Ready for royalness...

So this weekend we Brits get a 4 day public holiday...well I say 4 days, 2 of them are the traditional weeknd: Saturday and Sunday but the other 2 are Monday and Tuesday!! Yeah we finished work today, Friday, and (those who have a regular 9 to 5 type day job) don't go back til Wednesday!! Yes I will be partaking and enjoying some of that thank you very much.

But why this generous amount of time off you ask? Well... the Queen is celebrating her diamond jubilee (commemorating her reigning for 60 years ) and the whole country gets to celebrate. Street parties are being held, there's a huge royal pageant along the River Thames, a parade through the streets of London and the city, if not the country, has gone union jack crazy! So in honour of all things red, white and blue as I have been pacing the streets this week (all in the name of setting up a theatre production you understand) I have been snapping away on the old iPhone collecting images of all the different ways the union flag and it's colours have been used and portrayed.

Here for your visual pleasure and delight they are, along with a couple of images of her royal highness that I particularly liked.

Patchwork bunting

Very tiny beaded bunting flags

My particular favourite, the flag jacket

Cupcakes

Shop window displays (Zara)

And whole shop fronts

Flags pinned together and flags hung in roof space.

And finally the lady herself:

Happy bank holiday jubilee weekend.

GD*BG

Oh and as if on cue it's started raining!