A giant concert in London for the third day of Queen Elizabeth II’s jubilee

Prince Charles, 73, heir to the crown, and his son William, 39, second in a row, will come to pay tribute, in front of 22,000 spectators, to the 96-year-old monarch in declining health, who should watch the concert on TV.

No matter how passionate about racing, the queen, who has difficulty walking, stopped going to the famous Epsom Derby horse race on Saturday, 30 km from London, which she rarely missed.

He was represented there by his daughter Princess Anne, hired, in the absence of her mother, by a guard of honor of nearly forty jockeys. The Queen planned to watch them on television.

On Friday, he was no longer at religious service at Saint Paul’s Cathedral in honor of him, having suffered. discomfort on the first day of the celebration on Thursday, when he appeared on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, shining but weak, leaning on a cane, with 17 members of the royal family for the military parade and the flyover.

In the evening, he made a brief appearance at Windsor Castle for Jubilee illuminations.

The televised concert on Saturday night, held in three stages in front of Buckingham Palace, will be opened by the group Queen and Adam Lambert.

American diva Diana Ross, 78, very glad to be invited to perform for an important occasionwill end it in two and a half hours, his first stage performance in the UK in 15 years.

Many celebrities are expected

Among the artists and celebrities announced, Alicia Keys, Rod Stewart, Duran Duran, Andrea Bocelli, composer Hans Zimmer (who notably composes the soundtrack of the 25th James Bond), British singers who Ella Eyre, Mabel and Mimi Webb, naturalist David Attenborough, tennis champion Emma Raducanu, former soccer player David Beckham, actress Julie Andrews …

Elton John also recorded a special tribute for tonight’s live broadcast of BBCcelebrating the contribution of the United Kingdom and the countries of the Commonwealth to music, environment, sport and musical comedy, during the 70 years of the reign of a very famous, but increasingly missing Queen.

On Saturday, the Queen, Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, William and his wife Kate, took to Twitter to wish a happy first birthday to Lilibet, the daughter of Harry and Meghan whom the Queen first met .

A happy parenthesis of patriotic unity in the sea of ​​darkness, the Jubilee celebration lasts until Sunday, thanks to a long four -day holiday weekend.

Right now the weather is working together. But rain is expected on Sunday, when thousands of outdoor lunches between neighbors are planned.

A big TV parade

A large television parade should close out the festivities at the end of the afternoon in London with about 10,000 participants – soldiers, musicians, dancers, puppeteers and other artists.

It will end outside Buckingham Palace, where Ed Sheeran is expected to sing in honor of the Queen and Prince Philip, his wife who died last year, his famous ballad. Perfect.

A symbol of stability in a century of great turmoil, Elizabeth II ascended the throne at the age of 25, on February 6, 1952. She went through history with the stability and dedication for which the British are grateful. He never expressed an opinion.

Many of the participants in the jubilee celebration were aware that this might be the last time they would see their sovereignty, with the successor quietly preparing, his son Charles representing him more often.

Very good, these celebrations for him all over the country. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, we’ll never see it againconfessed to AFP Janet Turner, 65, who came from the north of England to walk to Windsor.

Despite her declining health, Elizabeth II had no intention of resigning, tied to the promise she made princess at age 21 to serve her subjects for the rest of her life.

During this time of transition, however, he wanted to assure them: We look to the future with confidence and enthusiasmhe wrote to them at the beginning of the Jubilee celebration.