How will the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee be celebrated in 2022?

Princess Elizabeth became monarch on February 6 1952 on the death of her father George VI.

Plans are already being set in motion to mark the monarch’s Platinum Jubilee.

With the Queen about to reach the 69th anniversary of her accession, how exactly will the sovereign’s 70 years on the throne be celebrated in 2022?

The public will get an extra day off as part of a “blockbuster” four-day weekend of celebrations from June 2-5 2022.

Diamond Jubilee celebrations — A Jubilee street party in Murrayfield Drive, Edinburgh in 2012 (Andrew Milligan/PA)

– Traditional pageantry and state of the art displays

The celebrations will feature a busy programme of events which have yet to be announced and are dependent on how the coronavirus pandemic progresses.

– But not on the River Thames

For the Diamond Jubilee in 2012, the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and the rest of the royal family endured an extremely wet and windy trip down the Thames as part of a river pageant.

The River Pageant — The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh onboard the Spirit of Chartwell during the Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the River Thames (John Stillwell/PA)

“The one thing I might resist committing to given our experience of 2012 and the Diamond Jubilee is doing anything on the River Thames again,” he told MPs.

Diamond Jubilee celebrations – Thames Pageant — Well wishers watch the Diamond Jubilee River Pageant in the rain (Dan Kitwood/PA)

– Street parties

Street parties are synonymous with royal jubilees.

A Silver Jubilee street party in Woodford Bridge, Essex in 1977 (PA)

– Trees

People across the UK are to be invited to plant a tree for the Platinum Jubilee.

The campaign, known as The Queen’s Green Canopy, will launch in May.

During her reign, the Queen has planted more than 1,500 trees all over the world.

– Funding

How the celebrations will be paid for and how much they cost will be a key issue amid the Covid-19 crisis.

Crowds at the Golden Jubilee pop concert (John Giles/PA)

Mr Dowden said both he and the Royal Household will ensure that money is spent “very wisely”.

– Security

The Treasury will also have to decide on how to foot the security bill for any mass-scale events.

– Jubilee visits

Members of the royal family are expected to take part in the celebrations over the extended weekend and in the run-up to the four-day extravaganza.

The Queen on a Golden Jubilee visit — The Queen is greeted by large crowds in Catford, south-east London,during her Golden Jubilee visit (Fiona Hanson/PA)

– A present for the Queen

Politicians are having a whip-round to pay for a gift for the Queen.

A cross-party board with members from both Houses of Parliament has reportedly picked a lamp-post as the gift and is said to be inviting sculptors and artists to submit their designs.

The money will come from MPs and peers’ personal donations, rather than public funds.

Guests look at the Diamond Jubilee stained glass window (Dan Kitwood/PA)

Other past presents have included a fountain in the Palace of Westminster’s New Palace Yard for the Silver Jubilee, and a sundial in Old Palace Yard for the Golden Jubilee.

– Jubilee Medal

In keeping with tradition, a Platinum Jubilee medal will be awarded to people who work in public service including representatives of the Armed Forces, the emergency services and the prison services.

Trooping the Colour — The Duke of Cambridge wearing his Golden Jubilee and Diamond Jubilee medals (Victoria Jones/PA)

Mementoes, ranging from chinaware to stamps and coins, will be expected to be produced to commemorate the royal anniversary.