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Come Together
After four wonderful days of celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, Her Majesty gave the nation the most moving of finales with a surprise appearance on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.
The Queen had been forced to miss the events of the previous two days, but a woman who has never let her country down in 70 years was not about to do so now. Her Majesty stepped out onto the balcony of Buckingham Palace to greet the crowd and listen to the National Anthem which concluded the Platinum Jubilee Pageant. She described the scene in front of her as “fabulous”, telling her family: “Oh my goodness, oh look at this.”
Yet for all the pomp, pageantry and pyrotechnics seen in the capital since Thursday, it would surely have been the pictures of thousands of street parties up and down the nation that gave Her Majesty the most pleasure as they fostered friendships and created bonds that will long outlast the bunting.
More than 85,000 Big Jubilee Lunches were held around the country, on top of thousands more that took place on previous days, including a half-mile-long picnic table along Windsor’s Long Walk, where the Earl and Countess of Wessex joined around 3,000 people braving chilly weather to tuck into sandwiches and cake.
A renewed sense of togetherness
In an address released on the last day of this brilliant, unforgettable and very British four-day-celebration of Her Majesty’s 70 year reign, the monarch said:
“I have been inspired by the kindness, joy and kinship that has been so evident in recent days, and I hope this renewed sense of togetherness will be felt for many years to come.
“I thank you most sincerely for your good wishes and for the part you have all played in these happy celebrations.”
From Trooping the Colour to the Pageant, the “United Kingdom” has really united for a wonderful four day show of respect and warmth towards Her Majesty, coming together to show the nation at its best. “The country has been brought together after a traumatic few years, and it has been great to witness,” concluded political blogger and radio presenter Iain Dale on Sunday evening.
“I genuinely don’t think any other nation on this earth could have pulled off the spectacle of the last four days,“ Dale writes.
“We do pomp well, and let’s just rejoice in that. But it wasn’t all pomp. It was also in large part community circumstance. Communities around the country came together in a way they haven’t been able to for two years.“
So let’s hope that this renewed sense of togetherness will really be something to be “felt for many years to come.“ That would be the perfect way to remember these days of celebrating, and just the way Elizabeth II wanted it.
▶️ Review of four days Platinum Jubilee celebrations (The Telegraph)
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