Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee Pageant will feature a circus-themed party and a London bus-sized dragon
The festival will commemorate the Queen's 70-year reign
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Queen Elizabeth’s celebration to ring in her 70 years on the throne will feature a centerpiece resembling a London bus-sized giant dragon.
The Platinum Jubilee Pageant is set for Sunday, June 5, 2022, which will be the final day of a four-day weekend of festivities marking the Queen’s seven-decade reign.
According to People magazine, the event is described as a circus-like atmosphere.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The charade is said to feature some 5,000 people from around the U.K. and the Commonwealth including marching bands and local community groups, the event’s organizers relayed to the Victoria & Albert Museum in London early on Tuesday.
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A costume party of 250 animals will also take place during the jubilee and will act as an interpretation of the moment when Elizabeth took the helm – when she was in Kenya with her late husband Prince Philip, whose spirit and marriage of 73 years to Elizabeth will also be reflected.
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The days-long party will "see the Platinum Jubilee as an opportunity for the country to emerge re-energized and renewed" from the coronavirus pandemic and political upheaval caused by the U.K. leaving the European Union, Nicholas Coleridge, co-chair of the pageant committee said.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The "great national event" will commemorate the "unifying global force that is Her Majesty the Queen," he added.