The pageantry of Trooping the Colour, which starts at 7pm tonight, is just the start of a four-day celebration full of arcane traditions and quirky sideshows.
From today, millions of Britons in cities, towns and villages are readying feasts of cucumber and coronation chicken sandwiches, knitting model corgis and putting up bunting and Union Jack flags. Labour Party leader Keir Starmer said the Jubilee is a “a chance for the country to let its hair down after a difficult few years.”
The celebrations start at 10am with a parade of thousands of soldiers down the Mall in London with an inspection at the Horse Guards Parade. An RAF flypast of 70 aircraft includes the Red Arrow display team and the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, featuring Spitfires, Hurricanes and other historical aircraft.
There will be receptions at the Guildhall in the City of London, at the Epsom Derby there will be a photo lineup of the 40 jockeys who have ridden for the Queen, and around the country there will be tens of thousands of “Jubilee Lunches”.
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