards plus more than 1,500 officers and soldiers from the Household Division.
In a show of the resilience that has marked her record-breaking reign, the Queen has vowed to make two appearances on the Buckingham Palace balcony on Thursday, the first day of her Jubilee celebrations
More than 350 horses and hundreds of military musicians will be involved in the procession, in which members of the Royal Family will travel on horseback and in carriages down the Mall to Horse Guards Parade, where the ceremony takes place.
This year marks a radical departure from the usual traditions that govern the 260-year-old occasion. Rather than inspecting the troops herself – a duty the Queen has undertaken every year of her reign – Her Majesty has reluctantly agreed to scale back her involvement and instead plans to appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace beside her cousin the Duke of Kent to take the salute as the guards return to barracks.
The Prince of Wales will stand in for the Queen, inspecting the troops on horseback.
The Queen will later return to the balcony with more family members joining her to watch the RAF flypast at the close of the parade.
Buckingham Palace announced that ‘after careful consideration’ the Queen would not invite the Duke of York or the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to join her as they were no longer working members of the Royal Family.
A Palace spokesman said the Royal balcony appearances would be limited to members of the Royal Family ‘who are currently undertaking official public duties on behalf of the Queen’.
The Queen will later return to the balcony with more family members joining her to watch the RAF flypast at the close of the parade. The Mall pictured on May 22 ahead of next week's festivites
The Royal Family pictured on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to watch a fly-past of aircraft by the Royal Air Force during the last Trooping The Colour, the Queen's annual birthday parade, on 8 June 2019
Corgis have surged in popularity – thanks to the Jubilee and Netflix’s The Crown
Corgis have surged in popularity – thanks to the Jubilee and Netflix’s The Crown.
More than 1,200 puppies were registered with the Kennel Club last year, the highest number in nearly 30 years.
A spokesman said: ‘The Queen played an integral part in introducing the corgi to the public consciousness.’
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They include the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with their children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, the Earl and Countess of Wessex with their children Lady Louise and Viscount James, Princess Anne and her husband Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke of Kent and Princess Alexandra.
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