IN PICS | Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee Celebrations Kick Off

Queen Elizabeth II speaks to Prince Louis on the balcony of Buckingham Palace

The celebrations to mark the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, a four-day festival to celebrating 70 years of her reign, kicked off on Thursday. Queen Elizabeth II watches from the balcony of Buckingham Palace the Trooping the Colour parade in London, England. (Image: Getty)

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge in the carriage procession at Trooping the Colour during Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee in London, England. Queen Elizabeth II will become the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee to mark the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne on 6 February 1952. (Image: Getty)

(L-R) The Duchess of Cornwall, the Prince of Wales, Queen Elizabeth II , the Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Louis, Princess Charlotte, Prince George, and the Duke of Cambridge, on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, to view the Platinum Jubilee flypast. (Image: Getty)

Prince George, Prince Louis and Princess Charlotte in the carriage procession at Trooping the Colour during Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee. Trooping The Colour, also known as The Queen's Birthday Parade, is a military ceremony performed by regiments of the British Army that has taken place since the mid-17th century. It marks the official birthday of the British Sovereign. (Image: Getty)

Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Queen Elizabeth II and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the Trooping the Colour parade in London, England. The Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II is being celebrated from June 2 to June 5, in the UK and Commonwealth. (image: Getty)

Union Flags with the Queen's face can be seen for sale at a souvenir seller stall in celebration of the Platinum Jubilee. (Image: Getty)

Amid the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations across the United Kingdom, a banner showing her face hangs among Chinese lanterns on Garrard Street in the heart of the capital's Chinatown in London. (Image: Getty)

A passer-by admires Platinum Jubilee decorations outside a house in Windsor, United Kingdom. Windsor will be hosting a series of celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee over the Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend. (Image: Getty)

A painting showing the Queen in bed on the window of furniture shop on the Walworth Road in south London amid the celebrations of Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. (Image: Getty)