From rollerskating queens to red, white and blue wheelie bins, it"s hard to find anything in Britain this week that doesn"t have a jubilee theme.
Showbiz royaltyHead to the village of Wellington in Herefordshire in western England, and you"ll find 104 scarecrows dressed up as queens, kings, princes and princesses by local residents as part of a competition.
"We"ve probably got a dozen or so queens dotted around... and a few "Purple Rain" Princes," said co-organiser Phil Smith.
Princess Fiona from "Shrek", Queen singer Freddie Mercury and Princess Leia from "Star Wars" also feature.
He danced a tango with an alpaca farmer during a surprise appearance at a jubilee tea dance for older people near his Highgrove estate.
"It was wonderful," said Bridget Tibbs. "He was very lovely to dance with, a lovely sense of rhythm, a nice hold. It was a pleasure."
The couple star in Thursday"s jubilee edition of the long-running BBC soap opera, which largely revolves around family strife, scandal and sibling rivalries.
Some 1,223 of the short-legged, waddling Pembroke Welsh Corgis were registered in 2021, said TKC spokesman Bill Lambert.
"The breed has certainly seen a boost in recent years, largely down, it would seem, to their starring roles in "The Crown"," he added.
Royal social media channels have even unveiled a cute, crown-wearing corgi emoji, named PJ.
Divert.co.uk has also unveiled distinctive wheelie bins in the red, white and blue colours of the union flag.
"Even bins deserve to celebrate a remarkable monarch," said company spokesman Mark Hall.
Slices of the sponge sovereign were served to bingo players in Birmingham with a cup of tea. Naturally.
"She has been in my dining room in various stages of dress," said Anita Armitt, 66, who set up the knitting group with a friend.
"The first night she was out I felt like I had to go down and say goodnight to her because I"d got into the routine of doing it!"
The village is also decorated with knitted bunting, soldiers and "topper" crowns on post boxes.
The plastic tribute includes a version of the Buckingham Palace balcony and took about 282 hours to put together.
It was staged on the deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth II, which is affectionately known by its crew as "Big Lizzie".
"God bless the Queen. She"s put with a lot," he told The Times, insisting he has never had anything against anyone in the royal family.
"It"s the institution of it that bothers me and the assumption that I"m to pay for that," he told the newspaper from his home in Malibu.
"There"s where I draw the line. It"s like, "No, you"re not getting ski holidays on my tax"."
First Published: Jun 02, 2022, 18:46
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