The United Kingdom will celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s 70 years on the throne with a military parade, neighbourhood parties and a competition to create a new dessert for the Platinum Jubilee, Buckingham Palace said Monday.
Elizabeth will become on Feb. 6 the first British monarch to reign for seven decades, and festivities marking the anniversary will culminate in a four-day weekend of events June 2-5. It wasn’t immediately clear which events the Queen, 95, would take part in after doctors recently advised her to get more rest.
The weekend, which includes an extra public holiday in honour of the queen, will begin
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