and the crowds here had something more personal, too a son and grandson saying thank you to the queen. it is really strange that it s like they re going to be kings in the future, and actually seeing them in the flesh. it was incredible to hear from them. i thought a particularly moving message from both charles and william. as an american, i thought they did | such an incredible job of making it| clear why everyone feels - so patriotic around the queen. they really captured that spirit of her legacy. i for sheer spectacle, this show will be hard to top. but today comes the grand finale of the jubilee weekend, the big lunch, with more that 16,000 street parties being held across the country, and then the pageant down the mall a trip down memory lane and a look to the future, all with some eccentric touches. parties and pageants the crowdpleasing end to this platinum jubilee extravaganza.
for sheer spectacle, this show will be hard to top. but today comes the grand finale of the jubilee weekend. the big lunch, with more than 16,000 street parties being held across the country. and then the pageant down the mall, a trip down memory lane and a look to the future, all with some eccentric touches. parties and pageants, the crowd pleasing end to this platinum jubilee extravaganza. i m joined now by camilla tominey, royal correspondent at the telegraph. as we try to make ourselves heard over the rehearsals in the background, just looking at that report, we were going to see other
a mini boost to the retail and hospitality sectors as a result of this platinum jubilee extravaganza. joining me now is retail expert kate hardcastle. going into this weekend with decent weather, are the forecasts for sales as cheerful? they really are and it s a welcome boost to retails that have had a challenging three months, the cost of living crisis not going away, some news reports questioning suggesting it will be forgotten about, that won t be the case but the public are ready to celebrate and retail sales and products they are coming up with are ready to sell and we have heard there are bunting shortages all over the uk suggesting this could be worth another 500 pounds top up sales across the uk in hospitality and retail. across the uk in hospitality and retail. ~ . ., , and retail. we are all bunted out. how durable will this boost to sentiment and spending be do you think? after the pageantry.