People waving flags outside Buckingham Palace during Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee celebrations in June 2002.
The formal jubilees of British monarchs started with George III. At the start of the 50th year of his reign, his jubilee was celebrated throughout the British Isles and his colonial possessions. Later monarchs added other jubilee years.[1]
George III
Victoria
George V
Elizabeth II
The first Jubilee-like celebration for Queen Elizabeth II was in 1962, as it marked her 10th anniversary on the throne.[5]The Royal Mint also released a number of sovereigns, bearing the ‘Young Head’ portrait of The Queen by Mary Gillick in 1962, to mark the milestone.[6]
A postcard showing an illuminated tramcar of the Portsmouth Corporation Tramways celebrating the Silver Jubilee of King George V.
British armoured vehicles parading through Allenby Street in Tel Aviv, in honor of the Silver Jubilee of King George V in 1935
Elaborate street parties were thrown across the United Kingdom, like this one at Fullerton Road, Plymouth, for the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 1977
One of the twenty-five London Routemaster buses painted silver to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
A Yew clipped at Yew Tree Avenue, Clipsham, Rutland to commemorate the Ruby Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 1992
For much of 2002, the Tower Bridge was floodlit in gold rather than the usual white, in celebration of the Queen's Golden Jubilee
Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Floral display at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, 2012
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