his handwriting. amazing! this weekend, the uk celebrates the platinum jubilee of its longest ever reigning monarch. queen elizabeth ii. and whilst an enormous crowd is expected to head to buckingham palace to celebrate the milestone, i ve made my way to a more secluded spot, 500 miles away. this is balmoral castle, in aberdeenshire, the queen s scottish retreat, where the royal family escape from the hustle and bustle and public scrutiny of london. that is a magnificent building. more like a big country house than a castle. beautiful manicured lawn. i tell you what, i wouldn t mind unwinding here for a little while over the summer months. so the history is, in september 1853, queen victoria laid the foundation stone, and this is when they started the build of the balmoral castle that we have today. and in terms of the design, the architecture, what would you describe it as? yes, again, i think prince albert had quite an influence. it s quite a germanic style. it reminds him,
lit is a once in a lifetime dream. | she has been on the throne 70 whole years. that is a lot. i m very proud of her. she s done an amazing job. she is a very good queen. leading the pageant along the mall, the gold state coach that transported the queen on coronation day, and images from 1953 will be shown on its windows. having paraded up the mall, the musicalfinale of the pageant, led by ed sheeran, will take place on that stage you can just see through the barriers there. that s sunday afternoon. the night before, saturday night, musical royalty will pay their own tribute at the party at the palace. it is so overpowering to. i m so happyjust to be part of it, because there was a point where i thought they don t want me and i was over the moon when i was signed on. after two years of a pandemic which has kept people apart, the stage is set for a weekend which aims to bring people together once again. now it s time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello. there will
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solution to using plastic water bottles because everybody s there. so there s hindrances, but there s also opportunities. festivalgoers are one of the most important part of the puzzle in making any event green. so one of the first things that you can do when going to a festival is look at how you re getting there. is it going to be by some kind of low carbon means? that could be public transport, it could be cycling. many festivals are organising coach trips, for example. so look at what the festival is providing and what they re doing. and why not start the fun of a festival before you even get there, with a crew of other people who are going along to the same event? the second thing that you should do is look at what you re actually taking to the festival. make sure you re not taking things you don t need. there s always going to be things like catering, there s probably going to be some kind of fancy dress stalls there. also, with your camping equipment, camping equipment is for li