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)