Spread the joy! Queen sends family around UK for Jubilee

THE Queen will dispatch her family members all over Britain during her Platinum Jubilee double bank holiday weekend celebrations next month.

- Richard Palmer

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will have royal visits to ensure the Windsors spread the joy while many of the main events are taking place in London.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will visit Wales, while the Earl and Countess of Wessex go to Northern Ireland, and Princess Anne heads for Scotland.

A Buckingham Palace spokesman said: “Members of the Royal family will attend engagements in each nation, including public events marking the occasion."

The celebrations begin this week at the Royal Windsor Horse Show.

The Queen and other family members, including her disgraced son Prince Andrew, are expected to attend A Gallop Through History, a pageant marking the jubilee and the 96-year-old monarch's lifelong love of horses, on the final night on Sunday.

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