The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Beacons
Date2 June 2022
Location
ThemeCommemoration of the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
Websitequeensjubileebeacons.com
Lighting of the beacon in Canberra, Australia, by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
Lighting of the beacon in Wellington, New Zealand, by former Governor-General Sir Jerry Mateparae and the Mayor of Wellington Andy Foster
Beacon on Snowdon

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Beacons were lit on 2 June 2022 throughout the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and British Overseas Territories and each of the capital cities of Commonwealth countries, in celebration of the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.[1][2][3]

It followed the United Kingdom's long tradition of celebrating royal jubilees, weddings and coronations with the lighting of beacons.[1][2]

A Commonwealth Song was sung by choirs all over the world to coincide exactly with the lighting of The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Beacons in all the 54 countries of the Commonwealth.[4]

Locations

An estimated 3,500[5] Jubilee Beacons were lit throughout the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and British Overseas Territories.[2][3]

For the first time, Jubilee beacons were also lit in each of the capital cities of Commonwealth nations throughout various time zones in 2022.[1][2][4] Commonwealth countries with their capitals are listed below:

Country Capital
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda St. John's
Australia Australia Canberra
The Bahamas The Bahamas Nassau
Bangladesh Bangladesh Dhaka
Barbados Barbados Bridgetown
Belize Belize Belmopan
Botswana Botswana Gaborone
Brunei Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan
Cameroon Cameroon Yaoundé
Canada Canada Ottawa
Cyprus Cyprus Nicosia
Dominica Dominica Roseau
Eswatini Eswatini Mbabane
Lobamba
Fiji Fiji Suva
The Gambia The Gambia Banjul
Ghana Ghana Accra
Grenada Grenada St. George's
Guyana Guyana Georgetown
India India New Delhi
Jamaica Jamaica Kingston
Kenya Kenya Nairobi
Kiribati Kiribati South Tarawa
Lesotho Lesotho Maseru
Malawi Malawi Lilongwe
Malaysia Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
Putrajaya
Maldives Maldives Malé
Malta Malta Valletta
Mauritius Mauritius Port Louis
Mozambique Mozambique Maputo
Namibia Namibia Windhoek
Nauru Nauru Yaren
New Zealand New Zealand Wellington
Nigeria Nigeria Abuja
Pakistan Pakistan Islamabad
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
Rwanda Rwanda Kigali
Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre
Saint Lucia Saint Lucia Castries
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown
Samoa Samoa Apia
Seychelles Seychelles Victoria
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Freetown
Singapore Singapore Singapore[lower-alpha 1]
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Honiara
South Africa South Africa Pretoria
Cape Town
Bloemfontein
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Colombo
Tanzania Tanzania Dodoma
Tonga Tonga Nukuʻalofa
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain
Tuvalu Tuvalu Funafuti
Uganda Uganda Kampala
United Kingdom United Kingdom London
Vanuatu Vanuatu Port Vila
Zambia Zambia Lusaka

Song for the Commonwealth

A song was written to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee and was sung alongside the lighting of the Beacons around the UK and across the Commonwealth. Organised by the Commonwealth Resounds, hundreds of choirs joined to sing A Life Lived with Grace. The song was put together after a call for lyrics and subsequent compositions was won by Lucy Kiely and Vincent Atueyi from Australia and Nigeria, respectively.[6]

The competition for the song was judged by:

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Singapore has no official distinct capital city as it is a city-state.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Plans announced for The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Central Weekend 2022". platinumjubilee.royal.uk. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Queen's platinum jubilee to be marked with four-day bank holiday in 2022". The Guardian. 2 June 2021. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Queen's Platinum Jubilee plans unveiled by Buckingham Palace". BBC News. 2 June 2021. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  4. 1 2 "The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Beacons". Commonwealth Resounds. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Platinum Jubilee: Beacons light across the globe to celebrate Queen's reign". BBC.com. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  6. ↑ "Winners of The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Beacons". Commonwealth Resounds. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
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