Platinum Jubilee concert – live: Diana Ross leads grand finale at BBC celebration
All the updates from the star-studded ceremony
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Your support makes all the difference.The Queen’s platinum jubilee will be celebrated with a high-profile concert on Saturday evening (4 June).
Many renowned musicians and bands will perform as part of the Platinum Party at the Palace gig, which is being held by the BBC.
Twenty-two thousand people will attend the event, including 10,000 members of the public who won tickets in the public ballot, which closed on 23 March.
Over 7,500 tickets were designated for key workers, members of the armed forces, volunteers, and charities.
Find all the details on how to watch the concert, as well as full updates from the event, below – and updates from other jubilee events here.
Sound mixing letting her down a bit here, can’t really hear her voice over the orchestration.
More details on that Stephen Fry jab at Boris Johnson.

Stephen Fry’s prime minister comment draws gasps from Jubilee concert crowd
They think it’s all over... it is now!
That’s curtains for the jubilee concert. (At least as far as BBC One coverage goes. I’m sure the night is still young for the many faithful royalists swarming the Mall.)
Here’s a look at some of the footage from that elaborate drone display earlier.
You wouldn’t guess the country was in the grip of a terrible cost of living crisis – the celebrations here were certainly all-out.
A look at some of the mess that’s been left after the concert. People have at least held onto their flags, it seems
Gonna run through some of the most interesting points of the night, while things are winding down.
We’ve got a full review of the event coming too in a bit.
First up, there was, for many, the highlight of the evening – queen Elizabeth’s surprise meeting with Paddington Bear.

The Queen shows off ‘cute’ acting skills with Paddington skit for jubilee concert
Lee Mack took aim at Boris Johnson with a joke that he seemingly ad-libbed...

Lee Mack cracks Partygate joke in front of Boris Johnson during Jubilee concert
George Ezra censored a lyric in “Green Green Grass” about dying during a party.

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