A two-mile carnival procession of 10,000 through London's centre on the final day on the four day celebrations to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
A picnic in gardens beneath Edinburgh Castle will also take place on Sunday, June 6, where visitors will be able to enjoy live music as part of celebrations for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Those attending the free event in West Princes Street Gardens will also be able to watch the Platinum Jubilee Pageant broadcast live from London, which will be shown on big screens.
Elsewhere in the gardens, a historic floral clock is this year blooming with a design marking the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Five gardeners from the City of Edinburgh Council’s park team took four weeks to plant more than 35,000 flowers used in the clock to have it ready for this weekend’s celebrations. The clock, which has been in Edinburgh since 1903, will be in bloom until October.
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What is the Jubilee Pageant?
The Jubilee Pageant is a planned, roughly two-mile carnival procession of 10,000 through London's centre, the Express reports.
A top-billed cast of participants includes figures such as Ed Sheeran, Alan Titchmarsh, Dame Shirley Bassey, Jeremy Irons and more.
They will star in four acts titled For Queen and Country, the Time of Our Lives, Let's Celebrate, and Happy and Glorious.
These commence from 2.30pm on Sunday and celebrate changes in the UK over the last 70 years.
The main subjects of the performances include British culture, history, and the Queen herself.
Roads will close across London's city centre to facilitate the pageant this afternoon.
Organisers have a set route that carries participants from Whitehall to Buckingham Palace.
What route will the Jubilee Pageant follow?
Jubilee Pageant organisers have revealed the procession will follow a path through central London.
They will first gather at a staging area in Whitehall and move north towards Charing Cross station.
From Admiralty Arch, people will move west towards Buckingham Palace down the Mall.
The procession will continue to move towards Queen Victoria Memorial before settling at Buckingham Palace.
The pageant ends with a performance from Ed Sheehan, who plans to pay tribute to the Queen and her late husband, Prince Philip.
Organisers have set up the route to allow as many people to watch as possible.
Some 15 screens around Westminster and Hyde Park will display the procession at key points.
Coverage of today's event will start from select channels and platforms from 1pm.
BBC One will show the parade live on television, while BBC iPlayer has the broadcast online.
