Including decorations, dress code, food and drink — and Jubilee Bingo! Now put on your fake tiara and get to it.
The Queen's official Diamond Jubilee portrait.
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This weekend, Diamond Jubilee festivities marking Queen Elizabeth II’s 60th year as ruling monarch will take place across the United Kingdom and the greater British Commonwealth. A momentous occasion, yes, but the timing is pretty artificial: some clever, climate-conscious Brits planned the events in sync with the Queen’s official “state birthday” — not her actual one, that’s in April — in hopes of having good weather so people can actually, you know, go outside. (Recent weather in the U.K. has been extremely pleasant, for the most part. But who would've expected that?)
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Celebrations begin in the U.K. with a four-day holiday weekend that starts tomorrow and runs through Tuesday. Ever the well-behaved royal, Queen Elizabeth won’t celebrate the occasion with whipped cream and/or fruity flavored vodka shots licked off a toned palace guard’s stomach like you and I know deep down we would. Instead she’ll spend the time waving politely at fervent monarchists who are probably camped out already along various parade routes. That sort of magnanimous attitude is why she’s Queen (aside from that whole birth right deal, of course).
Naturally this is an event American royal lovers should celebrate with a fun theme party! Here's a guide to planning yours.
