Queen Elizabeth celebrates her Platinum Jubilee!

Queen Elizabeth celebrates her Platinum Jubilee today, the 6th of February

Today marks the 70th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952.

Queen Elizabeth will be the first British monarch to celebrate this milestone, and the whole of the United Kingdom will come together to mark the occasion.

A series of celebrations will take place throughout the year.

As with the Queen’s Golden and Diamond Jubilees, the first week in June has been chosen for the celebratory weekend, with the summer offering a better chance of good weather than February.

To create the four-day weekend, the late May Spring Bank Holiday will be moved to 2 June and an additional one-off bank holiday on 3 June created.

Take a look at the Queen’s 70-year reign in seventy photos ahead of the monarch’s Platinum Jubilee pic.twitter.com/u1a9qxsAMg

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While this weekend won’t see the largest of celebrations, the Commonwealth will no doubt mark the date and pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth’s reign.

All over the world, there will be ceremonies held in order to mark Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee.

As this is the first celebration of its kind, there is no precedent to refer back to, so it is believed that most of the major celebrations will be saved for June when the weather will allow for a more appropriate celebratory setting.

It is believed that the Queen will opt to have a quiet anniversary day on the 6th of February, and spend time with the family to mark the occasion.

The Jubilee bank holiday weekend will be held on the 2nd June to Sunday 5th June.