Platinum Jubilee Pageant live: Gold State Coach takes centre stage in grand finale
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Today is the finale of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations, with the country recovering from the excitement of last night's Party at the Palace in time for one last hurrah.
It comes as thousands are expected to take to the streets of London this afternoon for the Jubilee Pageant, despite the typically British weather forecast.
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- The Queen is set to appear on the Buckingham Palace balcony after Royal Standard was raised
- Pomp and pageantry kicked off the final day of Platinum Jubilee celebrations today
- Hologram of the young monarch and a military procession launched spectacular £15million Pageant
- Charles, Camilla, William, Kate, Anne, Zara Tindall, Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer are in the royal box
- ***Follow MailOnline's live coverage of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations HERE***
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PUBLISHED: 01:42 AEST, 6 June 2022 | UPDATED: 01:45 AEST, 6 June 2022
The Queen is set to appear on the Buckingham Palace balcony after the royal standard was raised above the residence during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant.
The flag went up at around 4.31pm amid the spectacle of the £15million carnival, meaning Her Majesty has arrived at the Palace from Windsor Castle. The 96-year-old British head of state has not been seen in public since Thursday, the first day of the celebrations, after pulling out of two Jubilee events amid growing concerns for her health.
Pomp and pageantry kicked off the final day of Jubilee celebrations celebrating the monarch's astonishing 70-year reign as a hologram of the young monarch waving at royal fans and a ceremonial military procession launched the pageant.
Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, their children George, Charlotte and Louis, Princess Anne, and Zara and Mike Tindall are all seated in the royal box alongside Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie, Keir Starmer and Sadiq Khan to watch the two-mile procession through central London.
The Queen, 96, was missing from the royal box and pulled out of two Jubilee events amid concerns for her health, but she is set to make an appearance on the Buckingham Palace balcony along with senior royals including Charles, Camilla, William and Kate at the end of the 2½-hour procession.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who put family tensions this weekend to one side to visit the UK together for the first time since they acrimoniously quit royal duties, were also absent for a second day running from the festivities.
The pageant is split into four acts: For Queen and Country with a military parade; The Time of Our Lives progressing through seven decades of culture, music and fashion; Let's Celebrate telling the story of the Queen's life in 12 chapters with corgi puppets and carnival creations; and the Happy and Glorious musical spectacle.
Close to 200 national treasures including Sir David Jason, Harry Redknapp, Sandie Shaw, Felicity Kendal, Joe Wicks and Holly Willoughby will join pop sensation Ed Sheeran in a mass rendition of God Save The Queen outside Buckingham Palace at the end of the pageant.
Guardsmen, Gurkhas, Royal Marines and the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment in their breastplates and plumed feathers were among the hundreds of servicemen and women who led the way marching along the streets around Buckingham Palace.
Charles took the salute of various military units when they passed the royal box and he stood to acknowledge the servicemen and women as they passed.
Some 10,000 people including a cast of 6,000 performers are involved in staging the carnival route from Horse Guards, along Whitehall to Admiralty Arch and down The Mall to Buckingham Palace, echoing Her Majesty's 1953 coronation procession.
British eccentricity was soon to the fore when the cyclists on a menagerie of bikes rode past Buckingham Palace, including a biker dressed as the character Elliot from the sci-fi Movie ET, complete with the Extra Terrestrial in the cycle's basket.
As the decades flashed by revellers in period 1940s clothes danced the Lambeth Walk and further down The Mall jiving performers represented the 1950s.
Interspersed were iconic vehicles from Morris Minors, rockers on classic motorbikes and Mods on scooters, while the national treasures - celebrities from across the years including Katherine Jenkins, Bonnie Langford, Alan Titchmarsh, Basil Brush, Kate Garraway and RuPaul's Drag Race stars Baga Chipz and Blu Hydrangea, and fashion royalty Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell - travelled on buses.
Sir Cliff Richard sang from the 1950s bus, former boxer Chris Eubank posed from the open top-deck of another, and TV presenter Johnny Ball joked on the BBC about the experience on the 1970s bus: 'It's all right, but I'm worried I haven't paid my fare'.
A peloton of 300 cyclists travelled down The Mall led by Sir Chris Hoy and cycling golden couple Dame Laura and Sir Jason Kenny.
The royal standard is raised above Buckingham Palace meaning the Queen has arrived, June 5, 2022
The 96-year-old British head of state has not been seen in public since Thursday, the first day of the celebrations, after pulling out of two Jubilee events amid growing concerns for her health
Original golden coronation carriage with hologram of the Queen is seen during the Platinum Pageant on June 5, 2022
Attendees take pictures of the hologram of the Queen on the Gold State Coach, June 5, 2022
Original golden coronation carriage with hologram of the Queen is seen during the Platinum Pageant on June 5, 2022
Royals including Prince Charles, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Princess Anne, Kate Middleton, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis, Zara and Mike Tindall, and Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the royal box, June 5, 2022
Katherine Jenkins, Chris Eubank, Giles Terera and Cliff Richard ride a bus during the Platinum Pageant on June 5, 2022
People wave from an open top bus during the Platinum Pageant in London, Britain, June 5, 2022
Gary Lineker during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant in front of Buckingham Palace, London, Sunday June 5, 2022
Sir Mo Farah and Gok Wan (right) during the Platinum Pageant on June 5, 2022 in London
Craig Charles, Shirley Ballas and Patrick Mower during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant in front of Buckingham Palace
Naomi Campbell at the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Parade in London, June 5, 2022
Anthea Turner, Peter Duncan, Peter Purves and Valerie Singleton take part in the Platinum Jubilee Pageant, June 5, 2022
Chris Hoy (right) and members of the Team GB cycling team cycle the Platinum Pageant on June 5, 2022 in London
Drivers with old cars parade during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant outside Buckingham Palace in London, June 5, 2022
Riders with bicycles and motorcycles parade during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant outside Buckingham Palace, June 5, 2022
Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, standing in the royal box outside Buckingham Palace, June 5, 2022
Prince Louis sits on his grandfather Prince Charles' lap during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant, June 5, 2022
Princess Charlotte ahead of the Platinum Jubilee Pageant outside Buckingham Palace, June 5, 2022
Prince George and Princess Charlotte stand in the royal box during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant, June 5, 2022
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, reacts upon her arrival to attend the Platinum Pageant in London on June 5, 2022
Prince William takes his seat ahead of the Platinum Jubilee Pageant outside Buckingham Palace, June 5, 2022
Boris Johnson sits next to his wife Carrie Johnson in the royal box outside Buckingham Palace, June 5, 2022
Chris Eubank and Cliff Richard are seen during the Platinum Pageant on June 5, 2022
AJ Odudu, Holly Willoughby, Rylan Clark-Neal and Nicole Scherzinger take part during the pageant, June 5, 2022
Kate Moss and Patsy Kensit take part in a parade during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant, June 5, 2022
Bryanboy, Kate Moss Patsy Kensit and ride a bus during the Platinum Pageant on June 5, 2022
Katherine Jenkins ride down The Mall during the Jubilee Pageant, June 5, 2022
A general view of performers along the Mall during the Platinum Pageant on June 5, 2022
Mechanical diggers parade in front of Buckingham Palace during the Platinum Pageant in London on June 5, 2022
Performers are seen during the Platinum Pageant on June 5, 2022 in London
Morris Minor cars are seen during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant, June 5, 2022
A regiment of the Household Division Foot Guards march with Commonwealth countries' flags, June 5, 2022
People parade during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant outside Buckingham Palace in London, Sunday, June 5, 2022
The Gold State Coach makes its way down The Mall outside Buckingham Palace, June 5, 2022
Soldiers parade during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant outside Buckingham Palace in London, Sunday, June 5, 2022
Members of the Military march along the Mall during the Platinum Pageant on June 5, 2022
People parade during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant outside Buckingham Palace in London, Sunday, June 5, 2022
Characters from cartoons and animation parade during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant, June 5, 2022
Scenes on The Mall during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant in front of Buckingham Palace, June 5, 2022
The Gold State Coach passes in front of Buckingham Palace during the pageant, June 5, 2022
Attendees take pictures of the hologram of the Queen projected on the Gold State Coach, June 5, 2022
The Gold State Coach is seen on The Mall during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant in front of Buckingham Palace, June 5, 2022