Queen’s Platinum Jubilee: What’s planned for the big day?

On the Saturday 4 June there will be a live concert at Buckingham Palace – the Platinum Party at the Palace – and members of the public can apply for an invite.

Performers haven’t been revealed yet, but it’s being described as bringing together some of the world’s biggest entertainment stars. The ballot for UK residents to secure tickets will be launched in February.

There will be a Big Jubilee Lunch on the Sunday 5 June with people encouraged to share friendship, food and fun with neighbours through street parties, BBQs or tea parties.

There will also be a pageant held in London with more than 5,000 people from across the UK and Commonwealth involved and combining street arts, theatre, music, circus, carnival and costume.

Primary and secondary school children have been invited to create a picture of their hopes and aspirations for the planet over the next 70 years.

Some of these will be chosen to decorate over 200 silk flags which will be paraded through along the Mall in London as a ‘River of Hope’. The winning designs will also be digitised to be shown on big screens around the UK.

Trapeze artists, a giant dragon puppet and acrobats will feature as well as street theatre – with a specially-written fairy story There Once Is A Queen by author Sir Michael Morpurgo brought to life throughout the day.