Hot take, but it isn't actually that impressive that Queen Elizabeth II has been reigning for 70 years, considering the fact that she is the first monarch in English history to have access to modern medicine, vaccines, hygiene, food and also never needed to attack an enemy on the frontline on horseback.
All I'm saying is that Ramses II reigned almost as long IN THE BC, having access to NONE of that while actually needing to attack his enemies on the frontlines on horseback (well, chariot to be precise).
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The timings for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebration in full
Thursday June 2
10am - The Queen's Birthday Parade - Trooping the Colour - begins.
10.30am - Members of the royal family leave Buckingham Palace for the parade ground.
The military spectacle will be followed by a balcony appearance by the Queen, it is hoped, plus key royals including the Cambridge children, to watch a special flypast.
9.25pm - Members of the royal family arrive to watch the lighting of the principal beacon at the palace - a 21-metre tall Tree of Trees sculpture.
More than 3,000 beacons are being lit across the UK and the Commonwealth.
Friday June 3
11am - The royal family begin to arrive at the service of thanksgiving in St Paul's Cathedral.
12.25pm - Members of the royal family afterwards attend a Guildhall reception hosted by the Lord Mayor.
Saturday June 4
5.30pm - The Epsom Derby race takes place. The Queen and her family are expected to head to the racecourse on Derby Day, where the monarch is due to be greeted with a guard of honour made of up to 40 of her past and present jockeys.
7.40pm - Members of the royal family arrive at the BBC's Platinum Party at the Palace concert.
8pm-10.30pm - The open-air concert in front of the palace, featuring stars including Queen + Adam Lambert, Alicia Keys, Duran Duran and Diana Ross, is broadcast live on BBC One.
Sunday June 5
Street parties and Big Jubilee Lunches are staged across the country
2.30pm-5pm - The Jubilee Pageant takes place in central London, with a 3km carnival procession featuring a cast of thousands including puppets and celebrities and tributes to the seven decades of the Queen's reign. It will move down The Mall and past the palace.
The finale will feature Ed Sheeran performing, and the singing of the national anthem in front of the Queen's official residence
THURSDAY JUNE 2
10am - The Queen's Birthday Parade - Trooping the Colour - begins.
10.30am - Members of the royal family leave Buckingham Palace for the parade ground.
The military spectacle will be followed by a balcony appearance by the Queen, it is hoped, plus key royals including the Cambridge children, to watch a special flypast.
9.25pm - Members of the royal family arrive to watch the lighting of the principal beacon at the palace - a 21-metre tall Tree of Trees sculpture.
FRIDAY 3 JUNE
11am - The royal family begin to arrive at the service of thanksgiving in St Paul's Cathedral.
12.25pm - Members of the royal family afterwards attend a Guildhall reception hosted by the Lord Mayor.
SATURDAY 4 JUNE
5.30pm - The Epsom Derby race takes place. The Queen and her family are expected to head to the racecourse on Derby Day, where the monarch is due to be greeted with a guard of honour made of up to 40 of her past and present jockeys.
7.40pm - Members of the royal family arrive at the BBC's Platinum Party at the Palace concert.
8pm-10.30pm - The open-air concert in front of the palace, featuring stars including Queen + Adam Lambert, Alicia Keys, Duran Duran and Diana Ross, is broadcast live on BBC One.
SUNDAY 5 JUNE
Street parties and Big Jubilee Lunches are staged across the country,
2.30pm-5pm - The Jubilee Pageant takes place in central London, with a 3km carnival procession featuring a cast of thousands including puppets and celebrities and tributes to the seven decades of the Queen's reign. It will move down The Mall and past the palace.
The finale will feature Ed Sheeran performing, and the singing of the national anthem in front of the Queen's official residence.
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i had to listen to my parents shitting on other countries last night during eurovision, now they have to listen to me shitting on the monarchy during the queen's jubilee
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Platinum Jubilee Silk Scarf, Westminster Abbey Shop, 2022
Designed with artist Rory Hutton, to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee.
The coronation chair forms the centre of the scarf's design, as the starting point of Queen Elizabeth’s reign. The martlets and oak leaves which originally decorated the coronation chair represent strength and nobility.
Surrounding the central motif are traditional symbols which are repeated throughout the architecture of Westminster Abbey - including the heraldic lion, the crown, the fleur-de-lis, the Tudor rose, the English rose, the Irish shamrock and the Scottish thistle. (No Welsh leek that I can see though!)
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