Across the United Kingdom this weekend, revelry will be in full swing for the Diamond Jubilee, celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's 60 years on the throne.
From big events like the Diamond Jubilee Concert, featuring Sir Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder and Sir Elton John, to communities across the nation sharing lunches or picnics with their neighbors for the Big Jubilee Lunch, festivities will run from Saturday to Tuesday.
CNN's Piers Morgan and Brooke Baldwin and CNN International will have live coverage of the main events.
If you're going, we'd love for you to share your experience with us on iReport! Several folks have already shared their stories and photos with us, from working for Queen Elizabeth to meeting her at age 9.
But if you're not able to attend this most royal shindig because you're an expat, we'd like to know what you're doing for the big weekend. Perhaps you're gathering with fellow expats in your community to watch the festivities or enjoy a taste of home. Maybe a pick-up game of rugby or football is in order.
What makes you think of home, and how are you celebrating the Diamond Jubilee? What are some of the traditions you've brought along with you? And why does the Diamond Jubilee matter to you?
Share with us in the comments below. Cheers!
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What an absolute waste of resources. People are starving in this world, how pompous and arrogant do you have to be to spend this be kind of money on celebrating yourself? What a joke.
So i'd imagine that the money you would typically spend on Birthday's, Anniversaries, etc. goes rather to feeding these starving people?
look at the bright side....money to spend is money to be made....
Its called being ROYAL. Your family doesn't become royalty by giving poor pieces of trash your money. Also, Im sure the queen gives more to charity than you make in a year.
The royal family and associated tourism/goods is a huge part of the English economy.
How boring !!....enjoy life & celebrate
Americans have nothing to celebrate in Obama.
You are all just soooooooo jealous.
You're a moron.
I'm sure that Token has no disposable income at all. Every extra penny goes to charity.
How can people say this isnt news? QE2 is one of the most well known people to have ever walked this planet. Her image is one of the most produced, if not the most produced, in all of history. In a thousand years, potraits of this great lady will still hang in great halls and we will all be a forgotten speck in the distant memory of mankind.
Really? She's great because her picture has been reproduced many times? Doesn't that make Little Debbie great? Or the Morton Salt girl? Or, heaven help us, Snooki? Or was there something else, you know, an actual achievement that makes her great? Be careful with that accolade; it should still mean something.
What I meant by that is how immense world interest has been and continues to be for her. The fact that her image is one of the most produced in human history doesnt exactly point to a lack of interest or intrigue. To say a milestone in her life is not newsworthy when nearly everyone in the developed world knows and recognizes who she is doesnt make sense to me.
I think she is the most elegant woman in the world!
Cheers to the Queen...Rule Britannia!
Why WOULD we? Do they celebrate Independence Day?
Why WOULD they? Who cares about Americans?
As a Brit I may not celebrate Independence Day but I do celebrate Grand Losers Day
My sentiments exactly!
Just wondering who paid for the boat to ship the QueenE2 down the Thames?
...time to far go the politics and party...someone need to send the ole gal a keg of beer and some pizzas...!
Diamond jubilees are rare. As a historian, it will be awesome to watch.
I would not bow to her, I would slap her on the back and offer her a lemon drop. Shes not me mum.
60 years... typo
They say that life's a carousel
Spinning fast, you've got to ride it well
The world is full of kings and queens
Who blind your eyes and steal your dreams
It's heaven and hell, oh well
And they'll tell you black is really white
The moon is just the sun at night
And when you walk in golden halls
You get to keep the gold that falls
It's heaven and hell, oh no
Fool, fool
You've got to bleed for the dancer
Fool, fool
Look for the answer
"What makes you think of home, and how are you celebrating the Diamond Jubilee? What are some of the traditions you've brought along with you? And why does the Diamond Jubilee matter to you?"
What makes me think of home? Not the Queen of England's "Diamond Jubilee," that's for sure! Me and millions of other Americans will NOT be celebrating and have no "traditions" associated with British celebrations!
This "Diamond Jubilee" means nothing to this American, other than to make me wonder why Brits are still coddling this "royal family!"
Are you really that big a dolt? Those questions were directed at expats!!! You know – people who used to live in Britain. EXPATRIOTS.
tokencode, I agree wholeheartedly!
im watching ...i think it cool , she has been the queen all my life and she cant help who she was born or what she was born into...she was raised as royalty. I can't immagine how it was growing up like that. living by such stiff rules, araged marriges, no real freedom, having to keep a stiff uper lip all the time, have bodyguards around you your whole life. Not even the american president has to put up with all that his whole life. I like the royle family
Well her wedding wasn't arranged and neither was her parents....but nice try at sympathy.
@tokencode
Pompous and arrogant? Such a command of english language. And you know? That's suprising considering you can't read.
Almost as surprising as your punctuation...