The Royal Procession leaves Buckingham Palace for the Trooping the Colour ceremony at Horse Guards Parade today
People attend the celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee in London this morning
A message for the Queen is displayed on top of the BT Tower during the Queen's Birthday Parade this morning
People attend the celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee in London this morning
Crowds watch the Trooping the Colour ceremony at Horse Guards Parade in London this morning
People attend the celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee in London this morning
: Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Princess Anne, Princess Royal salute during the Trooping the Colour parade today
A general view looking down The Mall during the Queen's Birthday Parade, Trooping the Colour, in London this morning
Members of Band of the Household Cavalry take part in the Queen's Birthday Parade in London this morning
People gather along The Mall for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in London this morning
Royal fans gather on The Mall as they take photographs and attend the celebration of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee today
Crowds of revellers attend the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in London today to mark the Queen's 70 years on the throne
Large crowds of revellers occupy Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square for the Platinum Jubilee celebrations today
Crowds on The Mall as the Royal Procession leaves Buckingham Palace for the Trooping the Colour ceremony today
Crowds of revellers attend the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in London today to mark the Queen's 70 years on the throne
People queue to try and watch Trooping the Colour in London today during the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations
Crowds on Whitehall ahead of the Trooping the Colour ceremony at Horse Guards Parade in London this morning
She will then return to the balcony with 17 senior members of her family for a spectacular RAF fly-past including the Red Arrows and Battle of Britain planes.
Where and when can I watch the Platinum Jubilee celebrations?
Here is a rundown of what will happen as the nation pays tribute to the Queen's 70 years as sovereign during the Platinum Jubilee weekend, and where to watch them on television.
TODAY
- 10am - The Queen's Birthday Parade - Trooping the Colour - begins. Coverage is on BBC One, presented by Huw Edwards, Kirsty Young and JJ Chalmers.
- 10.30am - Members of the royal family leave Buckingham Palace in carriages for Horse Guards Parade, where the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will also gather to watch the ceremony. The military spectacle will be followed by a balcony appearance by the Queen, it is hoped, plus key royals including the Cambridge children, to watch a special flypast.
- 9.25pm - Members of the royal family arrive for the lighting of the principal beacon - a 21-metre Tree of Trees sculpture at the Palace. The Queen will be at Windsor and the Duke of Cambridge in London for the dual ceremony. Kirsty Young introduces coverage from 8pm on BBC One, with Jermaine Jenas at Buckingham Palace, Gethin Jones in Wales, Carol Kirkwood in Scotland, and Holly Hamilton in Northern Ireland. More than 3,500 beacons are being lit across the UK and the Commonwealth.
TOMORROW
- From 9.15am on BBC One, Sophie Raworth meets many of the key people taking part in a special service of thanksgiving, while from the BBC's Platinum Jubilee Studio at St James' Park, Kirsty Young is joined by special guests.
- 11am - The royal family begin to arrive for a service of thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral.
- 11.30am - The service begins, broadcast on BBC One with commentary from David Dimbleby inside St Paul's.
- 12.25pm - Members of the royal family attend a Guildhall reception hosted by the Lord Mayor.
SATURDAY
- The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's daughter Lilibet celebrates her first birthday.
- Senior royals tour the UK, with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visiting Cardiff Castle to meet stars ahead of a jubilee concert, the Princess Royal taking part in an animal-handling session at Edinburgh Zoo and the Earl and Countess of Wessex travelling to Northern Ireland.
- 4.30pm - The Epsom Derby takes place. Avid racegoer the Queen is no longer planning to attend, although members of the royal family are expected to be there. Ed Chamberlin presents racing coverage on ITV from 12.40pm. A guard of honour, made of up to 40 of the Queen's past and present jockeys, is due to line the course.
- 7.40pm - Royals arrive at the BBC's Platinum Party at the Palace concert. Coverage begins on BBC One from 7.30pm with Kirsty Young in St James's Park, and Roman Kemp backstage.
- 8pm-10.30pm - The open-air show in front of the palace, features stars including Queen + Adam Lambert, Alicia Keys, Duran Duran and Diana Ross.
SUNDAY
- Street parties and Big Jubilee Lunches are staged across the country.
- Coverage begins on BBC One from 1pm with commentary from Clare Balding, while Kirsty Young, AJ Odudu, Anita Rani, Anton Du Beke, Sophie Morgan and Owain Wyn Evans report on street parties across the UK.
- The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall join a flagship feast at The Oval cricket ground in south London, while Edward and Sophie meet people creating the 'Long Table' down on The Long Walk leading up to Windsor Castle.
- 2.30pm-5pm - The Jubilee Pageant takes place in central London, with a 3km carnival procession featuring a cast of thousands including puppets, celebrities and tributes to the seven decades of the Queen's reign.
- It will move from Horse Guards, along Whitehall to Admiralty Arch, and down The Mall to the Palace.
- The finale will feature Ed Sheeran performing and singing the national anthem with close to 200 national treasures in front of the Queen's official residence.
- It is hoped the Queen will make a balcony appearance as the festivities come to a close.
- At 8pm on BBC Two, Kirsty Young looks back at the weekend of celebrations.
She will then head to Windsor Castle where she will symbolically lead the lighting of the Jubilee beacons as part of a chain of more than 3,500 tributes across the globe.
The Queen has also handed her staff a pay rise of as much as 5 per cent, The Daily Telegraph reported. Bonuses are also thought to have been agreed to show her gratitude for the handling of the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral.
Hordes of royal fans gathered along The Mall in front of Buckingham Palace to celebrate the occasion.
Laughing, cheering and singing God Save The Queen, crowds swarmed the avenue – a clear sign of the numbers expected to pay tribute to Her Majesty's 70-year reign over the four-day bank holiday.
A record 12million are due to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee at street parties – with 200,000 lunches due to be held this Sunday.
Giant Union Jacks lined The Mall, as pensioners, children and tourists congregated in their hundreds to take photos and soak up the atmosphere.
Heads turned as guards and horses paraded down The Mall rehearsing Trooping the Colour, the Queen's Birthday Parade, which will take place today.
More than 1,400 soldiers, 200 horses and 400 musicians will set out from Buckingham Palace and move down to Horse Guards Parade.
The parade will close with an RAF fly-past, watched by The Queen and members of the Royal Family from the Buckingham Palace balcony. Dozens of royal superfans pitched tents along The Mall to get a good spot.
Many have flown in from around the world, including the US and Canada, and kept themselves entertained as they waited, taking photos and complimenting one another's signs and decorations.
A lookalike of the Queen was popular, with many taking a beaming selfie with her. Wearing plastic silver crowns, Sammi Day, 34, her mother Michelle Day, 52, and Fiona Chappell, 45, all from Basingstoke in Hampshire, raised a toast to the Queen as they sat on camping chairs.
Donna Werner, 70, who is from Connecticut in the US said she and her friend set up their tents on Tuesday morning and are camping out until Sunday night.
Her first royal event was the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of York in 1986. She said: 'I've always been enthralled with the Royal Family. It's the magic, the pomp and circumstance.
'The Queen is loved because she has done everything right. You're lucky to have such a good mother of your country here.'
Her friend Mary-Jane Willows, 68, a retired charity executive from Cornwall, said she first camped out for the Diamond Jubilee, followed by the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Queen's 90th birthday.
'She has given 70 years of her life to serve us, the country,' she said. 'That's what she said at her coronation and she's done it every second of every day. We're here to thank her and to celebrate.'
Caroline Harris, 38, who flew in from Northern Ireland, also planned to stay out last night, sitting on camping chairs wrapped in blankets with a friend.
She said: 'This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to see a monarch be on the throne for 70 years. She's seen us through war. She's seen us through pandemics. She's really been at the helm of the country.'
Army veterans Ronny, 54, Banffy, 59, and Robert, 46, all of the Gordon Highlanders, said they had travelled down from Aberdeenshire to celebrate the jubilee.
The group said they won tickets after putting their name in a ballot to sit in the stands by Buckingham Palace.
Pointing to the palace, Ronny said: 'A wee wifey that lives in that house there and she has had that job for 70 years, and she needs a wee bit of celebration and we Highlanders are here to wish her well.'
Asked what they are most looking forward to, he indicated towards the lunch box they had been given, joking: 'The snuff box for a start.'
'The whole event', he then added. 'It's a historic celebration of Her Majesty.'
Friends Hillary Mathews, 70, from Hertfordshire, and Peter Aidan, 69, from Essex, said they met in London to celebrate the 'once-in-a-lifetime event' as they waved flags on the Mall.
Ms Mathews said: 'It's just fantastic. she has just been so remarkable, the Queen.
'Being five foot one, I don't suppose I'll see much but it's just being here with the crowds and we'll see the flypast from here, so that will be good.
'She has done an amazing job, absolutely - who would want to do that that for 70 years? Just magnificent.
'It's just lovely to be somewhere where there are nice people. Everybody has got the same mission. All the horrors that's been going on in the world and in England at the moment are put behind us for a day and we can just enjoy really celebrating the Queen'.
Royal fans sing the national anthem as they gather along the Mall leading to Buckingham Palace in London this morning
Crowds of revellers attend the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in London today to mark the Queen's 70 years on the throne
Members of the military march ahead of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations on The Mall in London this morning
Crowds of revellers attend the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in London today to mark the Queen's 70 years on the throne
A person wearing a Union Jack hat attends the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations on The Mall in London today
Crowds of revellers attend the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in London today to mark the Queen's 70 years on the throne
Police officers deal with protestors who ran onto The Mall this morning ahead of Trooping the Colour in London
Police officers remove protestors who briefly ran on to The Mall ahead of Trooping the Colour in London this morning
Police officers deal with protestors who ran onto The Mall this morning ahead of Trooping the Colour in London
Crowds of revellers attend the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in London today to mark the Queen's 70 years on the throne
Talking about the sunny weather, she said: 'I was here for Princess Diana's funeral, it was the same day just a long time ago, but a happier day today.'
Jubilee security alert as police tackle vegan Animal Rebellion activists holding signs saying 'Reclaim Royal Land' after they break through barriers at The Mall moments before Trooping the Colour
Police have swooped on up to 25 protesters who smashed through security measures on the Mall ahead of Trooping the Colour.
The officers pounced as they raced over barriers to where the parade will be held shortly.
Incredibly two of the protesters - who were from Animal Rebellion - were able to sit in the middle of the Mall as the marching band approached.
Incredibly two of the protesters - who were from Animal Rebellion - were able to sit in the middle of the Mall for seconds
Officers hauled them out of the way as the musicians walked by them avoiding them completely.
Minutes later they proudly tweeted: 'Animal Rebels disrupt the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations demanding that Royal Land is Reclaimed.
'This summer, we're taking bigger action against the Dairy industry than ever before, and we need you.'
There were a total of around 25 people who had been intending to sit down in the middle of the Mall to disrupt the route
Beau King Houston, amongst those taking action, said 'The Royal family has had decades to lead the way on a just transition to plant-based farming and has failed to do so.
'This transition is common sense and simple, we all win. 76 per cent of currently farmed land could be rewilded and absorb carbon from the atmosphere.
Five people were seen here at the side of the Mall being arrested, it is not clear if they got onto the strip itself to protest
'This would restore nature, spare billions of animals, and present a solution to the climate emergency, all in one act.'
The activists have accused the Crown - one of the largest land owners in the country - continuing to support the meat, fishing, and dairy industry.
Protesters say these sectors and industries are leading contributors to the climate crisis.
The protesters say they mounted the action over the Crown's alleged inaction on the climate emergency and their continued support for meat, fishing, and dairy, a leading contributor to climate breakdown
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: A number of arrests have been made of people who attempted to enter the ceremonial route in The Mall at approximately 10.10am today.
'The arrests were public order related for highway obstruction.'
Animal Rebellion proudly tweeted: 'This summer, we're taking bigger action against the Dairy industry than ever before, and we need you!'
Mr Aidan added:' I've always known her. All my lifetime, she's been there and it's just a sign of respect really.'
In a video message to mark the Platinum Jubilee celebrations, French President Emmanuel Macron, addressing the Queen, said: 'Madame: During the past 70 years, the President of the French Republic has relied on very few constants at the international level.
'Times have changed, Europe has evolved, our continent is again experiencing war. Through these transformations, your devotion to our alliance and to our friendship has remained, and has helped build the trust that brought freedom and prosperity to our continent.
'Since your first state visit to France, when you were welcomed to Paris by a generation who, alongside your Army, Navy and Air Force, had fought for the freedom we now enjoy, you have visited us many times. You have shared our joys and seen the deep affection and admiration that the people of France have for you.
'You have also visited the graves where so many of your young men lie and seen the respect and honour we constantly pay to those who sent from your homes to protect ours.
'You are the golden thread that binds our two countries. The proof of the unwavering friendship between our nations.
'Your first toast to one of my predecessors, Rene Coty, reminded us that trust and understanding should endure forever. Your words were matched by a lifetime of devotion to our alliance.'
Mr Macron continued his video message to the Queen: 'From the dark days when your family welcomed General de Gaulle in your home, to his joy to welcome you in his, you have been a constant presence and a source of wisdom for the leaders of our two countries.
'This year, the 70th of your reign, we celebrate your achievements. We are grateful for your courage and we share the respect and love that British people and Commonwealth have always shown you.'
Continuing in French, Mr Macron added: 'You are our friend, such a close ally, our example of service to others.
'Celebrating you today is to celebrate the sincere and deep friendship that unites our two countries, and your devotion to it. Your Majesty, it is my privilege to extend to you, on behalf of the French people, my heartfelt congratulations on your Platinum Jubilee.'
Meanwhile former Northern Ireland first minister Dame Arlene Foster has welcomed a Sinn Fein move to write to the Queen on the occasion of the Platinum Jubilee.
Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O'Neill wrote to the Queen to praise her 'significant' contribution to the peace process and to acknowledge her 'dedicated public service to the British people' during her 70 years on the throne.
Ms O'Neill thanked the Queen for her 'warmth and unfailing courtesy' on the occasions when the pair have met and wrote of the 'value and respect' she had for the monarch's contribution to reconciliation.
Former DUP leader Dame Arlene praised Ms O'Neill's gesture. 'Obviously, I very much welcome it,' she told BBC Radio Ulster.
Dame Arlene, who served alongside Ms O'Neill at the head of the Stormont Executive, said the Platinum Jubilee celebrated three things - the Queen's public service and dedication; the institution of the monarchy; and the concept of Britishness.
'I think for republicans, like Michelle O'Neill, like Nicola Sturgeon, they have recognised in Her Majesty the Queen the first of those, the fact that she has given so much service to the country.
'They're recognising that and I think that that is something that is to be welcomed.'
Ms O'Neill's letter to the Queen, sent last month, reads: 'I thought it best to write to you personally as you mark 70 years of dedicated public service to the British people as Monarch.
'Your Platinum Jubilee is an historic moment, especially for all those from the unionist and British tradition on the island of Ireland, and across these islands whom with great pride and devotion hold you very dear.
'Personally, I wish to thank you for your warmth and unfailing courtesy on the occasions in which both I and my late colleague, Martin McGuinness, met with you in Belfast in 2012 during your Diamond Jubilee, and thereafter at Windsor Castle during the State Visit of President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins to the UK in 2014.
'I wish to record the value and respect I place on the significant contribution you have made to the advancement of peace and reconciliation between the different traditions on our island, and between our two islands during those years of the peace process.
'As incoming First Minister of the Northern Ireland Executive I, like you, will take every opportunity to strengthen the bonds of friendship and renew the spirit of co-operation between those of us in the world of politics and public life from different traditions, and also the people and communities we proudly represent.'
Millions of people across the nation will be celebrating the Platinum Jubilee at patriotic street parties while live music, light projections and life-size cut outs of the Queen herald the historic occasion over the next four days.
Events range from family picnics to a record-breaking 5,000-strong street party in the North West, in what the Met Office has said will be a quintessentially British summer bank holiday of drizzle and patchy sunshine.
The largest party celebrating the Queen's record-breaking 70-year reign is set to be Morecambe Bay's Big Jubilee Lunch on Sunday, which is hosting around 5,000 people at over 500 tables overlooking the sea.
Official celebrations will begin at 1pm with a Samba dance down the promenade, before Lord Shuttleworth - the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire - cuts a replica cake of the kind the Queen cut at the G7 Big Lunch at Eden last year.
Organiser Luke Trevaskis said the Lancashire seaside town is 'incredibly proud' to be hosting Jubilee celebrations.
Mr Trevaskis, who is the chief executive at Morecambe Town Council, said: 'This is going to be the first major event Morecambe has had coming out of lockdown, which was a very, very difficult period of time for so many people.
'It's going to be an amazing opportunity for communities to come together and celebrate the Queen being on the throne for 70 years, but also to really celebrate what makes Morecambe special.
People gather along The Mall for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in London this morning
Children holding Union flags pose for a photo as they attend the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations on The Mall today
Crowds of revellers attend the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in London today to mark the Queen's 70 years on the throne
A man wearing a Union Jack suit looks on as people gather along The Mall for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations today
Royal fans line The Mall as they wait for Trooping of the Colour today as part of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations
Royal fans line The Mall as they wait for Trooping of the Colour today as part of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations
People gather along The Mall for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in London this morning
Royal fans on The Mall in London as they celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee this morning
Royal fans line The Mall as they wait for Trooping of the Colour today as part of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations
Royal fans on The Mall in London as they celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee this morning
'Morecambe is so multi-cultural, we have a sense of pride in our diversity - and people who weren't born in Morecambe have a sense of pride in the monarchy just as much as the people who were.'
How Elizabeth became Queen watching baboons at sunrise from Kenyan treetops
Princess Elizabeth was watching baboons while taking photographs of the Kenyan sunrise from a hotel set in the branches of a giant fig tree when she became Queen.
It was February 6 1952 and the 25-year-old princess and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh were in the African country on a Commonwealth tour.
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh in Kenya in February 1952
Back in the UK, the ailing King George VI died in the early hours of the morning at Sandringham.
Elizabeth and Philip had spent the night at the remote Treetops Hotel, accessible via a ladder, in Aberdare Forest, where they watched baboons in the jungle. The princess climbed up to a look-out point at the top of the tree to see the dawn breaking.
The duke's equerry and friend, Mike Parker, was at the Queen's side at the look-out when they spotted an eagle hovering overhead. 'I never thought about it until later but that was roughly the time when the King died,' he later recalled.
Lady Pamela Hicks, who was the Queen's lady in waiting and also Philip's cousin, said the Queen and the duke were were 'the last people in the world to hear' that King had died. 'She goes up as a princess. The king dies that night. She comes down the ladder as a Queen,' Lady Pamela said.
Secret ciphers were sent by the British Embassy to the governor, announcing the King's death, but the coded messages could not be read as the key to the code was elsewhere.
When the news finally filtered through to royal aides, Elizabeth was resting later at Sagana Lodge, a wedding present from the people of Kenya. The Queen's private secretary, Martin Charteris, was in the nearby town, having a drink in a restaurant, when a writer approached him and remarked on the news.
Returning to the Lodge, he told Mr Parker, who crawled into the room were the Queen was at her desk, motioned to the Duke of Edinburgh and secretly turned on the radio very low to get confirmation but prevent the Queen finding out this way.
It allowed Philip to break the sad news to his wife while they were alone as he took her into the garden, telling her as they walked slowly up and down the lawn.
Lord Charteris remembered seeing the new monarch seated at her desk in the Lodge appearing 'very composed, absolute master of her fate' and ready to fulfil the role for which she had been carefully groomed.
Asked what name she wished to use as Queen, she replied simply: 'My own name, of course.'
Just hours later, the monarch and her consort were on their way back home. Lord Charteris and Mr Parker had packed up, worked out timetables, sent a flood of signals, organised a plane at Entebbe, another from Mombasa to get there, and timed a London airport arrival for 4pm the following day.
With the King's health failing when they had left home, a Royal Standard had been stowed in the baggage. Elizabeth's mourning clothes, waiting for her in Entebbe, were prepared for her to wear.
It was dusk on February 7 1952 when a slim, pale figure, dressed in mourning black, descended the steps of the jet airliner.
After a long journey home, the young, new Queen set foot on English soil - the runway at London airport - for the first time as sovereign.
Red, white and blue smoke cannons will be released across the bay at 3.30pm to mark the end of the jubilations.
At the opposite end of the country, an LED beacon will be illuminating the south coast from Hove Esplanade in Brighton, East Sussex.
The city's mayor, Lizzie Deane, said: 'The Platinum Jubilee is a historic national occasion and I know many people are looking forward to having a long weekend to spend with friends and family.'
In Croydon, south London, a thanksgiving service will be held at Addiscombe Catholic Church, where diversity will be celebrated in the Queen's 70th year.
Organiser Sylvia Wachuku-King said prayers will be said in six languages, while Guides are crafting a quilt representing the jubilee.
Meanwhile in nearby Bromley, a committee of seven women have planned a street party for 40 families.
Hairdresser Athina Hapeshis, 55, said her street came together as a community during the coronavirus pandemic, and they have decorated 72 trees in the area with Union Jack colours in preparation for the party.
Mrs Hapeshis, who is a grandmother-to-three and has a life-size cut out of the Queen in her home overlooking the street festivities, said residents can expect cakes, a live DJ and games for the children.
She said: 'I remember the Queen's Silver Jubilee, and I wanted to make sure my grandchildren and all the children around here have something to remember.'
When asked what the monarchy meant to her community, she said: 'Because it's such a mix of age groups, everyone will have their own view, but it's definitely brought the community together.
'The fact the Queen has been serving so many years and she's a woman - the children have been learning a lot about it at school.
'We're just waiting for the weather to say 'yes, it's going to be amazing'.'
The Met Office has said northern areas can expect a cool and showery start to the bank holiday today, before temperatures pick up tomorrow, which is set to be the warmest day of the weekend.
Temperatures are set to soar to 26C (79F) in the South tomorrow, while north-west Scotland is expected to be the warmest on Sunday.
An estimated 10 million people plan to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, according to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
The Department also said that more than 70,000 'Big Jubilee Lunches' and 200,000 more local events have been planned across the four nations.
Many official events will also be collecting money for charities throughout the bank holiday.
Across the Commonwealth and the rest of the world, more than 600 Big Jubilee Lunches are planned in around 80 countries - from Greenland to New Zealand.
And they will be watching the Royal Family's Jubilee appearances on the Buckingham Palace balcony, which have long offered a fascinating insight into the shape and future of the monarchy.
From the Queen's Silver Jubilee to this year's Platinum Jubilee, these line-ups send a striking message about the primary players on the royal stage.
In 2012, for the Diamond Jubilee, a slimmed-down version of The Firm stepped out to greet the mass crowds celebrating the Queen's 60-year reign.
Just six royals waved to the well-wishers at the frontage of monarchy HQ - the Queen and only those at the very top of the succession list and their wives.
Alongside the monarch was her eldest son and heir to the throne the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall, second in line to the throne the Duke of Cambridge and his wife of just over a year the Duchess of Cambridge, and third in line Prince Harry, with the Duke of Edinburgh in hospital after falling ill following the River Pageant.
The decision was said to be part of future King Charles' vision of streamlining and modernising the institution.
Missing were the Queen's other children, the Princess Royal, the Duke of York and the Earl of Wessex - all then full-time working royals - and their families, amid reports Andrew was angered by the decision and Edward left disappointed.
Ten years earlier during the 2002 Golden Jubilee, 20 members of the royal family had packed the balcony of the Queen's London home to watch a traditional flypast.
The long line of royals stretched across the balcony and included Andrew, Edward and the Countess of Wessex and Anne along with the Queen's grandchildren Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie and Peter Phillips, as well as William and Harry.
Royal fans gather along the Mall leading to Buckingham Palace in London this morning for the Platinum Jubilee
People wearing attend the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations along The Mall in London this morning
People gather along The Mall for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in London this morning
Liam Roddis, from Barnsley, wearing a Union Jack suit as he the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in London today
Royal fans have Union flag transfers applied to their faces as they gather along The Mall leading to Buckingham Palace today
A member of the Coldstream Guards holds souvenir programs at the Trooping the Colour parade in London today
Royal fans share a laugh as they gather along The Mall leading to Buckingham Palace in London this morning
A police officer walks down The Mall as the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations begin in London this morning
A member of Buckingham Palace staff cleans the balcony ahead of the Trooping the Colour parade in London this morning
Union flags decorate The Mall in London ahead of the Trooping the Colour parade this morning