Up and down the country, Britons dressed in red, white, and blue have been raising a glass to the Queen to commemorate Her Majesty’s exceptional 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.
Excited royal supporters have set up tables in the streets of Wales, while Manchester shopping districts have been festooned with Union flag bunting.
Meanwhile, at Windsor, where the Queen has spent a lot of time recently, individuals have been seen raising a glass to her Majesty’s record-breaking reign on park benches.
The Queen’s Birthday Parade, led by Prince Charles and accompanied by Prince William and Anne, Princess Royal on horseback, began this morning’s official celebrations, with the heir inspecting the troops of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards, as well as more than 1,500 officers and soldiers 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 performance featured 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 departed from military bases around the United Kingdom before forming holding patterns in the south-east of England. The plane then sailed straight down The Mall and above Buckingham Palace, much to the joy of the Royal Family and the thousands of onlookers.
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.