Although Her Majesty was unable to attend the biggest party at Buckingham Palace in honor of her 70th jubilee, she insisted on opening the show with a video clip and in an unusually humorous way. In British style, she met Paddington Bear for tea and he thanked her for everything the 96-year-old had ever done for the Commonwealth. The little clip seemed almost like a farewell, but that wasn’t supposed to be “God save the queen”. Nevertheless, this opener will probably remain in everyone’s memory forever.
Then, fittingly, the band Queen took over. “We will rock you” blared loudly from the loudspeakers around Buckingham Palace and the boulevard. Around 22,000 people came to the palace to celebrate with the around 30 royals present.
Party at the Palace: Alicia Keys rewrote “New York” to “London”.
For the next few hours, all of London was a party, The Mall paved with screens for spectators who couldn’t get tickets to the front of the stage. As far as the view from Buckingham Palace reached, people celebrated with their monarch. Alicia Keys performed her most famous song “Empire State of Mind” on stage and rewrote it in the chorus. Instead of the passage “New York” she sang “London” appropriate to the occasion. When Sir Elton John sang, not only was his likeness projected onto Buckingham Palace like a giant screen, the lyrics of the songs also found space next to it, so each of the 22,000 guests could sing along. And they did. Some of them had waited twelve hours on site for the huge concert.
The highlights of the event in the video:
Even if Queen Elizabeth II could not be present at this historic moment, she followed everything very closely in front of the television. So probably Prince Harry and Meghan, who were also missing from the big party. Prince Charles and Prince William each gave a speech and thanked their mother and grandmother for their 70 years of service to the British Crown and their role model function in many ways. Duchess Kate, Princess Charlotte and Prince George also created a good atmosphere, waving flags and singing along to Rod Stewart’s “Sweet Caroline”.
Source: Stern
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