A shopper browses souvenirs next to a life-sized cutout of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, on display at Cool Britannia souvenir shop near Buckingham Palace in central London.
Pomp, pageantry and puddings will form the centerpiece of celebrations to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne.
The 95-year-old monarch’s Platinum Jubilee begins on February 6, the date in 1952 when she became queen after the death of her father King George VI.
Souvenirs marking the Platinum Jubilee of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II in the window of the Buckingham Palace souvenir shop in central London. AFPSouvenirs marking the Platinum Jubilee of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II in the window of the Buckingham Palace souvenir shop in central London. AFPSouvenirs marking the Platinum Jubilee of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II in the window of the Buckingham Palace souvenir shop in central London. AFPSouvenirs marking the Platinum Jubilee of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II in the window of the Buckingham Palace souvenir shop in central London. AFPSouvenirs marking the Platinum Jubilee of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II in the window of the Buckingham Palace souvenir shop in central London. AFPA shopper browses souvenirs next to a life-sized cutout of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, on display at Cool Britannia souvenir shop near Buckingham Palace in central London. AFPA life-sized cutout of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II on display at Cool Britannia souvenir shop near Buckingham Palace in central London. AFP
