2002: Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee

Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Golden and Diamond Jubilees in the summers of 2002 and 2012 to celebrate 50 and 60 years since her coronation to the throne. Big Jubilee Lunches were held throughout the UK and around the world, attended by an estimated 8.5 million people in the UK alone for the Diamond Jubilee. On 2 June 2012, the anniversary of the Queen’s coronation, a 62-gun salute was fired at the Tower of London and elsewhere.

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Sale Moor Golden Jubilee celebrations, 2002. Trafford Local Studies collection, cat. ref 96812680

2002: Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee