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Britain celebrates the second day of Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee on Friday, with the highlight a service of thanksgiving attended by senior royals and politicians that the 96-year-old monarch herself will miss due to ongoing mobility issues. The four days of events kicked off Thursday, when a happy-looking Elizabeth waved to crowds from the balcony…

Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(LONDON) -- The U.K. is throwing a once-in-a-generation celebration for Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee. The 96-year-old queen is the first British monarch in history to reach a Platinum Jubilee, which marks 70 years on the throne. Queen Elizabeth ascended to the throne on Feb. 6, 1952, following the death of her father, King George VI. Starting Thursday, the Platinum Jubilee celebration will include everything from the traditional Trooping the Color birthday parade for the queen to a star-studded concert led by Diana Ross to thousan...

Britain celebrates the second day of Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee with the highlight a service of thanksgiving, which she will miss

Hoping that we have got some shots of people arriving here in the unexpected london sunshine. let's hear from... the dean of st paul's, dr david ison, explained his role this morning, and the significance of the service i welcome people in, the people come in through the great west door, and then we say this is what we are going to do in our time together and you are very welcome. and then i let everyone else do —— get on with it. we have a department which deals with those who have worked on it every year, detailed planning, however much you plan, | every year, detailed planning, however ...

The road from st paul's. the road has been closed off now. there are still some guests are arriving. people are disappointed not to see her majesty today, but very happy to see the members of the royal family. there is a good deal of excitement around. thank you very much. i got a sense of an air of excitement but i'm not going to pretend i could hear everything that was being said but i'm sure he had some interesting guests and a lot of people have been waiting a long time. there are people who have been invited to attend the service this morning. and it has been a pleasure and continues to b...