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Queen Elizabeth’s upcoming summer party is already a big hit!
More than 250,000 people have applied to be among the 10,000 guests on the grounds of Buckingham Palace for a summer concert that will help celebrate the monarch’s Platinum Jubilee.
The concert, which is part of a four-day celebration to mark the Queen’s record-breaking 70 years on the throne, will take place on Saturday, June 4.
British pop singer George Ezra is the first and only artist to be named to the lineup so far. Past Jubilee celebrations saw Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, Elton John, Shirley Bassey and Ricky Martin perform.
“She has seen the breadth of British rock and roll and pop and film and comedy that has all come of age in her reign,” a close source tells PEOPLE. “The concert will be global but acknowledge the creativity and innovation from the U.K.”
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Organizers say images may be projected onto the walls of Buckingham Palace for guests to enjoy. (There is some suggestion that among the images will be never-before-seen pictures of the royals from the royal archives!)
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There’s also an ongoing contest to create a commemorative pudding in the Queen’s honor —Great British Bake Offjudge Dame Mary Berry will be among those assessing the entrants — and aninitiative to plant trees in Her Majesty’s name.
The Queen’s Platinum year is unprecedented. Insiders point to how she asserted her lifelong commitment to service in her 21st birthday speech in 1947, and how she mirrored that same sentiment in her address for this year’s Accession Day in February whenshe said she was “devoted to your service.”
“It is unrivalled,” a close palace source says of the Queen’s reign. “There is no one on the world stage today who commands the gravitas on the global stage when she does speak — just look at the impact her speech at COP26 [during which she urged climate action] had.”
source: people.com
