This bank holiday weekend, Britain has brought out the red, white, and blue bunting in full force to celebrate Her Majesty’s historic 70th year on the throne.
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee has prompted the country to hold a four-day royal celebration, with families, schools, and entire communities uniting to honor the British monarch.
The Queen’s Birthday Parade, headed by Prince Charles and accompanied by Prince William and Anne, Princess Royal on horseback, began this morning with the heir inspecting troops from the 1st Battalion Irish Guards, as well as over 1,500 officers and men from the Household Division.
Her Majesty made one of two appearances on the Buckingham Palace Balcony today to observe the RAF flypast, which will feature Spitfires, Red Arrow Hawks, and a Lancaster bomber. For Her Majesty, the Red Arrows performed a stunning formation with the number 70.
The event will feature more than three times the number of planes that flew over central London during the Queen’s last birthday parade flypast in 2019.
The fleet will depart from military locations throughout the United Kingdom before forming holding patterns in the south-east of England. They’ll then fly straight down The Mall until the first group arrives at Buckingham Palace at 1 p.m.
However, Britons across the country have been honoring the Queen in their own unique ways, including street parties, miles of bunting, and even scarecrows dressed as members of the royal family.
Windsor, in particular, has a large Union Jack flag and bunting set up everywhere to greet visitors to the royal borough’s railway station for the Platinum celebrations. The high street is also red, white, and blue, with flags adorning lampposts across the region.
Many residences and bars have special decorations, such as balloons and Jubilee posters in the United Kingdom’s national colors.