The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Beacons

{{Short description|Lighting of beacons across the Commonwealth to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee}}

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| date = {{avoid wrap|2 June 2022}}

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{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom
{{flagicon|Bailiwick of Guernsey}} Bailiwick of Guernsey
{{flagicon|Bailiwick of Jersey}} Bailiwick of Jersey
{{flagicon|Isle of Man}} Isle of Man
{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} British Overseas Territories
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| theme = Commemoration of the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II

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| website = {{url|https://www.queensjubileebeacons.com/|queensjubileebeacons.com}}

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File:Platinum Jubilee- Jubilee beacon lit in Canberra 9.jpg, Australia, by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese]]

File:The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Beacon Event, Wellington.jpg, New Zealand, by former Governor-General Sir Jerry Mateparae and the Mayor of Wellington Andy Foster]]

File:Queen's Platinum Jubilee Snowdon Beacon.jpg]]

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Beacons were 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.{{cite web|url=https://platinumjubilee.royal.uk/platinum-jubilee-central-weekend |title=Plans announced for The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Central Weekend 2022 |website=platinumjubilee.royal.uk |access-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602175441/https://platinumjubilee.royal.uk/platinum-jubilee-central-weekend|archive-date=2 June 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jun/02/queens-platinum-jubilee-to-be-marked-with-four-day-bank-holiday-in-2022 |title=Queen's platinum jubilee to be marked with four-day bank holiday in 2022 |work=The Guardian |access-date=2 June 2021 |date=2 June 2021 |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602144217/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jun/02/queens-platinum-jubilee-to-be-marked-with-four-day-bank-holiday-in-2022 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-57329680 |title=Queen's Platinum Jubilee plans unveiled by Buckingham Palace |work=BBC News |access-date=2 June 2021 |date=2 June 2021 |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602103223/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-57329680 |url-status=live }}

It followed the United Kingdom's long tradition of celebrating royal jubilees, weddings and coronations with the lighting of beacons.

A Commonwealth Song was 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.commonwealthresounds.com/projects/the-queens-platinum-jubilee/ |title=The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Beacons |work=Commonwealth Resounds |access-date=2 June 2021 |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602101829/https://www.commonwealthresounds.com/projects/the-queens-platinum-jubilee/ |url-status=live }}

Locations

An estimated 3,500{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-61678181|title=Platinum Jubilee: Beacons light across the globe to celebrate Queen's reign|publisher=BBC.com|date=June 3, 2022|accessdate=June 6, 2022}} Jubilee Beacons were lit throughout the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and British Overseas Territories.

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

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!Country

!Capital

{{sort|Antigua and Barbuda|{{flagicon|Antigua and Barbuda}} Antigua and Barbuda}}

|St. John's

{{sort|Australia|{{flagicon|Australia}} Australia}}

|Canberra

{{sort|Bahamas|{{flagicon|The Bahamas}} The Bahamas}}

|Nassau

{{sort|Bangladesh|{{flagicon|Bangladesh}} Bangladesh}}

|Dhaka

{{sort|Barbados|{{flagicon|Barbados}} Barbados}}

|Bridgetown

{{sort|Belize|{{flagicon|Belize}} Belize}}

|Belmopan

{{sort|Botswana|{{flagicon|Botswana}} Botswana}}

|Gaborone

{{sort|Brunei|{{flagicon|Brunei}} Brunei}}

|Bandar Seri Begawan

{{sort|Cameroon|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} Cameroon}}

|Yaoundé

{{sort|Canada|{{flagicon|Canada}} Canada}}

|Ottawa

{{sort|Cyprus|{{flagicon|Cyprus}} Cyprus}}

|Nicosia

{{sort|Dominica|{{flagicon|Dominica}} Dominica}}

|Roseau

{{sort|Eswatini|{{flagicon|Eswatini}} Eswatini}}

|Mbabane
Lobamba

{{sort|Fiji|{{flagicon|Fiji}} Fiji}}

|Suva

{{sort|Gambia, The|{{flagicon|Gambia}} The Gambia}}

|Banjul

{{sort|Ghana|{{flagicon|Ghana}} Ghana}}

|Accra

{{sort|Grenada|{{flagicon|Grenada}} Grenada}}

|St. George's

{{sort|Guyana|{{flagicon|Guyana}} Guyana}}

|Georgetown

{{sort|India|{{flagicon|India}} India}}

|New Delhi

{{sort|Jamaica|{{flagicon|Jamaica}} Jamaica}}

|Kingston

{{sort|Kenya|{{flagicon|Kenya}} Kenya}}

|Nairobi

{{sort|Kiribati|{{flagicon|Kiribati}} Kiribati}}

|South Tarawa

{{sort|Lesotho|{{flagicon|Lesotho}} Lesotho}}

|Maseru

{{sort|Malawi|{{flagicon|Malawi}} Malawi}}

|Lilongwe

{{sort|Malaysia|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Malaysia}}

|Kuala Lumpur
Putrajaya

{{sort|Maldives|{{flagicon|Maldives}} Maldives}}

|Malé

{{sort|Malta|{{flagicon|Malta}} Malta}}

|Valletta

{{sort|Mauritius|{{flagicon|Mauritius}} Mauritius}}

|Port Louis

{{sort|Mozambique|{{flagicon|Mozambique}} Mozambique}}

|Maputo

{{sort|Namibia|{{flagicon|Namibia}} Namibia}}

|Windhoek

{{sort|Nauru|{{flagicon|Nauru}} Nauru}}

|Yaren

{{sort|New Zealand|{{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand}}

|Wellington

{{sort|Nigeria|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} Nigeria}}

|Abuja

{{sort|Pakistan|{{flagicon|Pakistan}} Pakistan}}

|Islamabad

{{sort|Papua New Guinea|{{flagicon|Papua New Guinea}} Papua New Guinea}}

|Port Moresby

{{sort|Rwanda|{{flagicon|Rwanda}} Rwanda}}

|Kigali

{{sort|Saint Kitts and Nevis|{{flagicon|Saint Kitts and Nevis}} Saint Kitts and Nevis}}

|Basseterre

{{sort|Saint Lucia|{{flagicon|Saint Lucia}} Saint Lucia}}

|Castries

{{sort|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|{{flagicon|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}

|Kingstown

{{sort|Samoa|{{flagicon|Samoa}} Samoa}}

|Apia

{{sort|Seychelles|{{flagicon|Seychelles}} Seychelles}}

|Victoria

{{sort|Sierra Leone|{{flagicon|Sierra Leone}} Sierra Leone}}

|Freetown

{{sort|Singapore|{{flagicon|Singapore}} Singapore}}

|Singapore{{efn|Singapore has no official distinct capital city as it is a city-state.}}

{{sort|Solomon Islands|{{flagicon|Solomon Islands}} Solomon Islands}}

|Honiara

{{sort|South Africa|{{flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa}}

|Pretoria
Cape Town
Bloemfontein

{{sort|Sri Lanka|{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} Sri Lanka}}

|Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Colombo

{{sort|Tanzania|{{flagicon|Tanzania}} Tanzania}}

|Dodoma

{{sort|Tonga|{{flagicon|Tonga}} Tonga}}

|Nukuʻalofa

{{sort|Trinidad and Tobago|{{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago}} Trinidad and Tobago}}

|Port of Spain

{{sort|Tuvalu|{{flagicon|Tuvalu}} Tuvalu}}

|Funafuti

{{sort|Uganda|{{flagicon|Uganda}} Uganda}}

|Kampala

{{sort|United Kingdom|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom}}

|London

{{sort|Vanuatu|{{flagicon|Vanuatu}} Vanuatu}}

|Port Vila

{{sort|Zambia|{{flagicon|Zambia}} Zambia}}

|Lusaka

Song for the Commonwealth

A song was written to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee and was sung alongside the lighting of the Beacons around the UK and across the Commonwealth. Organised by the Commonwealth Resounds, hundreds of choirs joined 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.commonwealthresounds.com/news/qpjbwinners/ |title=Winners of The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Beacons |work=Commonwealth Resounds |access-date=2 June 2021 |archive-date=3 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203001546/https://www.commonwealthresounds.com/news/qpjbwinners/ |url-status=live }}

The competition for the song was judged by:

The Rt Hon. Patricia Scotland QC, Commonwealth Secretary-General
Roderick Williams OBE, Baritone
Judith Weir CBE, Master of the Queen's Music
Alison Cox, Founder and Chair of Trustees, The Commonwealth Resounds / Head of Composition, The Purcell School for Young Musicians.
Bruno Peek LVO, OBE, OPR
Anne T. Gallagher AO Director General of the Commonwealth Foundation
Graham Trew Baritone & Former Chairman of The Association of English Singers and Speakers