Jubilee - live: Platinum Party at the Palace begins with surprise sketch of the Queen and Paddington
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their two eldest children arrive at Cardiff Castle
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Your support makes all the difference.The Platinum Party of the Palace has begun with a surprise pre-recorded sketch featuring the Queen and Paddington bear.
Kicking off the performances is Queen + Adam Lambert with a rousing renditon of “We Will Rock You” - with the Queen joining in via teacup.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will miss the BBC’s Platinum Party at the Palace concert on Saturday evening, as they celebrate their daughter Lilibet’s first birthday “privately” in Windsor.
Other royal family members are attendance of the star-studded performance include the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Earl and Countess of Wessex and their children, Lady Louise Windsor and Viscount Severn, the Princess Royal, and others will also be there.
Amongst this weekend’s celebrations, the Queen did not attend the Epsom Derby today after also missing the platinum jubilee thanksgiving service at St Paul’s Cathedral on Friday.
Buckingham Palace confirmed that her Majesty watched the major sporting event on television at Windsor Castle, after experiencing “discomfort” following a busy first day of festivities on Thursday.
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Princess Eugenie’s son has made his first public appearance at the platinum jubilee pageant on Sunday.
August Brooksbank joined his parents and other members of the royal family in the royal box while watching the pageant, which was being held as part of the Queen’s platinum jubilee celebrations.
August, 1, is the only child of Eugenie and her husband, Jack Brooksbank.
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Princess Eugenie’s son makes royal debut wearing Union Jack jumper
August Brooksbank attended the platinum jubilee pageant on Sunday
Pippa Middleton is pregnant with her third child
Pippa Middleton and James Matthews are expecting their third child.
The younger sister to the Duchess of Cambridge debuted her baby bump on Saturday night during the Party at the Palace, which was being held as part of the platinum jubilee celebrations.
Middleton and Matthews are already parents to three-year-old Arthur, and one-year-old Grace.
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ICYMI- ‘Media coverage of the platinum jubilee makes me uncomfortable to work in this industry'
As a Black woman descended from enslaved African people, the likes of whom were branded with hot irons bearing the initials of royal family members, the past four days of wall-to-wall, uncritical responses to the jubilee have been a gaslighting experience, our race correspondent Nadine White writes.
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As a Black woman descended from enslaved African people, the likes of whom were branded with hot irons bearing the initials of royal family members, the past four days of wall-to-wall, uncritical responses to the jubilee have been a gaslighting experience
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Princess Eugenie thanks stars and organisers of Jubilee Pageant
Princess Eugenie has expressed her appreciation for all those who organised and took part in the Platinum Jubilee Pageant in an Instagram post.
The post includes a video of her son August Philip Hawke Brooksbank waving at those participating in the Pageant.
Princess Eugenie shares video of son August waving at Platinum Jubilee Pageant
Future of monarchy shown on balcony with ‘magnificent seven'
It was a “magnificent seven” who surrounded the Queen at the Jubilee finale – the core members of the royal family who are shaping the monarchy.
Future king the Prince of Wales, and his wife the Duchess of Cornwall, who was publicly backed this year by the monarch to one day use the title Queen, emerged with the head of state as she stepped onto the Buckingham Palace balcony.
There too were the next in line, the Duke of Cambridge and Prince George.
And the Duchess of Cambridge, like Camilla a future Queen Consort, along with Princess Charlotte and little Prince Louis, the siblings a double helping of spares to the heir, writes Laura Elston.
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The Queen was joined by those high in the line of succession – Charles, William, George, Charlotte and Louis – along with Camilla and Kate
Kate Moss wears Union Jack blazer atop pageant bus days after Johnny Depp verdict
Supermodel Kate Moss has taken part in the platinum jubilee pageant just days after Johnny Depp won his defamation trial against Amber Heard.
Moss was a witness for the Depp team during the six-week trial, where she testified that Depp did not push her down a flight of stairs during their relationship in the nineties, Laura Hampson writes.
During the three-minute video appearance, the 48-year-old denied that Depp had ever “pushed her in that way”.
Depp was awarded $10 million (£8 million) in compensatory damages and $5 million (£4 million) dollars in punitive damages by the jury, while Heard was awarded $2 million (£1.6 million) in compensatory damages.
On Sunday, for the platinum jubilee pageant to celebrate the Queen’s 70th year on the British throne, Moss rode atop a double decker bus with makeup artist Charlotte Tilbury, and Bridgerton actor Phoebe Dynevor.
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The model joined Charlotte Tilbury on a double decker bus
Fans share emotional reactions to Queen’s surprise balcony appearance
Her Majesty, who is celebrating her 70th year on the throne, made a surprise appearance to mark the end of the platinum jubilee alongside the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and their three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
The 96-year-old monarch, who was dressed in vivid green, was flanked by her three heirs during the appearance.
Royal fans were delighted to see the monarch make a final balcony appearance to mark the end of the weekend’s celebrations, with some even saying that it made them “emotional”.
“I did not think that The Queen coming out on the balcony would make me quite so emotional, what a beautiful moment,” one Twitter user wrote.
My colleague Laura Hampson has more here:
Fans share emotional reactions to Queen’s surprise balcony appearance
The Queen appeared on the Buckingham Palace balcony on the last day of the platinum jubilee
Family day out for Royals at Jubilee Pageant
It was a family day out like no other, with prime seats in the royal box, catching up with cousins and clapping along to classic tunes.
The Platinum Jubilee Pageant was an afternoon of entertainment for members of the royal family, who all sat together alongside their siblings and cousins.
Prince Louis, the youngest child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, moved around a little, cosying up to both his parents and his grandfather the Prince of Wales.
At one point, Charles rocked his four-year-old grandson from side to side on his lap.
Louis joined his big brother and sister, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, in the royal box.
As George stood for part of the parade, he mirrored his father William, both adjusting the front of their jackets at the same time.
He was also spotted resting his head on his hand during the show.
Lasting two and a half hours, it was not surprising that restlessness may have set in for the younger spectators.
Zara Tindall watched the pageant with three-year-old daughter Lena on her lap, while her other daughter Mia, eight, sat on her father Mike’s lap and had her arm around his neck.
At one point, little Lena sat on her 11-year-old cousin Savannah Phillips’s lap.
Princess Eugenie could be seen bouncing her son August on her knee.
The one-year-old was wearing a jumper with a Union flag on the front.
Later, Eugenie posted pictures and videos on Instagram showing August, her husband Jack Brooksbank, and her view of the pageant.
Meanwhile, the Princess Royal, 71, looked happy as she sat next to her brother Charles and clapped along to Kool & The Gang’s Celebration.
Those joining the royal family included Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer.
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