On February 6, 1952, when she was just 25 years old, Elizabeth Windsor became Queen of England.
70 years later, a big concert is organized by the BBC for the platinum jubilee of the invincible queen.
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Buckingham Palace is teeming: everything must be ready for the festivities which begin on June 2.
The Jubilee party, broadcast live on the BBC, will be held outside Buckingham Palace on Saturday June 4: Three stages linked by catwalks - and surrounded by 70 columns - will host an endless list of star performers who will celebrate in song the longest reign in the history of the British monarchy.
The artists will perform in front of 22,000 people invited.
The event, broadcast around the world, could be followed by nearly a billion viewers.
And what better way to start the evening than Queen?
"After playing for the Queen on her Golden Jubilee, we are so happy to be invited back,"
the band members Queen said in a statement.
Then we asked ourselves: “After the roof of Buckingham Palace, where can we go?”
Well… You will see!”
Indeed, 20 years ago, for the golden jubilee of Elizabeth II, Brian May had played the guitar on the roof of the royal palace.
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If Elton John's performance is recorded, the others will take place live.
Alicia Keys, Craig David, Hans Zimmer, Andrea Bocelli, Nile Rodgers or Diana Ross will perform for 2h30.
The new star, Sam Ryder, nicknamed
"the hero of the United Kingdom at Eurovision"
after his second place behind Ukraine, will also be there to interpret his title
Space Man
.
The concert will be interspersed with interventions by British personalities: footballer David Beckham, tenniswoman Emma Raducanu as well as comedians Stephen Fry and Julie Andrews.
Fashion, sport, the environment and even the last 70 years of pop music will be discussed.
The evening will end with Diana Ross, for
“her first live performance in the UK for 15 years”.
“I have had the honor of meeting the Queen several times in my life, sometimes in the presence of my family.
Her Majesty continues to be an incredible inspiration to so many around the world.
I was absolutely delighted to receive an invitation to perform at such a historic moment”
, she underlines.
The soulful diva was one of the first Americans to sing at the annual Royal Variety Performance in 1991.
