with the queen now other national icons are getting in on the act. i ve got my own swarovski crystals, so i can outsparkle everybody here, although might i say howjealous i was of paddington bear having tea with the queen only last night! good afternoon. a huge pageant along the mall in london will start in about half an hour, bringing to a close four days of celebrations to mark the queen s platinum jubilee. you the queen s platinumjubilee. arejust you the queen s platinum jubilee. are just hearing that of you are just hearing that the sounds of the kids quiet, made up of 400 schoolchildren representing 22 schools from around london coming together that a very special performance today warming up the crowd performing i am the earth, conducted by richard and about to begin performing something that will begin performing something that will be very familiar to many of you. take that s greatest day. thousands have come here from all corners of the uk and indeed much further a
but also a reflection of british life throughout the last 70 years. it well, and how much of that has changed in seven decades. there has been unimaginable changes during that time and i think the queen has been a constant. she has been described as this golden thread running through generations, but when you think of the innovations in technology alone that she has seen, and she has been there constant and with an unswerving sense of duty, so i think we will see all of that reflected, both of the change but also the tradition in this pageant this afternoon. also the tradition in this pageant this afternoon. charlotte, you have been flicking this afternoon. charlotte, you have been flicking through this afternoon. charlotte, you have been flicking through the this afternoon. charlotte, you have been flicking through the amazing l been flicking through the amazing pageant document, 104 pages of information about what we will see this afternoon, which just shows how much planning