Queen's Platinum Jubilee: Buckingham Palace releases more details on 2022 celebrations

Author: Helen HoddinottPublished 2nd Jun 2021

Buckingham Palace has released further details of the celebrations which will mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee in 2022.

Trooping the Colour will be staged in full for the first time since the pandemic and is scheduled for the first day of a special four-day Bank Holiday weekend from June 2-5.

The following day a Service of Thanksgiving for the Queen's reign will be held at St Paul's Cathedral and the third day of the weekend, a Saturday, will see the Queen joined by members of the royal family at the Derby, held at Epsom Downs.

That evening a live concert will be staged at Buckingham Palace - called the Platinum Party at the Palace.

Performers have yet to be named but it is billed as bringing together some of the world's biggest entertainment stars to celebrate the most significant and joyous moments from the Queen's seven decade reign.

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