Millions across the country and around the world are expected to take part in the celebrations, which begin today, to honor the 96-year-old queen who remains on the throne for longer than all her predecessors, according to the British government. .
Queen Elizabeth thanked those taking part in the Platinum Jubilee celebrations ahead of today’s start of four days of public events and public holidays in the UK for the seventy years of her reign.
Millions across the country and around the world are expected to take part in the celebrations, which begin today, to honor the 96-year-old queen who remains on the throne for longer than all her predecessors, according to the British government. .
“I thank each and every one of you for participating in the gathering of communities, families, neighbors and friends to celebrate the anniversary of my Platinum Jubilee in the United Kingdom and throughout the Commonwealth,” she said in a statement. Elizabeth.
“I continue to be inspired by the goodwill you have shown me and I hope that the coming days will be an opportunity to reflect on all that has been achieved over the last seventy years, as we look to the future with confidence and enthusiasm.”
However, in an indication of the difficulties arising from the Queen’s advanced age and the recent “episodic mobility” issues which have forced her to cancel some of her public duties, her personal participation in the events may be somewhat way limited.
The festivities begin with the Trooping the Color military parade in central London, and for the first time, Elizabeth will receive a parade of 1,500 soldiers and officers in front of the balcony of Buckingham Palace.
Other high-ranking members of the royal family, including her son and 73-year-old Crown Prince Charles and his eldest son, 39-year-old Prince William, will take part in other celebrations on behalf of the Queen. from the celebrations.
The queen’s second son, 62-year-old Prince Andrew, who settled a lawsuit against him in the United States in February after he was accused of sexually abusing a woman when she was a minor, is not expected to attend the ceremony.
Prince Harry’s grandson, who now lives in Los Angeles with Megan’s American wife, will also be absent from the royal family meeting on the palace balcony to watch the passage of modern and older Royal Air Force aircraft. after the parade.
