Sunday 5 June 2022 02:31 PM Martin Lewis, Dame Shirley Bassey, Idris Elba and Sir Cliff Richard set to ride ... trends now
Martin Lewis, Sir Cliff Richard, Gary Lineker, Dame Shirley Bassey and Idris Elba are among the 150 celebrities set to travel in double decker buses to pay homage to the Queen's final day of her Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
The colourful open top buses will each mark the seven decades of Her Majesty's reign, which will each be adorned with images and famous slogans from the time, including 'Groovy' from the 1970s and 'Girl Power' - brought into the mainstream by British pop icons The Spice Girls in the 1990s.
The decade-by-decade celebrations will see actors, presenters, sport stars and singers, parade London from the top of the buses, while a fleet of more than 200 classic vehicles, including Del Boy's Robin Reliant and James Bond cars will also follow.
Sir Cliff Richard is set to appear on a 1950s bus during the pageant this afternoon and said it is a 'great time to show gratitude' to the 96-year-old monarch and British public.
Martin Lewis, Sir Cliff Richard, Gary Lineker, Dame Shirley Bassey and Idris Elba are among the 150 celebrities set to travel in double decker buses to pay homage to the Queen 's final day of her Platinum Jubilee celebrations
Buses for the decades at Horse Guards Parade ahead of the Platinum Jubilee Pageant in London, on day four of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations for the Queen. Sunday June 5, 2022
Colourful buses due to be used in the Pageant waiting in a side street in Westminster, June 5, 2022
It is not known if the 96-year-old monarch will make an appearance at today's pageant, after she pulled out of two Jubilee events amid concerns for her health
Speaking on Sky News, he said: 'I think I'm looking forward and hoping to people waving and looking up at me. It's going to be difficult for people to pick out and find their various favourites.
'The bus is full of people that I've grown up with as well and love, watched, and played with. So it would be wonderful if a fan or two were to wave directly at me.
We're all ready to wave at all these people who have given us lives when you think about it. I sometimes wake up in the homes, I have two, and I sometimes think, 'How the heck did I get here?'
'So we have to show our gratitude and it's a great time to show it, not only to the Queen but the massive public that support all of us - actors, dancers, singers - everybody. So I'm looking forward to being with fans and other people's fans as well.'
Money-saving expert Martin Lewis will also appear on the 2000's bus and said he is 'planning to take in every moment'.
Money-saving expert Martin Lewis (Pictured with his wife Lara) is also set to be on the 2000's bus and said he is 'planning to take in every moment'
Some 10,000 people including a cast of 6,000 performers are involved in staging the spectacular two-mile carnival route from Horse Guards, along Whitehall to Admiralty Arch and down The Mall to Buckingham Palace
He tweeted earlier: 'It's jubilee day. Ridiculously I've been asked to go on a 'National Treasure' bus. So we're on our way, union flags in the bag ready to wave. I've been placed on the 2000's
