As it happened: Platinum Jubilee latest: Queen appears on balcony for Jubilee finale

Summary

The Queen greets crowds from the Buckingham Palace balcony for the finale of her Platinum Jubilee celebrations
She smiles as she stands alongside Prince Charles, Camilla and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with their children
A huge pageant has been taking place against the backdrop of the Palace, involving 10,000 people - including the military, performers and key workers
A 3km-long (1.8 mile) carnival procession - featuring celebrities from every decade of the Queen's reign - has been moving down London's Mall and past the Palace
The parade's finale also featured Ed Sheeran singing the national anthem
Meanwhile, more than 85,000 have been hosting Big Jubilee Lunches, with Prince Charles and Camilla joining a feast at the Oval cricket ground in south London

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Jasmine Taylor-Coleman, Thomas Mackintosh, Jack Burgess and James Clarke

Mike Tindall keeping an eye on Prince Louispublished at 16:16 British Summer Time 5 June 2022
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Playful Prince Louis has been up to mischief again at the Jubilee - but his older relative Mike Tindall joked he was keeping an eye on the spirited four-year-old.
Prince Louis sat in the front row of the royal box with his parents the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and siblings Prince George and Princess Charlotte.
We've seen him covered his eyes and blow out his cheeks as he watched the carnival Pageant.
But former England rugby player Tindall, sitting in the row behind, gestured and pointed to his eyes that he was keeping watch over him, as Kate Middleton chuckled at their interaction.
Bollywood-inspired act hits full swingpublished at 16:13 British Summer Time 5 June 2022
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A Bollywood-style segment has been continuing the festivities on the Mall.
Two four-metre tall puppets celebrating the British south-Asian experience and a huge cake surrounded by dancers wearing Saris have been grabbing attention.
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Our correspondent's verdict so far...published at 16:08 British Summer Time 5 June 2022
Sean Coughlan
BBC News, royal correspondent
I think the parade is technically called bonkers. Barking, baffling but brilliantly bonkers.
Jubilee Pageant's third act under waypublished at 16:05 British Summer Time 5 June 2022
The Platinum Jubilee Pageant's third section is called Let's Celebrate and is starting now.
A play made up of 12 chapters will tell the story of the Queen's 70-year reign in the pageant's third act.
Expect puppet Corgis, a Bollywood take on Princess Elizabeth's wedding and an Afro-Caribbean carnival-style interpretation of the Queen's 1953 coronation.
Giant puppet dragon outside Buckingham Palacepublished at 16:04 British Summer Time 5 June 2022
Taller than a double-decker bus the colossal dragon puppet has started walking down The Mall.
The Hatchling is the largest ever humanly-operated puppet with a wingspan of more than 20m.
This section is an artistic interpretation of the coronation, featuring Singaporean dancer Janice Ho - as we told you about earlier.
Prue Leith's car needed a pushpublished at 16:00 British Summer Time 5 June 2022
Scores of celebrities riding in open-topped vehicles along the Mall... What could possibly go wrong?
Well, the car carrying Prue Leith needed to be pushed by four men in fluorescent jackets a little earlier after apparently rolling to a halt.
It didn't seem to dappen the spirits and the Bake Off judge continued to wave to the crowds.
'The Takeover' segment brings the parade up to datepublished at 15:57 British Summer Time 5 June 2022
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A section called The Takeover brings the parade into the 21st Century, with dancers and musicians reflecting the diversity of modern day UK.
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Sir Mo Farah on the 2000s buspublished at 15:45 British Summer Time 5 June 2022
The Noughties bus adorned with a huge Amy Winehouse motif on the side complete with The Hairy Bikers, Gok Wan, Heston Blumenthal, Olympians Sir Mo Farah and Dame Kelly Holmes.
Brit Pop-era 90s bus next uppublished at 15:41 British Summer Time 5 June 2022
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An open-topped bus celebrating the '90s is the next down the Mall.
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Kate Moss waves to viewers from the top of the '90s bus
Iconic Sinclair C5's whizzing through Londonpublished at 15:36 British Summer Time 5 June 2022
Jon Kelly
Reporting from the Mall in London
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Whizzing through the capital are fans of the Sinclair C5 - the idiosyncratic recumbent electric vehicles that briefly heralded the future of transport in the 1980s.
Mark Elliott, 49, a yachtmaster from Southampton, had always been an enthusiast for everything related to the decade, but the innovative nature of the C5 - which looks especially prescient in the modern era of electric vehicles - led him to snap up a vintage model for himself.
Soon his wife Anna was a convert too. "One day I said 'Can I have a go?' and then I got hooked," she says. "I wanted one as well so now we’ve got two."
For fans of a vehicle that was widely mocked on release, the inclusion in the pageant feels like a vindication.
"It's amazing to be part of the celebration with this aspect of the 1980s that almost got forgotten," says Mark.
Vehicles of the 1980s hit the roadpublished at 15:35 British Summer Time 5 June 2022
The 1980s section of the Time of Our Lives (act two of the pageant) features...
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Sinclair C5s - the idiosyncratic one-person battery electric vehicles...
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...as well the Reliant Robin, a small three-wheeled car produced by the Reliant Motor Company
Gay Pride present in pageantpublished at 15:34 British Summer Time 5 June 2022
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Gay Pride and Northern Soul are represented in the pageant.
Abba music is filling The Mall, while Del Boy's three-wheeled van from Only Fools and Horses is also making an appearance.
Northern Soul float: 'We had a bit of a dance beforehand'published at 15:32 British Summer Time 5 June 2022
Jon Kelly
Reporting from the Mall in London
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Harriet Dakin (far left) and Alex Morison (far right)
One of the floats making its way through London is dedicated to Northern Soul - the 1970s dance movement that became hugely popular in the north of England and beyond.
"I was brought up with it because my dad used to go to the Wigan casino," says Alex Morison, 27, who works at the Barrow-in-Furness shipyard, describing the most famous Northern Soul venue of the movement’s heyday.
Most of his fellow dancers discovered the scene for themselves. And while the Northern Soul scene may be hugely important to its members, none of those taking part had expected to be invited to a royal event.
"I was sort of surprised they went with the youth culture aspect," says Harriet Dakin, 26, from Leeds.
In keeping with the free-wheeling spirit of Northern Soul, none of those heading to the float were in danger of over-preparing.
"We had a bit of a dance beforehand," says Alex. Harriet adds: “We don’t do choreography or anything like that."
Classic James Bond cars drive towards the Palacepublished at 15:29 British Summer Time 5 June 2022
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Next up, iconic cars from Bond films past and present are making their way along the Mall, behind a row of Daleks.
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A Rolls Royce from James Bond film Goldfinger drives towards the Palace
Outspan Orange car among most striking vehicles on paradepublished at 15:24 British Summer Time 5 June 2022
Jon Kelly
Reporting from the Mall
Of all the classic vehicles taking part in the pageant, Edd China’s Outspan Orange car is possibly the most striking.
Designed to promote the citrus brand, it was one of six built during the late 1960s and early 1970s by Brian Waite Enterprises.
There is a tentative royal connection, says Edd, 51, a TV presenter and mechanic. Eric Walker, who owned the Outspan estate, was also the proprietor of the Treetops Estate in Kenya - where the Queen was staying in 1952 when she ascended to the throne on the death of her father.
By the time Edd got hold of the car, it was in a sorry condition. "We found a bird's nest in the engine," says Edd. "But we fixed the suspension, put a new windscreen in. It’s basically a Mini, we’ve done London to Brighton in it."
Classic vehicles from the decades drive along the Mallpublished at 15:21 British Summer Time 5 June 2022
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A procession of classic cars and motorbikes from the 1950s and 1960s have been making their way down the Mall.
Twiggy and Basil Brush rode on top of a 60s-themed open-topped bus, which was followed by a row a Daleks from the science-fiction series Doctor Who.
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More celebrities at the pageantpublished at 15:20 British Summer Time 5 June 2022
More celebrities are making appearances in the pageant's Time of Our Lives section, including
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boxing champion Chris Eubank...
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...being serenaded by Sir Cliff Richard
Celebrities spotted at Horse Guardspublished at 15:13 British Summer Time 5 June 2022
The Pageant is well under way, but waiting for their part in the parade are some well-known face from the world of the performing arts, entertainment, fashion, business and media.
Model Naomi Campbell and actress Dame Joan Collins are patiently waiting by Horse Guard's Parade.
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Team GB Olympians lead a procession of cyclists along the Mallpublished at 15:11 British Summer Time 5 June 2022
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Famous Olympians - including Sir Chris Hoy and Dame Laura Kenny - are leading cyclists towards Buckingham Palace, as part of the second of the Jubilee Pageant.
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Jubilee Pageant's second act kicks offpublished at 15:04 British Summer Time 5 June 2022
The second part of the Platinum Jubilee Pageant is getting under way - this act's called The Time of Our Lives.
It will be a through-the-ages celebration exploring seven decades of music, fashion, technology, trends, and culture from 1952 to 2022.
Celebrities from Ed Sheeran to Gary Lineker will be joining the procession and keep your eyes peeled for icons from different decades, including Daleks, James Bond cars and glove puppet fox Basil Brush.