the forecast but the sun is bathing it in glory, at buckingham palace. thejubilee bank holiday is finally here. what we re going to doing over the coming days is looking ahead to the coming days is looking ahead to the full events marking the queen s70 years on the throne. lots of people will be filling up those seats for the platinum party at the palace. we will have a parade. what i do want to show you, one of the things he may see, there is a tree, not quite a tree but a trio of trees. there are 350 parts, trees planted in pots and they have all been made in this marvellous sculpture, and all of those trees are going to be given to every lord lieutenant in the uk to be planted. they will be planted later in the year to mark the 70thjubilee. we
the sniffer dogs. this morning it was eerily quiet with lots of security, lots of police around, checking out the scene and making sure everything is secure. you can hear the dogs working really hard stop that frisson of excitement is just beginning, as you can anticipate the stands filling up ahead of this platinum parade at the palace that will happen later today. as you were hearing daniela saying, the queen, we will see her at various points today after the trooping the colour which of course marks the official birthday of the queen. i want to set the scene a little bit more. when i talk about the frisson of excitement. let me take you to the mall, where lots of people are queueing up. they are waving the union flags. we have seen a gentleman in full union attire. spirits are really good, they are
in london on sunday. towing their world war i guns through the early morning streets, they sound like a gathering storm of horses hooves and gun carriages making the ground shake. having done royal windsor horse show, where we are going round quite fast, and then coming here to be stood still, the only daunting aspect of it is just hoping your horse stays still. because our horses are used to, you know, gallivanting round and being quite fast and athletic. so when they re standing still, you know, theyjust want to go. so but it s for us, it s still special to be involved in just something slightly different for us, i suppose. thejubilee event this weekend will see the ceremonial side of the armed forces on parade for the world to see. they say it s a privilege to take part in what may well be a career highlight, and to honour their commander in chief and her 70
smellovision. when someone going to vent at? these are members of their king s troop, royal artillery. vent at? these are members of their king s troop, royalartillery. going to invent that. look at their saddles, polished up, the leather, the brass immaculate. just mucking out the horses, making sure they are properly fed and watered. it will be very big day, an important day, many because it is the first time back on all scarred for a couple of years. we know trooping the colour is always an spectacle. back on course guards. this year of course will be extra special. military band plays. military precision doesn t happen overnight. every parade takes planning, practice and more practice.
will launch the platinum jubilee with what they hope will be a flawless parade. in my eyes, yeah, the public will be out after covid. everyone wants to see the birthday parade because it s so special. and for me, it s a great honour and a great privilege as a regimental sergeant major to be on the birthday parade this year. normally, the queen would review the troops on the parade ground. that won t happen this year. but she is expected to appear on the balcony of buckingham palace after the parade to take the salute and watch a flypast by the raf. and what of the sussexes harry and meghan? they ve arrived from california, but unlike four years ago, they won t be in the procession of carriages from the palace to horse guards, but they will watch with other members of the family from a building overlooking the parade ground. the duke of york will not be there at all. from the queen, pictured in this new photograph issued by the palace, a jubilee message.