Queen Elizabeth will mark 70 years of reign June 2022 and the British government said it will be celebrated with a four-day weekend of festivities.
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said that the U.K. would have one extra bank holiday in honor of Queen Elizabeth's platinum jubilee. Ministers are in touch with the Royal Household in planning events between June 2 to June 5, 2022.
A representative for Buckingham Palace said that Queen Elizabeth wants "as many people as possible" to join in the celebrations. The four-day festivities are her way to thank the people for their support and loyalty.
Dowden promised a "once-in-a-generation show" to bring the British nation and the Commonwealth together. The official said that the shows will be a mix of traditional and modern "British ceremonial splendor and pageantry" with technological and artistic fanfare.
Queen Elizabeth became queen after her father King George VI died Feb. 6, 1952. She was crowned in June 1953 aged 25. She has ruled Britain alongside 14 prime ministers.
In 2012, the U.K. and the Commonwealth enjoyed a four-day weekend celebration when the queen celebrated her diamond jubilee. In 2002, her golden jubilee included a party at Buckingham Palace.
Meanwhile, Queen Elizabeth's friend Lady Moyra Campbell, one of her six maids of honor during her 1953 coronation, died Sunday aged 90. Her death comes a week after the death of Lady Elizabeth Anson, the Queen's cousin and one of her closest friends.
Lady Moyra was present during Queen Elizabeth's diamond jubilee. Her father was the fourth Duke of Abercorn and she was related to the father of Princess Diana. She became the Queen's lady-in-waiting between 1964 and 1966 but moved to Northern Ireland when she married Commander Peter Colin Drummond Campbell. Lady Moyra worked with the Cancer Fund for Children.
Queen Elizabeth wasn't able to visit Lady Moyra as a result of the virus lockdown. Her Majesty remains in isolation at Windsor Castle.
