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Friday, 15 June, 2001, 18:45 GMT 19:45 UK
Queen's Golden Jubilee plans unveiled
![]() The 1977 Silver Jubilee drew huge crowds
Plans to stage an equestrian extravaganza to mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee have been unveiled.
The event - which will involve 1,000 horses and a celebrity cast of about 2,000 - is one of several events being planned to celebrate the Queen's accession to the throne 50 years ago.
The BBC is understood to be on the brink of signing a deal to screen the show. Director of the event, Simon Brooks-Ward, said: "It's more Broadway than horse show. It will celebrate the Queen's lifetime interest in horses. "It will not be a procession but will instead combine music and fashion from periods throughout the Queen's 50-year reign together with a celebration of equestrian achievement." Grand finale The finale of the show will recreate the 1952 Coronation procession, which will feature the Gold State Coach pulled by eight grey horses. A £200,000 weather-proof surface will be laid to create the arena and the 4,000 spectators will be covered by a clear PVC stand. The show's producer, Major Sir Michael Parker, who also produced the Queen's 1977 Silver Jubilee celebrations and the Queen Mothers 100th Birthday Tribute, said: "It's going to be full of action and full of movement. There will be every kind of horse from a Shire to a Shetland and many well-known faces from the world of horses." Organisers of the event have learnt valuable lessons from the ill-fated horse extravaganza which was meant to take place to mark the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh's 1997 Golden Wedding. The event had to be cancelled because of a waterlogged ground. |
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