Brits raise a glass to the Queen as they celebrate Platinum Jubilee and streets turn red white and blue

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BRITS partied on yesterday to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee — with revellers knocking back record amounts of booze.

Entire streets were taken up with trestle tables as towns and cities were decked out with red, white and blue bunting.

This London street got a visit from their very own Queen at a party yesterday afternoon
Two-year-old maltipoo Hattie happily posed for photographers at the Lugger Inn in Penzance, Cornwall
Locals in Chelmsford, Essex dressed to the nines for their patriotic party

One couple raised a glass to toast the Queen

Revellers in Overton, Hampshire, soaked up the sunshine at their shindig

Warren Rudge and his son James painted their fish and chip shop with the Union Jack flag

An estimated 90million pints were being knocked back as the pub industry enjoyed a £2billion boost amid a scorching mini-heatwave.

Even the nation’s dogs were dressed to the nines. Two-year-old maltipoo Hattie happily posed in a Union Jack top hat at the Lugger Inn, in Penzance, Cornwall.

In Cosham, Hants, around 100 residents of Sea View Road waved flags and wore Union Jack hats at a party that took up almost the entire length of their street.

Residents of Moulsham Drive, in Chelmsford, Essex, also partied in the sunshine, while in Twickenham, South West London, a reveller dressed up as the Queen — complete with handbag — to give royal waves.

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In Bromley, South East London, knitters fashioned a crown and Union Jack for a Royal Mail post-box.

As well as street parties, patriotic Brits were making their own individual efforts to mark the Jubilee.

In Cradley Heath, West Mids, Warren Rudge, 54, painted the entire 700sq ft front of his fish and chip shop with what he reckons is the biggest Union Jack in the country. He spent two days slapping on 12 litres of paint with his son, James, 32.

Warren said: “Fish and chips are the Queen’s favourite takeaway, so we thought the flag was quite fitting.

“We worked two 14-hour days to get it ready in time. It’s gone down so well we might keep it.”

Mum Katrina Clark, 33, made an incredible show-stopper cake topped with a crown at her home in Sittingbourne, Kent.

Katrina used chocolate ganache and sugar paste icing to create the eye-catching design, while the pearls were individually stuck on and the embroidery was hand-painted.

She said: “We were having a family party for the Jubilee for 40 of us, so I wanted to make something special. I took inspiration from the original coronation dress as I love all the embroidery.”

In Abingdon, Oxon, bakers were getting ready for one of the country’s most bizarre royal celebrations — a mass bun fight.


More on the Queen’s Jubilee weekend…

  • The Queen, 96, has ‘finally met Lilibet’ for the first time
  • Harry grinned as he held hands with Meghan during his royal return
  • Her Majesty didn’t attend the St Paul’s Jubilee service after suffering pain during yesterday’s parade and flypast
  • She also won’t attend the Epsom Derby tomorrow
  • But Kate Middleton has reassured royal fans that the monarch is “fine”, although found yesterday “tiring”
  • And it’s understood she hopes to attend Lilibet’s first birthday party tomorrow
  • Adorable Prince Louis jumped up and down with joy as he was wowed by Red Arrows – much to Queen’s delight
  • Prince Andrew didn’t attend the St Paul’s service – here’s why

The tradition dates back to the 1761 coronation of King George III and is held to celebrate major royal occasions.

Residents will scramble to catch them and then hurl them at each other — or pocket them as a keepsake of the Jubilee.

Mum-of-two Lucy Hutton, 42, said: “It’s a tradition. We have our quirky ways but it seems normal to us.

“The whole of the town always comes together for it.”

In the picturesque village of Toft, near Cambridge, around 250 people tucked into a lavish tea party while basking in the sunshine.

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Residents shut down the street for the day to enjoy an afternoon of festivities, while scarecrows sporting the monarch’s face lined the gardens.

Locals in Bournemouth, Dorset donned crowns and clinked their glasses as they celebrated beneath rows of bunting.

Hundreds of people flocked to the seaside town of nearby Swanage for a mega Jubilee jamboree too.

And Paul Woolf and Trixie Humphrey took their street by storm with their patriotic get-ups.

The pair raised a toast at a shindig in Southsea, Hampshire.

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Thousands of Brits are expected to carry on the celebrations into the early hours – and pursue the party in the clubs.

And pubs are staying open until 1am for the special long weekend.

In the picturesque village of Toft, around 250 people tucked into a lavish tea party while basking in the sunshine

In Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire, a huge party took place in the streets

A very formal get-together took place in North Audley Street in Mayfair, London
Locals raised a glass in Payne Avenue, Hove

Paul Woolf and Trixie Humphrey raised a toast to the Queen on Friday
Hundreds took to the streets of Swanage for a huge knees up in the town centre
Brits across the country have gone all out for Jubilee fun