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Jun 5, 2022, 54 tweets

👑 For the grand finale of the #PlatinumJubilee celebrations, thousands hope to take to the streets of London for the Jubilee Pageant.

🎉 The Pageant will feature puppets, celebrities, artwork and a performance from Ed Sheeran.

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👑🧸 Watch the Queen’s Jubilee surprise – featuring Paddington Bear ⤵️

🤴 The Prince of Wales captured the spirit of the nation to deliver a moving address of thanks to the Queen at her Platinum Jubilee party, addressing HM as "mummy".

🗣️ “You laugh and cry with us and, most importantly, you have been there for us”

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🗣️ The Duke of Cambridge uses night full of ‘optimism, joy and hope’ to highlight environmental issues.

Read Prince William’s speech at the Queen’s Jubilee party in full ⤵️
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📸☔ Pictured: Revellers brave grisly weather on The Mall for the grand finale of this weekend's #PlatinumJubilee celebrations
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🗣️ "I don’t think the Queen spends any time thinking about Boris Johnson", Tina Brown says.

Tina Brown, journalist and author of books including The Diana Chronicles, has said that she doubts the Queen spends any time thinking about Boris Johnson
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👑🧁 Cambridges bake royal treats as Britain gears up for pageant
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🎤 Party at the Palace, music review: Concert a triumph – but where were genuinely stellar British stars?

⭐ The Telegraph's music critic, Neil McCormick, gave the concert four out of five stars
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👑 Prince Charles and Camilla arrive at Oval for Big Jubilee Lunch
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🗺️ Mapped: The pageant route

🎉 The pageant is to begin at 2:30pm.

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👑 The Queen herself might have been absent from some of this weekend’s events, but a young fan on The Mall makes an excellent stand-in

👶 Four-month-old Hayden Tarrant-Gedye, from Farnham in Surrey, came equipped with a perfectly set hairdo
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⛈️Watch out if you're planning a party in southern parts of England and Wales this afternoon, as the Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning.

Thunderstorms are expected across parts of these areas today from 1pm
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🎤 Watch: Duchess of Cambridge sings along to Queen at the Platinum Jubilee Party

Prince Charles 'having a marvellous time' at Big Jubilee Lunch, says ambassador for the Royal Voluntary Service

"He seemed very relaxed and full of good humour. His opening comment was - because it was only half-past 11 - 'It's a little early for lunch'"
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🔴👑 Queen's Platinum Jubilee live: Excitement builds ahead of pageant grand final
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👸👸 Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie demonstrate their plate-spinning and bowling skills
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🔴 The Prime Minister has taken his seat in the royal box at Buckingham Palace, with just over ten minutes to go until the Jubilee Pageant begins.

He is accompanied by his wife Carrie Johnson
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🌟 The Gold State Coach proceeds down The Mall with hologram of the 27-year-old Queen inside.

The gilded carriage has not been seen on streets of the capital for 20 years

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👑 Prince Charles, the Duchess of Cornwall, and Princess Anne are watching as the pageant begins.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are also present in the box alongside their children

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👑Although she is not actually expected to attend the celebrations in person, holograms of the monarch will appear on the windows of the Gold State Carriage giving the impression she is inside waving to the spectators lining the streets
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👑 A hologram of the Queen appears inside the Gold State Coach during the jubilee pageant.

The 260-year-old coach is made of giltwood, which comprises a thin layer of gold leaf over wood
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🌟 Prince Louis sits beside his mother to watch pageant.

Follow our liveblog for all the latest updates as the pageant festivities continue 👇
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🌟The "For Queen and Country" act, the first of the pageant, has begun.

It is described as a "majestic military parade".

It features mounted and marching contingents, the Royal Navy, the British Army, and the Royal Air Force
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👑The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their three children are watch from the royal box

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🌟 The Time of Our Lives act has begun - a joyful and lively presentation of the seven decades of the Queen's reign, paying homage to culture, music, dance, and fashion.

It features a peloton of 300 cyclists riding vintage bikes
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📸 Pictured: Morris Minors down The Mall during the Jubilee Pageant

🚲 Chris Hoy and members of the Team GB cycling team cycle the Platinum Pageant.

The peloton includes bicycles from the seven decades of Her Majesty's reign

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📸 Pictured: Mike Tindall jokes with Prince Louis

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🗣 Shirley Ballas has said the atmosphere is "electric" on the 1970s bus travelling in the Jubilee pageant.

She was joined by Angela Rippon and Heather Small as well as Emmerdale star Patrick Mower and comedian Lee Mack
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🌟Alan Titchmarsh, dressed in a blue suit, red tie and white shirt, has joined the Jubilee pageant in the 1960s bus.

The open-top bus, which was decorated in psychedelic patterns and flowers, also featured Basil Brush and Kate Garraway among the stars.

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🚲 Cyclists take takes part in a parade during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant

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📸 Pictured: Katherine Jenkins ride down The Mall during the Jubilee Pageant.

The open-top bus, which was decorated in psychedelic patterns and flowers, also featured Basil Brush and Kate Garraway among the stars

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🌟 Daleks, roller skaters and hula hoopers are bouncing along The Mall.

An Abba-themed float has also appeared on The Mall belting out the track "Dancing Queen", featuring plenty of sequins
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🌟Kate Moss and Patsy Kensit ride down The Mall on the 1990s bus

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👶 Princess Eugenie could be seen bouncing son August on her knee, in a first sighting.

The one-year-old is wearing a jumper with a Union flag on the front.

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🚗The open-topped vehicle carrying Prue Leith needed to be pushed by four men in fluorescent jackets.

Because of the scale of the event, it was not possible to have a rehearsal of the pageant
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📸 Kate, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Louis watch the pageant from the royal box

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🌟The Mall is now filled with colour in an international celebration of the Queen's reign, now focusing on the wedding party.

This includes women in the traditional Sari dress especially created for the event, along with corgis
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🇬🇧 Some 10,000 people including a cast of 6,000 performers are involved in staging the carnival procession from Horse Guards, along Whitehall to Admiralty Arch and down The Mall to Buckingham Palace

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🐉 A dragon the size of a double decker bus parades down The Mall.

The largest puppet of its kind to be solely human-operated, she is animated by a rotating team of 30 puppeteers with 15 moving the dragon at any one time

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🌳 A mobile oak tree is being paraded down The Mall which has a Maypole rising out of its branches, dancers weave ribbons in and out to form an image of Her Majesty The Queen.

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🌟 The Mall has erupted in a carnival atmosphere for the fourth act of the Pageant, titled "Let's Celebrate".

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📽️ Watch: Crowds line The Mall to watch Jubilee pageant

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👑 The Queen is expected to make a final balcony appearance, after the Royal Standard was raised at Buckingham Palace.

The flag, which signals the presence of the monarch in the building, was raised at 4.30pm to replace the Union flag
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📸 Pictured: A distinctly British celebration

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🎥 Watch: The Mall has fills with colour as the Pageant celebrates the Queen's reign

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🇬🇧 Now we enter a transition period before the grand finale.

As we approach the finale of the show and the weekend, the crowds lining the road have been released to fill the Mall and The Queen Victoria Memorial
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🌟 Highlights of the Pageant's final scene included:

🐴 A tricycle-powered sculptural interpretations of The Queen’s beloved pony Peggy (her first pony)

🚲A Cyclopedia, powered by 20 bicycles, carrying a Platinum Crown

🐶A pack of mischievous, misbehaving puppet Corgis

👗 The Duchess of Cambridge is wearing a fitted Stella McCartney dress in raspberry red

Stella McCartney is a brand that has used natural and largely vegan materials as much as possible

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👑 Breaking: Queen appears on the Buckingham Palace balcony

Dressed in green, Her Majesty has just delighted crowds by appearing on the Buckingham Palace balcony
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👑 The Queen has been joined by members of the Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace for a final appearance to round off her Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

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🌟The Queen has been greeted by a huge cheer from the crowd and a loud sing-a-long of God Save The Queen.

Her Majesty smiled and waved as British flag-themed smoke was also fired into the air
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🗣This is a 'pinch yourself' moment, says Ed Sheeran.

Ed Sheeran has said getting to play at the Platinum Jubilee Pageant is a "full circle nostalgic moment" for him

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