Colorful pageant, street parties to cap Platinum Jubilee
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Royal fans were hoping for an appearance by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace after a colorful street pageant through London on Sunday, the final day of a holiday weekend celebrating the monarch's 70 years on the throne. Thousands of performers will parade along a three-kilometer route from Horse Guards Parade down the Mall to Buckingham Palace, telling the story of the queen's life with dance, vibrant costumes, carnival music and giant puppets. The queen hasn't appeared in public for the Platinum Jubilee events since Thursday, when she smiled and waved on Buckingham Palace's balcony with her family.