Platinum Jubilee street parties in pictures – a nation celebrates

These two women in Melbourne Road in Llanishen, Wales, smiled through the intermittent British weather.

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The Platinum Jubilee is over after four days of huge celebrations across the UK. An estimated 16,000 parties took place in honour of the Queen’s 70 year reign, and even though the weather was suitably British, that didn’t stop millions from gathering with family, friends and neighbours for the first of its kind Jubilee.

Dress up

This royal pair did their best impression of the royals by dressing up and even getting a carriage to take them through Belfast

Lunch is served

Royal fans in Swanage, Dorset, sit down to enjoy their Jubilee spread

Bird’s eye view

An aerial view taken with a drone shows revellers attending a street party in Ashby-de-la-Zouch in England

Cheers!

Villagers raise their glasses for the camera as they enjoy their street party in Cerne Abbas, England

Never too young to party

A young resident is pictured at a street party on Donegall Pass in Belfast, Northern Ireland

Make do and mend

This reveller in Wales was clearly short of a flag when they decided to hang their red, white and blue undies from the window

Role reversal

Police officers pose for a photograph a Platinum Jubilee Party in Ebury Street, London

Another reason to dress up

Two women dressed in Snow-White and Cinderella take part in the celebrations on Donegall Pass in Belfast, Northern Ireland

Not just for humans

Poppy the Pug wears a Union Flag themed costume during the Platinum Jubilee party in Glossop, England

The next King?

This young boy in Hackney was King for the day with his very own crown

Home of the royals

Windsor Castle was awash with revellers at one of the longest street parties in Britain

Dance off

A huge dance contest was held in Wembley this weekend, demonstrating the wide range of ways Brits celebrated the Jubilee

A seat with Her Majesty

Revellers at Wembley Park in London sat down with a cardboard cut out Queen to mark the occasion

Fit for a future King

Even the royals themselves got involved – Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall cut cake at the Oval Cricket ground in London

Flags galore

Party goers in Swanage had flags galore to wave during their Jubilee lunch

Cheers!

People attend a street party in Alfriston, East Sussex

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