screens down, they have taken all the rubbish away. they have been working through the night really hard to make it look beautiful again today, because today is all about the people s pageant. this is essentially a carnival procession which will and at the queen victoria memorial, right in front of buckingham palace. and potentially there could be a second balcony appearance from the queen, if she feels up to it. no one knows if she is going to appear or not, but if she does, it will be around 5pm when there will be an raf fly past, which kind of marks the end of these four days of celebrations. today the procession is going to tell the story, and only the bits could do this, of 70 years of the queen s ran in four acts through puppets, the corgi puppets making another appearance, they have been on this programme at least twice in the last few weeks, there s going to be
let s join my colleague martine croxall, who is at buckingham palace for us today. thank you very much. welcome to canada gate, and our perch overlooking the queen victoria memorial. a carnival procession featuring celebrities from every decade of the queen s reign has been moving down london s mall and past the palace before the queen made an appearance on the palace balcony as her platinum jubilee celebrations drew to a close. that was not a scheduled appearance, by any means, but the queen determined to be here, made her way from windsor where she spent the last couple of days resting. 100,000 people lined the roots of the parade to see the pageant go past.
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took me a few seconds to realise that was literally the actual queen. todayis that was literally the actual queen. today is the climax of the whole celebrations. there will be a three kilometre long people s pageant, essentially a huge carnival procession up the mall featuring members of the military, acrobats, puppets, corgi puppets and tributes to the 70 years of the queen s rain. reign. the focus of celebrations today is on community events, with people encouraged to hold street parties. we ll be joining the preparations at a couple of events later in the programme. but first, let s take a look back on last night s party at the palace, a special outdoor concert held here in the grounds of buckingham palace. 22,000 people enjoyed live performances from sir eltonjohn, diana ross and sir rod stewart. there were also moving tributes from the prince of wales and duke of cambridge, and a surprise guest cameo from paddington bear. 0ur royal correspondent
on what we can expect loads of schoolkids as well. a river of silk flags. it just sounds amazing. the person who has been working on this for 18 months and masterminding it all is pageant master adrian evans. good morning. did you sleep last night? hat master adrian evans. good morning. did you sleep last night? did you sleep last night? not as as i would have did you sleep last night? not as as i would have liked, did you sleep last night? not as as i would have liked, because - did you sleep last night? not as as i would have liked, because this i did you sleep last night? not as as i would have liked, because this is| i would have liked, because this is the day we have been working towards for 18 months and it s so exciting, seeing everyone arriving and the bits we ve been thinking about all start to take shape and assemble, it s thrilling, so exciting. you look amazing. thank you so much, you really do. tell look amazing. thank you so much, you reall do. , . , ., ., really do.