D-Day, as the June Tuesday became known, opened a new front in World War II, and launched a military campaign that liberated large portions of occupied Europe stretching from France to former Czechoslovakia and helped defeat Hitler. They headed across the English Channel toward 50 miles of beaches in northern France bristling with heavily armed German units. You can find the nearest Big Lunch events happening to you on the Eden Project Communities website.On June 6, 1944, nearly 160,000 American, British, Canadian and other Allied soldiers boarded 5,000 ships and landing craft in Plymouth, Southampton and other English ports and embarked on the largest seaborne invasion in history. The first Big Lunch was organised in 2009 to celebrate the Queen’s Golden Jubilee and the second lunch was held three years later to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee. It will be displayed at the entrance to Buckingham Palace later this year. Members of the Royal Family will be joining in with the lunches today: Prince Charles and Camilla will be dining at The Oval cricket ground and the Earl and Countess of Wessex will be attending a lunch at Windsor Castle.Īrtist Lucy Sparrow will be presenting a giant felt piece of art, featuring the Platinum Pudding, scotch eggs and fruit platters, to Charles and Camilla at The Oval. There will also be 600 international Big Jubilee Lunches taking place across the world – including in Canada, Brazil and New Zealand. 85,000 people have signed up to host Big Jubilee Lunches, which will include street parties and afternoon tea too. The Big Jubilee Lunch will be taking place across London What else is going on?Īcross the rest of the UK, over 60,000 people have registered to host Big Jubilee lunches and ten million people will be joining the celebrations. However, there is some speculation that the Royal Family may appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace at the pageant finale. It is not clear yet if The Queen, who had to sit out from some of the weekend’s activities due to mobility issues, will attend today’s events. Which members of the Royal Family will be in attendance?Ĭharles and Camilla will be attending a lunch at the Oval cricket ground in London and The Earl and Countess of Wessex will be attending a street party along Windsor’s Long Walk. Who will be there?Ī few famous faces are set to appear throughout the day, including Sir Cliff Richard, Jeremy Irons, Christopher Dean, Jayne Torvill, Rosie Jones, Gary Lineker, Kadeena Cox, Heston Blumenthal, Alan Titchmarsh, James Martin, Gok Wan and Bill Bailey.Īt 5pm, Ed Sheeren will end the day’s celebrations with a musical act. In total, there are going to be 10,000 people involved in the pageant, including 6,000 volunteers and 2,500 members of the general public. It is set to take place around the Queen Victoria Memorial and in front of the palace. The public will be invited to join in and sing the national anthem. The fourth, ‘Happy And Glorious’, will be a musical moment, with a gospel choir and the Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines. There will also be a show of 80 dancers who will recreate her coronation robe.
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There will be a 20-ft puppet of the Queen as a young woman, plus a 21ft-tall puppet dragon with giant wings as wide as the Mall. The third, ‘Let’s Celebrate’, will tell the story of the Queen’s life, broken down into 12 parts. The second, ‘The Time Of Our Lives’, will be a celebration of British music, culture and technology over the last 70 years. The first ‘For Queen And Country’ will be a military parade of 1,750 people and 200 horses, bringing together all branches of the British armed forces from across the Commonwealth. The pageant will be divided into four parts. It will be led by the 260-year-old Gold State Coach – the same carriage that took the Queen to her 1953 coronation. It will travel along Birdcage Walk and St James’s Park. Starting at 2.30pm, the three-kilometre parade will begin outside the Palace of Westminster, head through Whitehall and Trafalgar Square, pass by the Admiralty Arch, and then continue down towards the Queen Victoria Monument outside Buckingham Palace. It’s the fourth and final day of the Jubilee weekend, and today’s celebrations will be centred around a parade and pageant in London. What to expect on the final day of the Jubilee weekend
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