Farmers across the UK have been asked to light beacons to mark the Platinum Jubilee.
It’s hoped 1,500 beacons will be lit with representation in every county in the UK on June 2nd 2022 to mark the 70th anniversary of The Queen’s reign as the bumper Bank Holiday weekend marking her historic reign gets under way.
Farming unions and organisations have given their backing to the request from the Platinum Pageant organisers.
Landholders around the country are being asked to register for permission to light the beacons.
Pageant master, Bruno Peek, told Farmers’ Weekly that ” the involvement of farms and country estates could easily assist us in reaching this target.”
All registered beacons will be recorded in a special book which will later be presented to Her Majesty. A similar record was given to her following her Golden and Diamond Jubilees.
The lighting of beacons to mark major royal events is a centuries’ old tradition. Their first major use in Jubilees came in 1897 when Queen Victoria marked sixty years on the throne. Chains of beacons were also lit for the Silver, Golden and Diamond Jubilees of Elizabeth II.