With only a few more weeks to go until the Queen’s platinum jubilee celebrations begin, royal enthusiasts across the UK are dusting off their Union Jack’s and making plans to raise a glass to the ...

The United Kingdom is celebrating 70 years of Queen Elizabeth II's reign. June 2 marks the first day of the queen's Platinum Jubilee, which will conclude on June 5. The Jubilee will consist of a ...

A beacon has been lit at Edinburgh Castle as part of celebrations for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. It is one of more than 2,022 lit on Thursday June 2 as part of the official programme announced by ...

Traditionally beacons represented deliberately staged fires which were built at intervals along coastal and major internal land points, which when lit would denote a message. In the days before ...