Queen Elizabeth II is visibly delighted on the first day of the celebrations for her jubilee - the air show in particular gives her great pleasure. Despite health restrictions, she gets through the day just fine. At the end of the day, the monarch lights up a tree of lights.
At the end of the first day of her throne jubilee, Queen Elizabeth II symbolically made her kingdom shine from Windsor Castle. The 96-year-old monarch touched a small globe representing the Commonwealth of Nations, giving the signal for beacons to be lit across the UK and beyond.
At the same time, her grandson William was present at Buckingham Palace in London when the "Tree of Tree", a tree of lights made up of many individual smaller trees, shone. In addition, the singer Gregory Porter performed with a London gospel choir and performed the song "A Life Lived with Grace", which was specially written for the occasion. Fires are to be lit on the highest peaks in all four parts of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, as well as in a number of other places, including many Commonwealth countries.
The Queen has canceled her participation in the thanksgiving service at St. Paul's Cathedral on Friday for health reasons. "The Queen thoroughly enjoyed today's birthday parade and flypast, but felt a little uneasy," the palace said. Sky News" with.
In view of the effort involved in traveling to attend the service, Elizabeth II "decided with great reluctance that she would not attend." The Queen thanks everyone "for making today such a memorable event". Queen Elizabeth II had had to cancel several appointments in the past few weeks and months. For example, she did not take part in the traditional garden parties in May.
