70: Commonwealth Jubilee

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Beacons

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Beacons will be lit on 2 June 2022 throughout the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and British Overseas Territories and each of the capital cities of Commonwealth countries, in celebration of the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.

It will follow the United Kingdom’s long tradition of celebrating Royal Jubilees, Weddings and Coronations with the lighting of beacons. A Commonwealth Song will be sung by choirs all over the world to coincide exactly with the lighting of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Beacons in all the 54 countries of the Commonwealth.

Locations

Jubilee Beacons will be lit throughout the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and British Overseas Territories.

For the first time, Jubilee beacons will also be lit in each of the capital cities of Commonwealth nations throughout various time zones in 2022. Commonwealth countries with their capitals are listed below:

Antigua and Barbuda St. John's

Australia  Canberra

The Bahamas Nassau

Bangladesh Dhaka

Barbados Bridgetown

Belize Belmopan

Botswana Gaborone

Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan

Cameroon Yaoundé

Canada Ottawa

Cyprus Nicosia

Dominica Roseau

Eswatini Mbabane

Fiji Suva

The Gambia Banjul

Ghana Accra

Grenada St. George's

Guyana Georgetown

India New Delhi

Jamaica Kingston

Kenya Nairobi

Kiribati South Tarawa

Lesotho Maseru

Malawi Lilongwe

Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya

Maldives Malé

Malta Valletta

Mauritius Port Louis

Mozambique Maputo

Namibia Windhoek

Nauru Yaren

New Zealand Wellington

Nigeria Abuja

Pakistan Islamabad

Papua New Guinea Port Moresby

Rwanda Kigali

Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre

Saint Lucia Castries

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown

Samoa Apia

Seychelles Victoria

Sierra Leone Freetown

Singapore Singapore

Solomon Islands Honiara

South Africa Pretoria, Cape Town, Bloemfontein

Sri Lanka Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Colombo

Tanzania Dodoma

Tonga Nukuʻalofa

Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain

Tuvalu Funafuti

Uganda Kampala

United Kingdom London

Vanuatu Port Vila

Zambia Lusaka

Song for the Commonwealth A song has been written to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee and will be sung alongside the lighting of the Beacons around the UK and across the Commonwealth. Organised by the Commonwealth Resounds, hundreds of choirs will join to sing A Life Lived with Grace. The song was put together after a call for lyrics and subsequent compositions was won by Lucy Kiely and Vincent Atueyi from Australia and Nigeria, respectively.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Platinum_Jubilee_Beacons