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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nOther performers include Alicia Keys, Craig David and Rod Stewart, George Ezra and Eurovision 2022 runner-up Sam Ryder. Elton John has recorded a tribute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The queen \u2014 the longest-reigning monarch in British history \u2014 is not expected to attend the two-and-a-half-hour event in person but will instead watch on television at Windsor Castle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her heir Prince Charles, 73, and his eldest son, Prince William, 39, will be in attendance.On Thursday, the first day of celebrations, the queen made two public appearances to huge crowds from the Buckingham Palace balcony, and then travelled to Windsor to attend a beacon-lighting ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The effort, after months battling difficulties walking and standing, left her in “some discomfort”, Buckingham Palace said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Friday, she withdrew from a church service of thanksgiving and also pulled out of attending the Epsom racecourse for the flat-racing showcase The Derby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Her no-show at The Derby on Saturday is only the fourth time the keen horseracing fan, rider and breeder has missed the race since 1952.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She did not attend in 2020 as spectators were banned due to Covid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Saturday’s concert will be broadcast live by the BBC on radio, television and online from 1900 GMT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As an open-air event, all eyes will be on the skies and the fickle British weather to see if it can be spared downpours forecast later in the evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jubilee celebrations began Thursday with the pomp and pageantry of the Trooping the Colour military parade to mark the sovereign’s official birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Friday’s focus was the traditional Church of England service led by senior royals \u2014 and returning Prince Harry and his wife Meghan \u2014 in the hallowed surroundings of St Paul’s Cathedral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On Saturday, the queen wished her namesake great-granddaughter Lilibet a “very happy first birthday” on Twitter, after reportedly meeting Harry and Meghan’s second child for the first time in recent days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The couple, who sensationally quit royal life in January 2020, now live in California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They are staying in Frogmore Cottage on the queen’s Windsor Castle estate while visiting Britain for the jubilee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Britain made Thursday and Friday public holidays to mark the unprecedented landmark of the queen’s reign, which has focused attention on the monarchy’s future without her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n onger pub opening hours, street parties and other events celebrating the queen’s central place in the life of most Britons have temporarily lifted the gloom of a soaring cost of living crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sunday will see more than 10 million people share food at “Big Jubilee Lunch” picnics and a musical and creative public pageant involving 10,000 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ed Sheeran will round off the celebrations Sunday, singing his 2017 hit “Perfect” at the end of the pageant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ross, who heads to the Glastonbury Festival this month after Saturday’s concert, said she was “absolutely delighted to receive an invitation to perform on such a momentous occasion”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Charles has previously revealed that the 78-year-old diva’s disco hit “Upside Down” from 1980 was one of his favourite tracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Queen guitarist Brian May provided one of the most enduring images from the 2002 jubilee, playing “God Save the Queen” from the roof of Buckingham Palace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n British rocker Stewart, who received a knighthood in the queen’s 2016 birthday honours for services to music and charity, said Saturday’s gig was “nerve-wracking”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I’ve grown up with this woman. 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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n– ‘Part of my life’ –<\/h2>\n\n\n\n