Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II

Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II in 2021
Genre	Jubilee of British monarch
Date(s)	6 February 2022; 2 years ago (6 February 2022)
Country	United Kingdom Commonwealth of Nations
Previous event	Sapphire Jubilee of Elizabeth II
Website
platinumjubilee.royal.uk

The Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II was an event in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth^[1] in 2022 for the 70th anniversary of Elizabeth II becoming the monarch of these places (ceremonial in the Commonwealth now) on 6 February 1952. Platinum Jubilee was her last jubilee as monarch because she died on 8 September 2022 at Balmoral Castle. If she is still the British monarch at the right time, she will be the first one to have a platinum jubilee.^[2][3] In the United Kingdom, another bank holiday was made and the normal May bank holiday weekend was moved to the start of June to make a special four-day weekend.^[4] The British government says there will be a "once-in-a-generation show" that have had the best art and technology in its displays and the best British ceremonial greatness.^[5]

Carly Ledbetter, writing for the Huffington Post, says because the Platinum Jubilee was being planned, Elizabeth II did not plan to stop being the British monarch in favour of her son Charles III when she became 95 years old in 2021.^[6]

1. ↑ "Queen's platinum jubilee: Extra-long May bank holiday announced for Queen's 2022 platinum jubilee". Cambridge News. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
2. ↑ "Platinum Jubilee: MPs and peers search for gift fit for the Queen". BBC News. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
3. ↑ "Extra Bank Holiday to mark The Queen's Platinum Jubilee in 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
4. ↑ "Extra bank holiday to be created for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in 2022". The Telegraph. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}
5. ↑ Murphy, Simon (12 November 2020). "Extra bank holiday announced for Queen's 2022 platinum jubilee". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
6. ↑ Ledbetter, Carly (13 November 2020). "Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee Plans Seemingly Silence Rumors Of Stepping Down". Huffington Post. Australia. Retrieved 25 November 2020.