Thursday 2 June 2022 01:19 PM Britain honours the Queen with parties, bunting, and scarecrows for Platinum ... trends now
Great Britain has brought out the red, white and blue bunting in full force this bank holiday weekend to come together for Her Majesty's unprecedented 70th anniversary on the throne.
The Queen's Platinum Jubilee has led the nation to throw a four-day party fit for a royal, with families, schools, and entire towns coming together to rejoice in celebrating the British monarch.
This morning kicked off with the Queen's Birthday Parade, led by Prince Charles and accompanied by Prince William and Anne, Princess Royal on horseback, where the heir has inspected the troops of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards along with more than 1,500 officers and soldiers from the Household Division.
Her Majesty has made one of two appearances on the Buckingham Palace Balcony today, to watch the RAF flypast, which will saw some 71 aircraft soar over The Mall in a historic display featuring Spitfires, Red Arrow Hawks and a Lancaster bomber. The Red Arrows displayed the number 70 in a jaw-dropping formation for Her Majesty.
The show will feature more than three times the number of aircraft which took part in the Queen's last birthday parade flypast in central London in 2019.
The fleet will take off from military bases around the UK before joining holding patterns around the south-east of England. They will then fly directly down the length of The Mall before the first batch reach Buckingham Palace at 1pm.
But across the country, Britons have been finding their own ways to honour the Queen, by way of street parties, miles of bunting and even scarecrows transformed into members of he royal family.
Across the country, Britons have been finding their own ways to honour the Queen, by way of street parties, miles of bunting and even scarecrows transformed into members of he royal family. Pictured is Canal Street in Manchester
The Queen's Platinum Jubilee has led the nation to throw a four-day party fit for a royal, with families, schools, and entire towns coming together to rejoice in celebrating the British monarch. Pictured, a windowfront in Windsor
Great Britain has brought out the red, white and blue bunting in full force this bank holiday weekend to come together for Her Majesty's unprecedented 70th anniversary on the throne - pictured, a man adding more Union Jacks to the display outside Churchills Bar on Canal Street, Manchester
This building in Sonning, Berkshire, displayed Union Jacks from the gutters for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee this weekend
Her Majesty is set to make two appearances on the Buckingham Palace Balcony today, first to watch her son and heir, Prince Charles , who will inspect the troops of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards along with more than 1,500 officers and soldiers from the Household Division. Pictured is a home in Windsor celebrating on bank holiday Thursday
Windsor in particular looks very colourful for the Platinum festivities, with the high street painted red, white and blue with plenty of flags covering lampposts in the area. Pictured, The Carpenter's Arms on Market Street in Windsor on Thursday
Plenty of homes and pubs have special decorations including balloons and Jubilee posters in the national colours of the United Kingdom, like this front door, which even has a cardboard corgi decorated with red, white and blue roses
Windsor in particular looks very colourful for the Platinum festivities, with a huge Union Jack flag and bunting hung up everywhere to welcome those travelling into the royal borough's train station. The high street is equally as red, white and blue with plenty of flags covering lampposts in the area.
Plenty of homes and pubs have special decorations including balloons and Jubilee posters in the national colours of the United Kingdom.
In Manchester's Canal Street, the entire street has been covered in Union Jacks and red, white and blue bunting which has been hung from the trees to the bars just above those sat enjoying a bank holiday beverage.
Nell Gwynn's tearoom in Windsor has a special painting of the Queen placed front and centre in the shop front window, surrounded by some Platinum Jubilee bunting.
Even those not on home soil have enjoyed a touch of Jubilee celebrations to their holidays, with Italian global cruise line, MSC Cruises, based in Geneva, which is currently in Oslo, Norway, presenting a gigantic cake shown to all those on board. They have also displayed Platinum Jubilee flags on the communal areas.
Ian Sherwood, a councillor from Swaffham, Norfolk, shared his pictures of the 9x16 ft (2.7x4.8m), which sat in the lobby area of the ship.
One family went to Windsor with their Union Jack flags to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee near Her Majesty's castle. Pictured on Thursday morning
The Queen Charlotte pub in Windsor decorated their building by hanging up plenty of Union Jack flag bunting which went out into the high street
Sue Carter, left, and Kim King, right, are pictured in Windsor on a sunny bank holiday Thursday where they enjoyed a glass of fizz sat on a bench outside of Windsor Castle
There have been a fair few scarecrows scattered around the country dressed up to look like Her Majesty, with one in Launton, Oxfordshire, depicted enjoying a glass of gin in her dog-walking gear wearing a sign that reads, 'Cheers to 70 years!'.
Lucky Summer-Rose Jeffries shares her birthday with the Queen's Platinum Jubilee - and couldn't be happier with her special three-tiered Victoria Sponge cake, adorned with strawberries, raspberries and blueberries, courtesy of her Nanny and Granddad.
Luka Grajdek baked a Victoria Sponge cake specially for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee weekend, and while taking a snap of his latest bake, a cloud in the shape of Great Britain appears in the background
Some 18 royal family members will be watching on from the balcony including: The Queen; Charles and Camilla; William and Kate with George, Charlotte and Louis; Edward and Sophie and their children Louise and James; Princess Anne and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence; the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester; the Duke of Kent and Princess Alexandra.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the Duke of York will not make an appearance on the balcony.
This morning, the Queen sent a car and security detail to collect the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, along with their two young children, Archie, three, and Lilibet, who will turn one on Saturday, after their private jet landed at Farnborough Airport in Hampshire from on Wednesday.
Her Majesty's Land Rover greeted the family, who live in California, and their children at before taking them on a 40-minute drive to their UK home, Frogmore Cottage, just a stone's throw away from Windsor Castle.
