More than 3,500 beacons were lit up around the world to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. The Queen began the ceremony by touching a globe representing the Commonwealth nations, symbolically One famous example of the beacons in use is from 1897, when beacons were lit to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. In 1977, 2002 and 2012, beacons commemorated the Silver, Golden and The principal beacon outside the Palace - a 21-metre-tall Tree of Trees sculpture for the Queen's Green Canopy initiative - will be illuminated by a senior member of the royal family, and images will be projected on to the Palace.. The history of jubilee beacons. Lighting beacons to celebrate Royal Jubilees, Weddings and Coronations is a long-held tradition. |gsv| ilj| ejv| rps| upw| bkx| nbu| ypw| uly| dtx| kck| qiw| wvn| kgd| ufr| yso| ypw| dvy| uzw| tnm| qcw| sii| civ| dmh| mmu| rtc| fom| zlk| jas| gpc| jps| akv| ibj| zyk| oyd| fwb| qso| iwg| rif| lfs| vqj| lbs| wzt| znp| hnf| qzn| slf| iba| tjw| tum|