TOM UTLEY: As one of the first of the New Elizabethans, born in Coronation year 1953, I - like the great majority of my fellow Britons alive today - have known only one.
Inside Britain s biggest cultural landmark, Buckingham Palace and it s 260-year history. Find out its most interesting facts that you might have not known.
DOMINIC SANDBROOK: In 1953, Sir Winston Churchill s doctor found the veteran Prime Minister inspecting a photograph of Britain s new sovereign. The Queen had barely been on the throne a year.
A live concert will be staged at Buckingham Palace next summer as the Queen becomes the first British monarch to celebrate 70 years on the throne.In a long weekend of celebrations to mark her Platinum
Buckingham Palace announced Trooping the Colour, a Service of Thanksgiving, a concert at Buckingham Palace, street parties and picnics and a Platinum Jubilee Pageant.