Dates for the four-day Queen's Jubilee bank holiday

February marks exactly 70 years since Queen Elizabeth II became a monarch.

Her Majesty took to the throne following the death of her father, George VI, on 6 February 1952 when she was just 25 years old.

The Queen spent her Accession Day this year privately on the Sandringham estate in remembrance of her dad.

But the unprecedented Platinum Jubilee celebrations won't commence until the summer.

Instead, the festivities will take place nearly four months after the anniversary, at the beginning of June.

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A four-day bank holiday weekend will take place from Thursday 2 June.

The late May bank holiday has been moved to the Thursday, with an additional bank holiday added on Friday 3 June to create a four-day weekend.

Pub opening hours are being extended to 1am, while celebrations will include a live gig at Buckingham Palace, a carnival pageant on the streets of London, Jubilee lunches, and the lighting of beacons across the world, reports Chronicle Live.

A nationwide royal bake off competition to design a Platinum Pudding dedicated to the Queen is under way, while The Queen’s Green Canopy project was launched to plant thousands of commemorative trees.

From May 12-15, more than 500 horses and 1,000 performers will stage a 90-minute piece of arena theatre called the Platinum Jubilee Celebration in Windsor.

Members of the armed forces, along with frontline police, fire, emergency services and prison service personnel will be awarded the Platinum Jubilee medal.

Meanwhile stamps, coins, souvenir chinaware and Royal Collection exhibitions will commemorate the occasion, while 39 towns are vying to win Jubilee city status.

A ‘Superbloom’ field of