trooping the colour. here s our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. an appearance on the palace balcony is a centrepiece of any major royal celebration but for the platinum jubilee, there are sensitivities around some family members, so the queen has decided that only working royals willjoin her on the balcony. so cancelled, in balcony terms, are the duke of york and the sussexes. harry and meghan say they are coming to thejubilee but they won t be on the balcony. the big question, of course, is how visible will the queen be throughout the four days of the jubilee celebrations? it all begins on thursday 2 june with trooping the colour, at the culmination of which the royal family makes that balcony appearance. according to the palace, the queen plans to attend trooping, but a final decision will be taken on the day. on friday 3june, there will be a service of thanksgiving at st paul s cathedral. again, all the palace will say is that the queen plans to attend.
an appearance on the palace balcony is a centrepiece of any major royal celebration, but for the platinum jubilee, there are sensitivities around some family members. so the queen has decided that only working royals willjoin her on the balcony. so cancelled in balcony terms are the duke of york and the sussexes. harry and meghan say they are coming to the jubilee, but they won t be on the balcony. the big question, of course, is how visible will the queen be throughout the four days of the jubilee celebrations. it all begins on thursday 2june with trooping the colour, at the culmination of which the royal family makes that balcony appearance. according to the palace, the queen plans to attend trooping, but a final decision will be taken on the day. on friday 3june, there will be a service of thanksgiving at st paul s cathedral. again, all the palace will say is that the queen plans to attend. on saturday 4june,