The largest ever photograph of the Royal Family has been unveiled on a prominent South Bank building in the heart of the capital to celebrate the Queen’s upcoming Diamond Jubilee. The giant picture measures an incredible 100m by 70m – giving the Queen the appearance of towering over London at 43 times her usual size – and weighs in at nearly two tons.
The image was erected on the Sea Containers building next to Blackfriars Bridge by a team of eight specialists more than 45 hours with the final part being rigged up at 10am this morning.
Over one thousand boats will muster on the River Thames on Sunday, June 3, for the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant while celebrations take place across the country.
The Jubilee celebrations have seen the Royal’s popularity hit an all-time high coming closely on the back of Prince William’s and Kate Middleton’s wedding last year.
A ICM/Guardian poll found that 69 per cent of those quizzed believe Britain would be worse off without a monarchy compared to 22 per cent who thought the opposite
According to the poll of 1,002 adults, 39 per cent believe Prince Charles should become monarch while 48 per cent would prefer William to become king. Only 10 per cent believe Britain should become a republic and elect a head of state.
Meanwhile, 10,000 applications have been made for Jubilee celebration events – double the amount for the Royal wedding. Other Jubilee tributes include the Royal Mail unveiling a special stamp collection with eight famous images of the Queen over the course of her 60 year reign while Asprey is set to reveal holographic portrait of the Queen featuring a diamond-encrusted crown.
There have been some more unusual tributes to the Queen’s reign – with Soho gelateria Gelupo offering patrons a frozen scoop of coronation chicken.
