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👑 The Queen launched her Platinum Jubilee celebrations with a message to the nation that it can look to the future with “confidence and enthusiasm”.

Thousands have gathered in The Mall to secure front-row seats to the biggest royal party in decades.

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👑 Royal fans young and old are lining the streets outside Buckingham Palace as the atmosphere builds ahead of the Trooping the Colour parade.

🐶 The Mall is full of smiles, Union flags, Royal memorabilia and corgis, of course.

#PlatinumJubilee

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🇬🇧🇫🇷 French President Emmanuel Macron has congratulated Queen Elizabeth II on her Platinum Jubilee.

Speaking in French - in which the Queen is fluent - Macron said "celebrating you is celebrating the sincere friendship which unites our two countries"

telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2… Emmanuel Macron, France's president, speaks to the media fol
👑 After the Trooping the Colour, today's celebrations will see the Queen and her family appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to watch a traditional RAF fly-past of more than 70 aircraft.

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👑 Archbishop of Canterbury praises Queen's 'stoicism' at Prince Philip's funeral.

🗣️ "I wish there were more of us - and I include myself - who had quite that sense of just going to do the right thing", he said

telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2… The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, being interviewe
🎉 Spirits are high among the crowds on the Mall as members of the public celebrate the Queen's #PlatinumJubilee

👑 Cheers can be heard from the delighted revellers, some of whom had travelled from overseas just to get a glimpse of the Queen

telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2… Carol Bysshe from Cape Town and her sister Jenny Parris from
Police have been seen tackling several members of the public who ran out onto The Mall from the crowd.

More updates to follow.

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▶️ Watch Trooping the Colour live: The Queen's Platinum Jubilee 2022 full spectacular parade
🎧 Tune in to our live commentary from The Telegraph's @DomNicholls for the Trooping the Colour, live now

👑 #PlatinumJubilee
🔴 Sorry to be the bearer of bad news if you're heading to central London to get a glimpse of the Trooping the Colour parade... viewing areas are now full.

👑 You can still follow the #PlatinumJubilee liveblog for updates ⤵️
telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2… Royal fans line the Mall as they wait for the trooping of th
🔴📽️ Watch: Police wrestle men to the ground as they break onto The Mall before Trooping the Colour begins

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📸Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis have made their first appearance in a carriage for Trooping the Colour, as the Cambridge family puts on a show in honour of the Queen's #PlatinumJubilee.

👑 #HM70

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📸 Pictured: Prince George, Prince Louis and Princess Charlotte arrive in carriage

The Duchess of Cornwall was riding alongside the Duchess of Cambridge and all three of her children in the first carriage

#PlatinumJubilee #HM70 telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2… Prince George, Prince Louis and Princess Charlotte in the caPrince George, the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duchess of Ca
👑 An hour into the Trooping the Colour parade, and we're yet to see The Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

🔴Harry and Meghan were expected at Trooping the Colour, watching from a window as non-working members of the Royal family

#PlatinumJubilee
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👑 Prince George is clearly having the time of his life as he experiences his first Jubilee, writes @gordonrayner.

🤴👸 Princess Charlotte said “wow” as she saw the crowds, and Prince George asked the Duchess: “Mama, where does this stop?”

telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2…  Members of the Royal Family attend Trooping the Colour in T
📽️ Watch: Duchess of Cambridge and her royal children arrive at Queen's #PlatinumJubilee
👑 #HM70

🔴 Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Princess Anne, Princess Royal salute during the Trooping the Colour parade

telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2… Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Princess Anne, Princes
👑 Platinum Jubilee latest: The Queen arrives at Buckingham Palace

🔴 Watch Trooping the Colour live ⤵️
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👑 Platinum Jubilee latest: The Queen appears on the balcony at Buckingham Palace

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👑 The Queen is receiving a salute on the balcony of Buckingham Palace from the soldiers involved in the Trooping the Colour parade, alongside her cousin the Duke of Kent
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📸 Grab from Sky News The Queen arrives on Buckingham Palace balcony in a grab fro
👑 Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, seen in window above Horse Guards Parade.

The Duchess was chatting to Isla and Savannah Phillips, who was holding little Lena Tindall. She put her fingers on her lips to shush the girls, with them copying her and laughing

telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2… Meghan Markle with Savannah Phillips and Mia TindallMeghan Markle with Savannah Phillips and Mia Tindall
👑 The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have appeared at their first public royal event since leaving the family in 2020, joining its non-working members at a window overlooking Trooping the Colour

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#PlatinumJubilee #HM70 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at Trooping The Colour
👑 The Queen has returned to the Buckingham Palace balcony with other working members of the Royal Family to watch the fly-past

telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2… Royals take to balcony to watch fly-past
👑 The Queen could be seen interacting with her great-grandson, Prince Louis, who was standing next to her on the balcony.

🤴 The young prince held his hands over his ears as the aircraft soared overhead
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#PlatinumJubilee #HM70 Prince Louis covers his ears as the RAF flypast thunders ove
🤴 Most noteworthy of all for royal-watchers was the blue sailor top worn by four year-old Prince Louis.

It had been worn some 37 years earlier by his father, Prince William, for the Trooping the Colour in 1985

telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2… File photo dated 15/06/1985 of Prince William, now the Duke Britain's Prince Louis of Cambridge (L) Britain's Princess C
📸 Pictured: RAF Red Arrows fly-past during a fly-past after the Trooping the Colour ceremony

telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2… The Red Arrows during a fly-past after the Trooping the Colo
👑Crowds in a Warwickshire town have been celebrating the Queen with the help of corgis and an Elvis impersonator.

The town crier Mike Reddy, in full regalia and tricorne hat, formally opened the festivities, booming out an official proclamation at noon

telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2… Warwick town crier Mike Reddy
📽️ Watch: Police wrestle 'Animal Rebels' to the ground as they break on to The Mall

The two men, who were under arrest, told The Telegraph that the group “had no other choice” than to disrupt the celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

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📺Despite being turned away from The Mall, ardent supporters were happy to catch a glimpse of the monarch on giant televisions nearby

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🎥 Watch: Queen and family watch fly-past from Buckingham Palace balcony

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🔴 The Duke of York has pulled out of his only appearance at the Platinum Jubilee after testing positive for Covid.

He will no longer attend a St Paul's Cathedral service of thanksgiving on Friday

Follow the latest Jubilee updates 👇
telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2… Prince Andrew, Duke of York. Photo by Steve Parsons - WPA Po
📸 Pictured: Prince Louis pulls faces on the Balcony

telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2… HM The Queen with embers of the Royal Family on the Balcony
🇫🇷President Macron told the Queen of the "deep affection and admiration" that the French people hold for her.

In a video message, he said that while times may have changed, the Queen's devotion to the alliance between Britain and France has not faltered

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🏙️The skyline of the City of London is unrecognisable from the immediate years before the Queen ascended to the throne

🗺️Use our interactive tool to see how the landscape of the capital has altered over the past seven decades

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📹Watch: Prince Louis steals the show at the Queen's Platinum Jubilee balcony moment

Prince Louis, four, put on an exuberant performance for the first event of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, photographed with an array of exaggerated funny faces.

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📺Millions of us will be glued to the gogglebox over the Platinum Jubilee weekend – but what were we watching in 1953, 1977, 2002 and 2012?

telegraph.co.uk/tv/2022/06/02/… An east London street celebrates the Jubilee in 1977 CREDIT:
✍️"Prince Harry and Meghan ‘stick to the official script’ to avoid overshadowing the Queen during Platinum Jubilee celebrations" | Writes @CamillaTominey

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🇺🇸Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden both offered their congratulations to the Queen.

The US president said the Queen had inspired people with her "selfless devotion and service" to the UK and the Commonwealth for 70 years

telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2… President Joe Biden. Credit: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
🐶Turlough Mor, an Irish wolfhound and Regimental mascot of the Irish Guards, led them on parade as the only Guards Regiment mascot permitted to do so.

He continues the tradition of having an Irish Wolfhound as the Guards’ mascot, which dates back to 1902
telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2… Irish Wolf Hound 'Turlough Mor' (aka Seamus), regimental mas
⛈️Thunderstorms could dampen the BBC's Platinum Party at the Palace on Saturday.

The Met Office is considering issuing a weather warning as it predicts heavy, possibly thundery, showers for parts of England on Saturday evening, during the Jubilee concert
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🇺🇸 Barack Obama has said getting to know the Queen was among the "great privileges" of his time in office, as he paid tribute to the "steadfast" monarch on her Platinum Jubilee.

He said the sovereign reminded him a little of his grandmother when they met

telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2… President Barack Obama (2nd L) and first lady Michelle Obama
📺 The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall made an appearance at an Albert Square street party.

Charles and Camilla surprised the residents of Walford after Mick Carter, played by Danny Dyer, decided to throw a street party for the Square

telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2… The Jubilee episode of EastEnders featuring the Prince of Wa
📸 Pictured: Mike Tindall wears wife Zara's hat at the Platinum Jubilee celebrations

telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2… Image from Mike Tindall's Instagram stories of him wearing w
🌳The Duke of Cambridge has arrived at Buckingham Palace to play his part in the dual beacon-lighting ceremony with the Queen, who is at Windsor.

The principal beacon is the 69ft tall Tree of Trees sculpture, featuring 350 British-grown trees

telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2… onstruction workers install the top section of the Queen's G
👑 Crowds have gathered on Birdcage Walk and at the foot of Buckingham Gate, with hundreds eager to catch a glimpse of the Principal Beacon which is set to be lit by Prince William

Follow our liveblog for the latest updates 👇
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📸 Pictured: The Duke of Cambridge attends The Lighting of the Beacon

telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2… Prince William, Duke of Cambridge attends The Lighting Of Th
👑The Queen has arrived and is using a walk stick after she pulled out of tomorrow's St Paul's Cathedral Service of Thanksgiving.

She is wearing green and has illuminated the "Tree of Trees".

More than 3,500 beacons are being lit in unison across the UK
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🕯️The Queen has lit the Principal Beacon

Follow our liveblog for the latest updates 👇
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📸 Pictured: Prince William meets Gregory Porter during the Lighting of the Principal Beacon

telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2… Prince William, Duke of Cambridge meets with Gregory Porter

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