With a year to go until The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, The Commonwealth Resounds is calling on all Commonwealth writers, composers, and choirs to be involved in a special and unique tribute to The Queen. A brand new Commonwealth song will be commissioned to be sung by choirs in all 54 Commonwealth countries at the same time as the lighting of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee…
Buckingham Palace barred ethnic minorities from jobs in the 1960s according to information discovered in royal household archive documents. In the documents unearthed by The Guardian newspaper, Lord Tryon, the keeper of the privy purse at the time spoke of minorities in the…
The Queen has made a historic designation to a village in Northern Ireland, making it the first in the country to receive Royal Status.
The village of Hillsborough, where Hillsborough Castle and Gardens, Her Majesty’s official Northern Ireland residence is located…
Buckingham Palace has confirmed that The Queen will meet President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at Windsor Castle later this month.
When President Biden visits the United Kingdom to take part in the G7 summit, he and Dr Biden will visit the monarch on Sunday, 13th June.
A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said that further information on the meeting will be revealed in due course.
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Beacons to be lit across the UK and around the Commonwealth to mark The Queen's 70-year reign
3rd June 2021
Buckingham Palace announced the first major plans for The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee next year, running over an extra-long bank holiday weekend in June.
On Thursday 2 June, one of the first major events of the Platinum Jubilee weekend will be the lighting of Platinum…
Plans for the Platinum Jubilee celebration in 2022 are coming together, with Buckingham Palace making several announcements about the Jubilee weekend. There will be an extended bank holiday weekend from Thursday 2 June to Sunday 5 June. Plans currently include a specifically…
Street parties and community celebrations to be held in 2022 for The Queen's Platinum Jubilee
2nd June 2021
Excitement is building across Britain as Buckingham Palace announced a programme of special events to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee in June 2022, and The Queen is inviting the public to join in the party.
As part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations, people are encouraged “to share friendship, food and fun with neighbours” during The Big Jubilee Lunch on 5 June 2022.
The Queen to celebrate 70 years on the throne with a trip to the races to watch the Epsom Derby
2nd June 2021
The Queen will celebrate her Platinum Jubilee with a trip to Epsom Downs Racecourse to watch the 243rd running of The Derby.
National commemorations will take place from June 2 – June 5 next year to mark the occasion of The Queen being on the throne for 70…
Huge year-long celebrations for The Queen's Platinum Jubilee revealed by Buckingham Palace
2nd June 2021
Buckingham Palace has unveiled a bumper programme of celebrations to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee In 2022 where she will mark 70 years on the throne.
Her Majesty will become the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, having succeeded her father…
Platinum Jubilee Concert to be held at Buckingham Palace attracting the biggest names in entertainment
2nd June 2021
It has been announced that a concert will be held at Buckingham Palace next year to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Entitled ‘Platinum Party at the Palace’, the BBC will stage and produce the special live concert from The Queen’s Central London residence.
The biggest names in music and entertainment are expected to be there, with the concert being broadcast all…