Jubilee celebrations day by day as UK gears up for Bank Holiday weekend

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

It's not long now until Brits can enjoy a bumper long weekend brimming with royal activities and special events. Friday, June 3, has become an extra bank holiday, created especially to mark the monarch's 70-year reign.

And the spring bank holiday, which usually takes place on the last Monday of May, has been moved to Thursday 2 June to create a four-day-weekend in honour of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

The Royal's calendar will be packed; a military parade, a concert at Buckingham Palace and a Jubilee pageant are just three of the many events taking place in the capital across the weekend.

Big screens will be set up in The Mall and St James’s Park in London, Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh and in Bute Park in Cardiff for the public to watch the action outdoors. Read more: Meanwhile, William and Kate will visit Wales during the bank holiday, Edward and Sophie will travel to Northern Ireland and Anne to Scotland for official engagements.