The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Beacons

In celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee, Jubilee Beacons will be 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.[1][2][3]

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Beacons
Date2 June 2022
Location
ThemeCommemoration of the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
Websitequeensjubileebeacons.com

It will follow the United Kingdom’s long tradition of celebrating Royal Jubilees, Weddings and Coronations with the lighting of beacons.[1][2]

A Commonwealth Song will be 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

Jubilee Beacons will be lit throughout the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and British Overseas Territories.[2][3]

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

Song for the Commonwealth

A song has been written to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee and will be sung alongside the lighting of the Beacons around the UK and across the Commonwealth. Organised by the Commonwealth Resounds, hundreds of choirs will join 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.[5]

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. "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. "Queen's platinum jubilee to be marked with four-day bank holiday in 2022". The Guardian. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  3. "Queen's Platinum Jubilee plans unveiled by Buckingham Palace". BBC News. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  4. "The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Beacons". Commonwealth Resounds. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  5. "Winners of The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Beacons". Commonwealth Resounds. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
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