EXCITED Brits have dressed up and are getting the party started ahead of the long weekend celebrating Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Revellers have hit the town on the first night of the Bank Holiday weekend with costumes, bright colours and Royal-themed props.
Many carried British flags or cut outs of the Queen’s face to wear as masks while living it up to mark the monarch’s 70 years on the throne.
The 96-year-old is the first British royal to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee.
And the May Bank Holiday Weekend – which usually falls at the end of the month – was moved to June 2 to fit in all the fun.
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The Trooping the Colour will mark the start of four days of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
Over 1,500 soldiers and officers, as well as 250 Household Division horses will put on the display.
The colour will be trooped by the 1st Battalion, Irish Guards.
Hundreds of army musicians will also march and perform at the event to celebrate the Queen‘s official birthday.
On Wednesday the Queen called on the nation to create “happy memories” as she kicks off her Platinum Jubilee party.
In a stirring message, the beloved monarch says she is still “inspired by the goodwill shown to me”.
Her Maj spoke of her hopes that the four-day beano will give people time to “reflect on all that has been achieved in the last 70 years”.
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Yesterday Buckingham Palace released a new photo of the Queen, 96, taken at Windsor Castle.
Here is everything you need to know about the celebrations.
