Queen Elizabeth II celebrates 70 years on the throne (Jonathan Brady / via AP)
The The platinum jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II on the British crown throne draws to a close this Sunday, with a big parade through London that will have giant puppets, musicians, a golden chariot, threats of rain and doubts about the presence of the monarch herself.
The celebrations for the 70 years that the queen was on the British throne, which he arrived at when he was only 25, began Thursday with a large military march to Buckingham Palace. Right there will be the place where they will end after four days of holidays and full of celebrations.
The day before, during a gigantic rock concert held in front of the palace, he made a humorous video appearance alongside the famous Paddington Animation Bear, recalls the video recorded with James Bond – actor Daniel Craig – for the London 2012 Olympics.
The royal house did not specify whether the monarch, 96 years old and with increasing mobility problems, will appear again. The queen engaged with the people on the first of four days of the great national holidays, but was absent on Friday and Saturday after feeling “a certain discomfort”.
His health has been a cause for concern since doctors ordered him to rest in October and he had to spend a night in the hospital undergo medical tests.
Since then she has been replaced in increasingly important acts by her heir, Prince Charles 73 years oldin a progressive transfer of monarchical functions by a sovereign determined not to abdicate.
But the passage raises doubts, due to the popularity of Carlos, much lower than that of his mother, and the crises and criticisms suffered by the monarchy, from the estrangement of Prince Enrique and his wife Meghan to the attacks on colonialists and slaveholders. own past of the British Empire.
The celebrations were repeated throughout the country. (Photo Paul Faith / AFP)
In a depressing social environment, with rising inflation forcing many Brits into hardship, the gap caused by Brexit and the 180,000 deaths caused by the pandemicthe jubilee celebrations were a relief valve for the population and an opportunity for the royal family to seduce them again.
“No one performs pageantry, ceremonies and aerial parades like us,” wrote The Sunday Times, while The Observer called the jubilee “part of a long goodbye” for Elizabeth II, which began last year with the funeral of her husband, the prince. Philip.
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In the afternoon, the royal cavalry will drive the queen’s golden chariot, drawn by eight horses and used since the 18th century to carry the British monarch in his coronation and jubilee acts, to Buckingham Palace.
Divided into four parts, the procession, attended by about 10,000 people, is conceived as a musical and theatrical show of the transformation of British society since the queen’s arrival to the throne with just 25 years in 1952.
It will be opened by representatives of the British Army, Army and Air Force accompanied by military personnel from other Commonwealth countries.
Picnics and mass gatherings are planned throughout the country (AP Photo / Alberto Pezzali, Pool)
This will be followed by performances of popular culture from the past 70 years, street theater performances and dancers who, from the Indian tradition of Bollywood musical films to the British Caribbean carnivals, will show the diversity of the country and its former colonies.
The tribute will end in front of Buckingham where the national anthem will be sung, “God Save the Queen” (God Save the Queen) and pop superstar Ed Sheeran will sing his song “Perfect” in honor of the country’s longest-serving monarch.
But first, and if the heavy rains announced for Sunday allow, up to 10 million people could attend thousands of planned neighborhood picnics and meals across the UK.
More than 70,000 people signed up for organized lunches in towns, cities and villageswith families, neighbors and entire communities willing to come together to share food and drink.
In Windsor, a town about 40km west of England where the queen resides in the castle, organizers have given up on trying to break the world record for the biggest picnic.
Despite this, around 3,000 people had to share food and drink, set up on 488 wooden tables. All this if the British time is not opposed.
With AP information
Source: Clarin
