Holiday weekend, Platinum Pudding, pageant of flags. Palace reveals how Queen's 70th jubilee will be celebrated
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This year is set to be a landmark one for Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, as she celebrates her Platinum Jubilee.
It is her Platinum Jubilee -- marking 70 years since the Queen first took the throne in 1952 and making her both the longest-reigning British monarch and the longest-serving female head of state in history.
To celebrate the unprecedented anniversary, a number of events will take place throughout the UK over the year -- culminating in a four-day national bank holiday weekend from Thursday June 2 until Sunday June 5, known as the Jubilee Weekend.
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