Culture & TraditionNewsUnited KingdomBritain Celebrates Queen Elizabeth II’s 70th Year On The Throne
Britain is celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s unprecedented Platinum Jubilee, her 70th year on the throne, with all the grandeur one would expect from this 1,000-year-old institution. Queen Elizabeth marked seven decades on the throne in February, and two public holidays were set aside to create a four-day weekend for nationwide events commemorating her reign from June 2-5. The four-day celebration kicked off on Thursday with the traditional ‘Trooping the Colour’ military parade in central London,...