Earlier this year, Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to spend 70 years on the throne. As a result, we’ve all been given a bonus Bank Holiday weekend in June to celebrate the platinum jubilee.
From Thursday, June 2 to Sunday, June 5, festivities will take place across the country commemorating the 95-year-old’s reign. As part of this, Liverpool Council is encouraging people across the city to have street parties and has even waived the fees for road closures.
Announcing the plans, Angie Redhead, head of assets at Liverpool Council, told the authority’s culture and visitor economy select committee earlier this year that the main commemoration will be a “really celebratory, family friendly event,” the type of which she described as a “flag waving, marching band playing, scone eating” gathering. Documents submitted to the committee said that “one thing is for sure, visitors will leave with a renewed sense of civic pride and admiration for our monarch.”
