platinum jubilee
{{short description|70th anniversary}}
{{About||the platinum jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022|Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II}}
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A platinum jubilee is a celebration held to mark an anniversary. Among monarchies, it usually refers to a 70th anniversary.{{cite web
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|author = David Cannadine
|authorlink = David Cannadine
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|title = A Point of View: Making sense of six decades on the throne
|publisher = BBC News
|archive-date = 10 February 2017
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The most recent monarch to celebrate a platinum jubilee is Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms in June 2022. The celebrations were delayed from the actual February anniversary and the ceremony occurred on a four-day Bank Holiday on 2 June 2022, as was announced earlier.{{cite press release|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/extra-bank-holiday-to-mark-the-queens-platinum-jubilee-in-2022|title=Extra Bank Holiday to mark The Queen's Platinum Jubilee in 2022|date=12 November 2020|publisher=Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123203158/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/extra-bank-holiday-to-mark-the-queens-platinum-jubilee-in-2022|archive-date=23 November 2020|url-status=live}} Elizabeth II died on 8 September 2022, three months after the official celebrations in the Commonwealth took place.
A 75th anniversary can be referred to as a diamond jubilee occasionally,{{cite web |url=https://jagwire.augusta.edu/tag/75th-anniversary-diamond-jubilee/ |title=75th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee |publisher=Augusta University |accessdate=9 November 2019 |archive-date=9 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109053542/https://jagwire.augusta.edu/tag/75th-anniversary-diamond-jubilee/ |url-status=live }}{{cite journal |title=Impactful publishing: the Journal of Neurosurgery and its diamond anniversary (1944–2019) |journal=Journal of Neurosurgery |year=2019 |doi=10.3171/2018.9.JNS182570 |volume=130 |issue=1|doi-access=free |last1=Rutka |first1=James T. |pages=1–8 |pmid=30611159 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.ndtahq.com/ndta-75th-anniversary-funds-campaign/ |title=NDTA 75th Anniversary Funds Campaign |publisher=National Defense Transportation Association |accessdate=9 November 2019 |archive-date=29 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029204414/https://www.ndtahq.com/ndta-75th-anniversary-funds-campaign/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.asmp.org/events/asmps-75th-anniversary/ |title=ASMP's 75th Anniversary |publisher=American Society of Media Photographers |accessdate=9 November 2019 |archive-date=17 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617145316/https://www.asmp.org/events/asmps-75th-anniversary/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://corporate.hallmark.com/holidays-occasions/anniversary/ |title=Anniversary Celebration History |publisher=Hallmark Cards, Inc. |accessdate=9 November 2019 |archive-date=14 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214072045/https://corporate.hallmark.com/holidays-occasions/anniversary/ |url-status=live }} but that term is commonly used to refer to a 60th anniversary.{{cite web|title=Diamond Jubilee|url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/diamond-jubilee|accessdate=23 December 2020|publisher=Cambridge Dictionary|archive-date=9 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209044049/https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/diamond-jubilee|url-status=live}} An anniversary of 100 years is simply called a centenary.{{cite book|title=Learning is Fun:Times Tables|author=Ramma Kapoor|publisher=Allied Publishers|page=32}}