- Title: Audience left 'emotional and inspired' by Platinum Jubilee concert
- Date: 4th June 2022
- Summary: VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WATCHING THE CONCERT (SOUNDBITE) (English) 50-YEAR-OLD SPECTATOR IN ST. JAMES'S PARK, ANDY SKUCE, SAYING: "Her Majesty has dedicated her entire life to serving this country, and as one of her citizens, I've been proud. And tonight it's been emotional because it's the longest-serving monarch ever on the throne, and we don't know how much longer it's going to last, and I absolutely love her. And also, it was an opportunity to get together with friends and celebrate this magnificent, once in a lifetime occasion." SPECTATORS DANCING (SOUNDBITE) (English) 27-YEAR-OLD SPECTATOR IN ST. JAMES'S PARK, JESSICA STRAWFORD, SAYING: "I think the entire performance was just incredible - the drones and the lights and everything... it makes you feel very proud to be British. I don't know. I feel really sort of like quite emotional watching it, because I feel like, I don't know... yeah, I thought it was incredible. They did it so well and it was amazing they had all these screens where everyone's can just come to be together and celebrate something which is so amazing, yeah!" (SOUNDBITE) (English) 26-YEAR-OLD SPECTATOR IN ST. JAMES'S PARK, EMMA MESQUITA, SAYING: "It's brought the whole country together. Everyone's so like jolly and happy, and it's been such a fantastic few days, and I feel like everyone's just so happy."
- Embargoed: 18th June 2022 23:49
- Keywords: Platinum Jubilee Platinum Party Prince Charles Queen Elizabeth St James's Park Williams concert
- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- Country: UK
- Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Europe,Royals
- Reuters ID: LVA003275304062022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Prince Charles paid an emotional personal tribute to his mother, Queen Elizabeth, on Saturday (June 4) during celebrations to mark her Platinum Jubilee,
Referring to the Queen as "Mummy", which drew cheers from the crowd, Charles praised the monarch for uniting the nation and continuing to make history during her 70-year reign.
Elizabeth herself was not present, having missed a number of Jubilee events because of "episodic mobility problems" that have caused her to cancel engagements recently.
Speaking to the crowd at Saturday's show, Charles praised his mother and acknowledged another absentee - his father, Prince Philip, who died last year aged 99.
The band Queen's "We Will Rock You" opened the show before the cast of "Hamilton," Andrea Bocelli, Alicia Keys, and Diana Ross performed in front of tens of thousands of people crammed around the palace, down the Mall grand boulevard, and in a nearby park.
Charles and his wife Camilla; son William, wife Kate, and their two eldest children sang along with the crowd before an aerial drone light show projected images into the sky, including the monarch on a stamp and the outline of her dogs.
The four days of celebrations to mark the monarch's seven decades as queen began on Thursday (June 2) with a military parade and a Royal Air Force flypast, with a National Service of Thanksgiving on Friday (June 3).
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