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In the April edition of
the Costa Cálida
Chronicle
we
printed details
of where to
order special
promotional
packs to
help you
celebrate
the Queen’s
Diamond
Jubilee and
the 2012
Olympics. These
packs
include a
range of promotional
and point-of-sale material including red, white and
blue balloons with Love British Food 2012!; 3 x
A3 Love British Food 2012 posters; DIY cut out
and create-your-own bunting (enough to make 12
feet of bunting with 1 flag per foot) featuring the
following messages: Love British Food 2012 -
Be Patriotic! and Love British Food - Support
the Home Team!; and patriotic shelf barkers.
These come in an A4 folder with details about Love
British Food 2012 and ideas and hot tips for
taking part. It may not be too late to order these
packs, but demand will be high so go to www.
lovebritishfood.co.uk to place your order. Packs
cost £17 including post and packing to Spain and
orders must be placed by 11th May so that they
can be sent out in time for the Diamond Jubilee
Weekend.
The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee - celebrations
and events
Queen Elizabeth II is the first British monarch
since George III to celebrate so many years on the
throne in such a significant way. The only other
British monarch to celebrate a Diamond Jubilee
was Queen Victoria in 1897. The Queen’s Diamond
Jubilee celebrations will centre around an extended
weekend in 2012 on 2 nd – 5 th June.
60 years of the Queen’s Reign
The Queen came to the throne on 6 th February 1952
and her coronation took place on 2 nd June 1953.
She celebrated her Silver Jubilee (25 years) in 1977
and her Golden Jubilee (50 years) in 2002.
Events before the Jubilee Weekend
Commonwealth Day
On 12 th March the Queen attended Commonwealth
Day Observance in Westminster Abbey to celebrate
Her Diamond Jubilee and 60 years as Head of the
Commonwealth.
Diamond Jubilee Pageant
Dancers, musicians, military and equestrian displays
from around the world will come together for three
nights in the private grounds of Windsor Castle on
10, 11 and 13 May.
Parade and Muster at Windsor
On 19 th May nearly 2,500 troops from the Royal
Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force will parade
through Windsor Castle and town before Her Majesty
and The Duke of Edinburgh. They will then muster
in the castle grounds for a unique event before
an audience of more than 3,000 Armed Forces
personnel, their families, and veterans. Further
details will be issued shortly.
Thames River Pageant
At high water in the afternoon of 3 rd June, up to a
thousand boats will muster on the River Thames in
preparation for Her Majesty The Queen to lead the
Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant.
Jubilee Beacons
Thousands of beacons will be lit around the world on
4 th June to commemorate The Queen’s 60 year reign
over the UK and as head of the Commonwealth.
Concert at Buckingham Palace
A concert organised by the BBC will be held at
Buckingham Palace on 4 th June. It will be attended
by The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh and other
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Service of Thanksgiving
The Queen and other members of the Royal Family
will attend a national Service of Thanksgiving at St.
Paul’s Cathedral on 5 th June. A Prayer, written at
The Queen’s direction by the Chapter of St Paul’s
Cathedral in honour of the Diamond Jubilee, will be
used in the service.
Big Jubilee Lunch
The fourth annual Big Lunch will fall on the same
weekend as the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. So anyone
who would like to celebrate and commemorate the
Queen’s 60 year reign can do so by holding a Big
Jubilee Lunch!
Museums and Galleries
In 2012 the Royal Collection will hold exhibitions
at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and the
Palace of Holyrood House and elsewhere in the
United Kingdom to mark the Diamond Jubilee.
The National Maritime Museum will open ‘Royal
River: Power, Pageantry and the Thames’ in April. It
will explore the relationship between the Queen, the
City of London and the River Thames.
The National Portrait Gallery will stage ‘The
Queen: Art and Image’, a touring exhibition of
images of the Queen.
The Victoria and Albert Museum is holding an
exhibition of portraits of The Queen by photographer
Cecil Beaton, which will tour around the UK.
The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Volunteering
Award
A new award has been launched to honour the
efforts of charities and voluntary organisations that
undertake projects at a national level this year,
including groups which are supporting the London
2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Members
of the public can nominate a voluntary group or
organisation until midnight on 9 September.
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal
An official medal has been commissioned to mark
the Jubilee. Those in the Armed Forces, emergency
services and prison service personnel, are among
those eligible to wear it.
The Jubilee Woods Project was launched by The
Woodlands Trust in February 2011. It will create a
460-acre public wood in Leicestershire to celebrate
the Jubilee and also aims to plant six million trees
across the UK, creating hundreds of new woodlands.
As part of this project, 60 ‘Diamond Woods’ of at
least 60 acres each will be planted to mark each
year of the Queen’s reign. The planting began in
autumn 2011 and will run to the end of 2012.
Fields in Trust has launched the Queen Elizabeth
II Fields Challenge to protect recreational spaces for
the Diamond Jubilee.
The Royal Commonwealth Society has organised a
special Jubilee Time Capsule, a digital
As part of the celebrations, towns in the UK will
also compete for city status and existing cities will
compete for Lord Mayoralty (or Lord Provostship in
Scotland). These will be granted by The Queen in
her Jubilee year. In London, Greenwich has been
granted Royal Borough status in recognition of the
historically close links between Greenwich and the
monarchy. Like city status, Lord Mayoralty or Lord
Provostship, this is a purely symbolic award and
brings no extra powers, functions or funding.
Even though we are not in the UK during this
period, many of us will still want to celebrate