Four days of celebrations honoring Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne kicked off yesterday with a display of British military traditions stretching from the days of horse and cannon to the jet age.
Formal celebrations for the Platinum Jubilee began with Trooping the Color, an annual military review that has marked the sovereign’s official birthday since 1760. The queen took a salute on the balcony of Buckingham Palace and joined the working members of her family for a military flypast.
Thousands of people, some of whom camped overnight, lined the parade route – many of them sporting Union Jack flags, party hats or plastic tiaras.
