Queen’s platinum jubilee 2022: Queen appears on Buckingham Palace balcony – live
An 86-year-old man riding his vintage bike in the jubilee parade has driven motorcycles for as long as the Queen has been on the throne., and his 1952 Vincent twin-cylinder were part of a fleet of classic motorbikes celebrating the culture, music and fashion of the first decade of the Queen’s reign in the pageant’s The Time Of Our Lives act.
Biles said he had passed his test at the age of 16 and took up motorcycling in 1952, a year before the monarch’s coronation.He said it was a privilege to be part of the festivities and that he hoped for a repeat of the golden jubilee, in which he also participated. “In the one 10 years ago I couldn’t hear the engine running, the roar of the crowd was tremendous, I revved the throttle and still couldn’t hear the engine,” he said.
His wife rode in the sidecar during that event and on tours of the Alps, but is no longer able to and is watching this year’s spectacle on television. “She’s got bad hands now so she took part 10 years ago in the golden one and going abroad, touring Switzerland and everything, but she’s frightened to get in it in case she can’t get out, so she’s at home which is a shame”.
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