Queen’s Silver, Golden and Diamond Jubilees saw millions party in celebration
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Here is a look back at the Queen’s past jubilees: – Silver Jubilee in 1977 The Queen’s first jubilee saw her travel 56,000 miles around the world in celebration, journeying from Western Samoa, Australia and New Zealand to Tonga, Fiji, Tasmania, Papua New Guinea, Canada and the West Indies. In an unusually personal address at a London Guildhall luncheon in November 1992 to mark her 40th year on the throne, the Queen told guests: “1992 is not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure.” She added: “In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it has turned out to be an ‘annus horribilis’.” Commemorations for this jubilee were low key. Highlights included guitarist Brian May blasting out a rock National Anthem from the roof, Sir Paul McCartney leading the cast of stars with The Beatles’ classic Hey Jude, and Dame Edna Everage bellowing “The Jubilee Girl is here, possums,” as the 76-year-old Queen took her seat. – Sapphire Jubilee – 2017 The Queen made history as the first British monarch to reach 65 years on the throne – a Blue Sapphire Jubilee.
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