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-Hello! -Hello! -We are having a bit of a party. | 6:49:37 | 6:49:41 | |
That is because it is almost the Queen's Diamond Jubilee weekend, | 6:49:41 | 6:49:46 | |
where families will be celebrating the Queen's 60 years on the throne. | 6:49:46 | 6:49:50 | |
We have got fireworks and everything! | 6:49:50 | 6:49:52 | |
We are kicking off the weekend with our own Diamond Jubilee party, | 6:49:52 | 6:49:56 | |
and you're all invited! | 6:49:56 | 6:49:58 | |
They're enjoying the party, and we have got loads in store for you, | 6:50:03 | 6:50:07 | |
including a new and exclusive song | 6:50:07 | 6:50:09 | |
that will have you giggling for the next 60 years! | 6:50:09 | 6:50:13 | |
They are such legends! | 6:50:13 | 6:50:15 | |
I nearly said "lemons" - wrong word! | 6:50:15 | 6:50:17 | |
Gary Barlow will spill the beans on the biggest party | 6:50:17 | 6:50:19 | |
to hit Buckingham Palace for decades. | 6:50:19 | 6:50:21 | |
Plus, some CBBC faces | 6:50:21 | 6:50:24 | |
who have dropped in to show us how you can celebrate. | 6:50:24 | 6:50:27 | |
We would like you to get in touch and tell us | 6:50:27 | 6:50:31 | |
what you are doing this weekend to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee. | 6:50:31 | 6:50:34 | |
How and where and what are you doing | 6:50:34 | 6:50:38 | |
to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee this weekend. | 6:50:38 | 6:50:40 | |
Drop us an e-mail: | 6:50:40 | 6:50:41 | |
We could read out your message on the TV. | 6:50:46 | 6:50:50 | |
Tell us where you are from, so we can add you to our map. | 6:50:50 | 6:50:53 | |
We have been asking you this question all week, | 6:50:53 | 6:50:56 | |
and Posh Girl from London says, | 6:50:56 | 6:50:58 | |
"I'll just relax, proud to be British." | 6:50:58 | 6:51:00 | |
Let's give her a sticker on London... | 6:51:00 | 6:51:03 | |
-There is one from in West Wales. -OK. | 6:51:03 | 6:51:06 | |
"I am having a picnic with my cousins." | 6:51:06 | 6:51:09 | |
It doesn't matter what you're doing, as long as you're celebrating. | 6:51:09 | 6:51:13 | |
-The next one, "I'm going to the Lake District." -I know where that is! | 6:51:13 | 6:51:17 | |
That's Amethyst Great Elf. | 6:51:17 | 6:51:19 | |
This is because of one special lady, | 6:51:19 | 6:51:21 | |
Her Royal Highness, Queen Elizabeth II. | 6:51:21 | 6:51:24 | |
Why have her 60 years on the throne been so special? | 6:51:24 | 6:51:26 | |
Brett and Domino are about to tell you. | 6:51:26 | 6:51:29 | |
Right, Jubilee song. | 6:51:29 | 6:51:30 | |
It's the Queen's Jubilee, so we're going to do a song. | 6:51:30 | 6:51:34 | |
-Oh, right. How old is she? -Hm? -How old's the Queen? | 6:51:34 | 6:51:37 | |
It's not her birthday, it's the Diamond Jubilee. | 6:51:37 | 6:51:42 | |
Oh, my grandparents had their jubilee last year. | 6:51:42 | 6:51:45 | |
Last September. | 6:51:45 | 6:51:47 | |
-I don't think they would have done. Have you seen the Jubilee on TV? -No. | 6:51:47 | 6:51:53 | |
Maybe not. | 6:51:53 | 6:51:55 | |
I'll crack on with the song and you can see if you can pick it up. | 6:51:55 | 6:51:59 | |
PLAYS RULE BRITANNIA | 6:51:59 | 6:52:03 | |
TECHNO-STYLE MUSIC | 6:52:05 | 6:52:07 | |
# I'm talking about the Queen, see Diamond Jubilee | 6:52:14 | 6:52:17 | |
# It's a 60 year royal anniversary | 6:52:17 | 6:52:19 | |
# Because the Queen's been queen since 1952 | 6:52:19 | 6:52:22 | |
# We're observing this occasion at the start of June | 6:52:22 | 6:52:24 | |
# So everybody, throw your hands up Lift them skywards | 6:52:24 | 6:52:26 | |
# And celebrate the reign of Her Royal Highness | 6:52:26 | 6:52:29 | |
# Because the fact that she's been queen for so long is cool | 6:52:29 | 6:52:31 | |
# But mainly because you get an extra day off school | 6:52:31 | 6:52:34 | |
# It's Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee | 6:52:34 | 6:52:38 | |
# The Queen's been sitting on the throne for the last 60 years | 6:52:38 | 6:52:43 | |
# I mean, obviously she's not just been sat on the throne | 6:52:43 | 6:52:45 | |
# This would cause pretty serious deep vein thrombosis | 6:52:45 | 6:52:48 | |
# In fact, quite the opposite is true, to put it bluntly | 6:52:48 | 6:52:50 | |
# In her life so far she's visited hundreds of countries | 6:52:50 | 6:52:53 | |
# And not just on holiday She's gone away | 6:52:53 | 6:52:55 | |
# Strictly on business. She's even been to Leeds, Leicester and Widnes | 6:52:55 | 6:52:58 | |
# Meeting and greeting important people from all nations | 6:52:58 | 6:53:00 | |
# I wonder how many hands she's shaken since the Coronation... # | 6:53:00 | 6:53:02 | |
-Probably quite a lot, I imagine. -Yeah. | 6:53:02 | 6:53:06 | |
# So this is Her Majesty's third royal jubilee | 6:53:06 | 6:53:09 | |
# She had a silver one - that's 25 years - in the late '70s | 6:53:09 | 6:53:11 | |
# Then it was golden - that's 50 Are you keeping a tally? | 6:53:11 | 6:53:14 | |
# Brian May played his guitar on top of Buckingham Palace... # | 6:53:14 | 6:53:16 | |
PLAYS PART OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM | 6:53:16 | 6:53:21 | |
-Oh, I remember that. -Yeah? -It was great. | 6:53:27 | 6:53:30 | |
# So what's she going to do this year to celebrate? | 6:53:30 | 6:53:32 | |
# Well, the Diamond Jubilee's the most significant of all of them | 6:53:32 | 6:53:34 | |
# The only other monarch to have had one is Queen Victoria | 6:53:34 | 6:53:37 | |
# There's going to be a concert, a parade, a procession | 6:53:37 | 6:53:39 | |
# A real carnival atmosphere despite the recession | 6:53:39 | 6:53:42 | |
# Wow, that sounds great You've really set the scene | 6:53:42 | 6:53:44 | |
# I'm interested to find out more about the Queen | 6:53:44 | 6:53:46 | |
# Queen Elizabeth was born in 1926 | 6:53:46 | 6:53:48 | |
# To Queen Liz, the Queen Mother and King George VI | 6:53:48 | 6:53:51 | |
# She took to the throne when she was 25 | 6:53:51 | 6:53:53 | |
# When her dad, King George Sadly suddenly died | 6:53:53 | 6:53:56 | |
# Now, she's head of the state of the United Kingdom | 6:53:56 | 6:53:58 | |
# And Australia, Canada and New Zealand | 6:53:58 | 6:54:00 | |
# In fact, the Queen's the head of 16 states, or nations | 6:54:00 | 6:54:03 | |
# I'll move things on a bit, I see you're losing concentration | 6:54:03 | 6:54:06 | |
# It's Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee | 6:54:06 | 6:54:10 | |
# The Queen's been sitting on the throne for the last 60 years | 6:54:10 | 6:54:15 | |
# She's got corgis She's got horses | 6:54:15 | 6:54:18 | |
# She's got horses and corgis she takes for walkies | 6:54:18 | 6:54:19 | |
# She's married to Prince Philip She's got four children | 6:54:19 | 6:54:22 | |
# And eight grandkids Including Harry and William | 6:54:22 | 6:54:24 | |
# So get out your seats and let me hear you scream | 6:54:24 | 6:54:26 | |
# Cos I'm running out of things to tell you about the Queen | 6:54:26 | 6:54:29 | |
# It's the Jubilee The Diamond Jubilee | 6:54:29 | 6:54:31 | |
# 2012, it's the J-U-B-I-L double E. # | 6:54:31 | 6:54:35 | |
CHEERING | 6:54:52 | 6:54:54 | |
They never let us down. | 6:54:54 | 6:54:58 | |
This is Michael. How are you celebrating? | 6:54:58 | 6:55:01 | |
It is the half-term, so that gives us more time | 6:55:01 | 6:55:07 | |
to spend with our family, and sisters, and parents. | 6:55:07 | 6:55:13 | |
-That is nice. -I love his face paint. What about you, Grace? | 6:55:13 | 6:55:16 | |
What are you looking forward to? | 6:55:16 | 6:55:19 | |
I am looking forward to spending time with my family, | 6:55:19 | 6:55:21 | |
watching the concert, having a party. | 6:55:21 | 6:55:24 | |
-Josh, why do you like the Queen? -She is wonderful and beautiful. | 6:55:24 | 6:55:28 | |
What a lovely thing to say. What would you do if you were the Queen? | 6:55:28 | 6:55:32 | |
We sent our travelling throne around the UK to investigate. | 6:55:32 | 6:55:37 | |
Our travelling throne has been gallivanting around the UK | 6:55:38 | 6:55:41 | |
to find out what you would do if you were King or Queen for the day. | 6:55:41 | 6:55:45 | |
I would make the waiting lists at the hospitals shorter. | 6:55:45 | 6:55:49 | |
If I were queen, I would NOT be wearing this right now. | 6:55:49 | 6:55:53 | |
If I was king, I would make everybody have food fights. | 6:55:56 | 6:55:59 | |
I'd get the Queen to go on my skateboard | 6:55:59 | 6:56:02 | |
and I'd push her down a hill. | 6:56:02 | 6:56:04 | |
If I was queen for a day, I would shop till I drop. | 6:56:04 | 6:56:08 | |
If I were king for a day, I would let children rule. | 6:56:08 | 6:56:11 | |
I love it. More from them later. | 6:56:14 | 6:56:17 | |
We had better move, this is a dangerous place to stand! | 6:56:17 | 6:56:20 | |
Still to come... | 6:56:20 | 6:56:23 | |
Stand by for a royal treat, Gary Barlow gives us | 6:56:25 | 6:56:28 | |
the inside story on the pop concert of the decade. | 6:56:28 | 6:56:31 | |
Plus, we take to the water to find out how to prepare | 6:56:34 | 6:56:37 | |
for the biggest boat pageant Britain has ever seen. | 6:56:37 | 6:56:40 | |
Hello, we hope you have a great Diamond Jubilee weekend. | 6:56:42 | 6:56:46 | |
-Have lots of fun! -Make sure you stay safe and look after yourself. | 6:56:46 | 6:56:50 | |
Enjoy it! | 6:56:50 | 6:56:52 | |
-Have a happy Jubilee party! -Whoo! The Queen, yes! | 6:56:52 | 6:56:59 | |
Thank you very much! That is beautiful. | 6:57:01 | 6:57:05 | |
Every good party has to have good food and good mates. | 6:57:07 | 6:57:09 | |
Things to keep you amused. | 6:57:09 | 6:57:11 | |
We have got some special guests. Hayley and Ore from Newsround | 6:57:11 | 6:57:14 | |
and Michelle from Deadly Art. We're going to do something very special. | 6:57:14 | 6:57:18 | |
This is very simple, you will see our lovely cupcake toppers. | 6:57:18 | 6:57:23 | |
You've got the face of Ore and Hayley | 6:57:23 | 6:57:25 | |
and lovely Michelle, with her big hair on the top. | 6:57:25 | 6:57:29 | |
I'm going to try and make these. | 6:57:29 | 6:57:31 | |
Go to the Blue Peter website and download these templates. | 6:57:31 | 6:57:34 | |
There's Royal themes, you can print Helen and myself, | 6:57:34 | 6:57:38 | |
whatever tickles your fancy. | 6:57:38 | 6:57:42 | |
Take some scissors, which are buried under here somewhere. | 6:57:42 | 6:57:46 | |
I'm going to do Michelle, by cutting her out like this. | 6:57:46 | 6:57:52 | |
-There's a line you can cut round. -We do help you out with these things. | 6:57:52 | 6:57:55 | |
Just in case you're not too sure how good you are | 6:57:55 | 6:57:57 | |
at cutting round objects, the dotted lines will help to guide you. | 6:57:57 | 6:58:01 | |
You will end up with something that looks like this. | 6:58:01 | 6:58:04 | |
Michelle is now wearing a hat! | 6:58:04 | 6:58:05 | |
The idea is to get both sides open, flat on the table like that. | 6:58:05 | 6:58:09 | |
You put some glue on one side like this. | 6:58:09 | 6:58:13 | |
Very simply. | 6:58:13 | 6:58:15 | |
While I'm doing this, Hayley and Ore can tell us | 6:58:15 | 6:58:17 | |
-what they're doing for the weekend. -What are we doing, Hayley? | 6:58:17 | 6:58:20 | |
We're going mad for the Jubilee. | 6:58:20 | 6:58:22 | |
-Everyone is. -Newsround will be live outside the palace. | 6:58:22 | 6:58:26 | |
-Hopefully I'll get to see the Queen. -You and Leah will be there. | 6:58:26 | 6:58:30 | |
Yeah, and we'll be outside St Paul's Cathedral | 6:58:30 | 6:58:33 | |
cos there's a big celebration going on apparently(!) | 6:58:33 | 6:58:36 | |
A large ceremony, we've heard. | 6:58:36 | 6:58:37 | |
Your timing is impeccable cos time's up. That's finished, | 6:58:37 | 6:58:40 | |
go and make it. Go to the Blue Peter website for more info. | 6:58:40 | 6:58:44 | |
Now over the last few months, you've probably seen this everywhere. | 6:58:44 | 6:58:48 | |
It is the official Diamond Jubilee emblem. Behind there is Tomor. | 6:58:48 | 6:58:53 | |
Say hello. Hi. Now this emblem has been all over the place. | 6:58:53 | 6:58:56 | |
It's on keyrings, T-shirts, mugs | 6:58:56 | 6:58:59 | |
and its story started right here on Blue Peter. | 6:58:59 | 6:59:02 | |
18 months ago, the Queen's Diamond Jubilee seemed like a long way off. | 6:59:05 | 6:59:09 | |
But when you're organising a host of national events like the ones | 6:59:09 | 6:59:12 | |
happening this weekend, you've got to start planning early. | 6:59:12 | 6:59:16 | |
So when Buckingham Palace contacted us about | 6:59:18 | 6:59:21 | |
a competition to design the emblem | 6:59:21 | 6:59:23 | |
for the Jubilee celebrations, we jumped at the chance. | 6:59:23 | 6:59:27 | |
We want you to design the official emblem of the Jubilee. | 6:59:27 | 6:59:31 | |
The winning design will be everywhere. | 6:59:31 | 6:59:34 | |
It will become the symbol of the celebrations. | 6:59:34 | 6:59:36 | |
And as usual, you lot didn't let us down. | 6:59:36 | 6:59:39 | |
We received more than 34,000 entries of an amazingly high standard. | 6:59:39 | 6:59:44 | |
In fact if we attached every entry together, | 6:59:46 | 6:59:48 | |
they could wrap around Buckingham Palace | 6:59:48 | 6:59:51 | |
22 and a half times. | 6:59:51 | 6:59:52 | |
Which gave us a bit of a problem about how to pick a winner. | 6:59:54 | 6:59:58 | |
-I like that because it's quirky. -These three. -I just love this one. | 6:59:58 | 7:00:02 | |
In the end it took 15 judges nearly 200 hours to sift through | 7:00:02 | 7:00:05 | |
each and every one of your brilliant designs... | 7:00:05 | 7:00:09 | |
until we found the one entry that stood out above all the others. | 7:00:09 | 7:00:13 | |
There it is, the official emblem | 7:00:14 | 7:00:16 | |
for Her Majesty The Queen's Diamond Jubilee, | 7:00:16 | 7:00:19 | |
-designed by Katherine from Chester. -Yes, beautiful! -She's here today! | 7:00:19 | 7:00:22 | |
CHEERING | 7:00:22 | 7:00:23 | |
-Bang bang! -Well done, Katherine! | 7:00:23 | 7:00:25 | |
After a bit of fine-tuning, Katherine's final design | 7:00:25 | 7:00:28 | |
was revealed to the nation, looking absolutely phenomenal. | 7:00:28 | 7:00:33 | |
Katherine, there you go, that is your design, the official emblem. | 7:00:34 | 7:00:38 | |
-Are you happy with how it's turned out? -Yeah. | 7:00:38 | 7:00:42 | |
As if getting to see her design on everything | 7:00:42 | 7:00:44 | |
from teapots to tea towels isn't enough, | 7:00:44 | 7:00:46 | |
Katherine even got to visit Buckingham Palace | 7:00:46 | 7:00:49 | |
to meet the Queen herself. | 7:00:49 | 7:00:51 | |
Hello, very nice to see you. So this is your winning design, is it? | 7:00:51 | 7:00:56 | |
What an amazing prize, | 7:00:57 | 7:00:59 | |
and an incredible story to tell for years to come. | 7:00:59 | 7:01:02 | |
CHEERING | 7:01:05 | 7:01:06 | |
Aw, and here she is, Katherine has joined our party. | 7:01:06 | 7:01:10 | |
-Lovely to see you. You must be very proud? -Yeah. | 7:01:10 | 7:01:13 | |
Katherine, we've seen your logo everywhere, but in particular, | 7:01:13 | 7:01:17 | |
last week there was somewhere very special. | 7:01:17 | 7:01:19 | |
It was on the British Airways jumbo jet. | 7:01:19 | 7:01:22 | |
We have a picture. Look at that! How incredible! | 7:01:22 | 7:01:25 | |
Congratulations. That must've been so exciting! | 7:01:25 | 7:01:28 | |
-Thank you. -It'll be incredible. So many things happening. | 7:01:28 | 7:01:30 | |
This weekend sees a boating pageant that'll take over the River Thames, | 7:01:30 | 7:01:34 | |
the likes of which haven't been seen for over 300 years in the UK. | 7:01:34 | 7:01:38 | |
Here's a sneak peek of what you can expect to see. | 7:01:38 | 7:01:41 | |
Sunday's Diamond Jubilee river pageant is going to be massive, | 7:01:44 | 7:01:47 | |
with 1,000 different boats escorting the Queen | 7:01:47 | 7:01:51 | |
down the River Thames in London. | 7:01:51 | 7:01:53 | |
So to give you a taste of what's to come, we're taking to the water | 7:01:53 | 7:01:57 | |
to get the inside story on what it takes | 7:01:57 | 7:01:59 | |
to prepare for such an important event. | 7:01:59 | 7:02:02 | |
Back a bit... Ow! | 7:02:02 | 7:02:04 | |
-Two, six! -Heave! -Two, six! -Heave! | 7:02:04 | 7:02:06 | |
But while this weekend's boat pageant will be | 7:02:06 | 7:02:08 | |
the biggest the Thames has ever seen, it won't be the first. | 7:02:08 | 7:02:11 | |
This is a giant version of a very famous painting | 7:02:11 | 7:02:15 | |
by Italian artist Canaletto, which dates back to the 1750's | 7:02:15 | 7:02:20 | |
and shows a boat parade on the Thames | 7:02:20 | 7:02:22 | |
celebrating Lord Mayor's Day. With no photographs | 7:02:22 | 7:02:25 | |
or video, art was the only way of capturing this kind of event. | 7:02:25 | 7:02:30 | |
The original artwork has been in the Czech Republic | 7:02:30 | 7:02:33 | |
since it was painted over 250 years ago, | 7:02:33 | 7:02:35 | |
but in honour of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee river pageant, | 7:02:35 | 7:02:39 | |
its current owners have lent it | 7:02:39 | 7:02:41 | |
to the National Maritime Museum in London. | 7:02:41 | 7:02:43 | |
The painting's been carefully packed up in Prague | 7:02:43 | 7:02:46 | |
and it's been sealed, and to make sure nobody's interfered with it, | 7:02:46 | 7:02:50 | |
the guys have gone round and checked the stickers aren't broken, | 7:02:50 | 7:02:53 | |
so this should come out completely intact. | 7:02:53 | 7:02:57 | |
I'm here to watch as the experts | 7:02:59 | 7:03:01 | |
unpack this incredible piece of British history. | 7:03:01 | 7:03:05 | |
It is like a Russian doll. It came in a huge case. | 7:03:05 | 7:03:07 | |
We've taken off the outer crate, now we're in the inner crate! | 7:03:07 | 7:03:10 | |
By the time it comes out, | 7:03:10 | 7:03:12 | |
I'm worried it'll be the size of a postage stamp! | 7:03:12 | 7:03:15 | |
Finally open, it's time to check the condition of the paintwork. | 7:03:15 | 7:03:19 | |
Even the smallest dent or scratch will be a disaster. | 7:03:19 | 7:03:23 | |
-We noticed a little fly spot. -What's a fly spot? | 7:03:23 | 7:03:27 | |
Um, it's a fly poo, politely! | 7:03:27 | 7:03:29 | |
-So a fly's flown in and done its business? -Well... -Yes. | 7:03:29 | 7:03:33 | |
I love that this painting was created in 1752, | 7:03:33 | 7:03:36 | |
it's travelled across Europe, | 7:03:36 | 7:03:37 | |
and the one thing causing a problem is a tiny little fly! | 7:03:37 | 7:03:41 | |
Despite one fly in the ointment, it's still in great condition, | 7:03:42 | 7:03:47 | |
and it's brilliant to have it on home turf. | 7:03:47 | 7:03:49 | |
But Sunday's Diamond Jubilee pageant could blow the river party | 7:03:49 | 7:03:52 | |
of 1750 out of the water. | 7:03:52 | 7:03:54 | |
Barney's been to meet the crew on one of those thousand boats. | 7:03:54 | 7:03:58 | |
The Sea Cadets were established over 150 years ago | 7:04:00 | 7:04:02 | |
to encourage young people to develop their team skills | 7:04:02 | 7:04:05 | |
through nautical-based adventures. | 7:04:05 | 7:04:08 | |
This weekend, boats from 55 Sea Cadet units will escort | 7:04:10 | 7:04:13 | |
The Queen down the Thames, | 7:04:13 | 7:04:14 | |
and one of them will be captained by cadets from the Salford unit. | 7:04:14 | 7:04:18 | |
Jordan and Kyle are part of that crew. | 7:04:19 | 7:04:21 | |
Good to see you. Let's talk about Sunday, a big thing. Are you nervous? | 7:04:21 | 7:04:25 | |
-Very. -Definitely nervous. | 7:04:25 | 7:04:26 | |
What have you been doing to get ready? | 7:04:26 | 7:04:29 | |
Going down the canal, keeping distances, checking formations. | 7:04:29 | 7:04:32 | |
For this Sunday's pageant, all 55 Sea Cadet boats | 7:04:32 | 7:04:35 | |
will move into a diamond formation | 7:04:35 | 7:04:37 | |
to guide Her Royal Highness along the River Thames in style. | 7:04:37 | 7:04:41 | |
It's going to be quite a thing to see. | 7:04:41 | 7:04:43 | |
They won't have performed together before the event, | 7:04:45 | 7:04:48 | |
so I'm here to find out first hand how the crew | 7:04:48 | 7:04:51 | |
have been training to make sure the diamond looks, well, diamond. | 7:04:51 | 7:04:54 | |
You line the boat up where you want it to be, | 7:04:54 | 7:04:56 | |
and I'll just take over and we'll be good to go. | 7:04:56 | 7:04:59 | |
Instead of oars, the cadets are using their motor | 7:04:59 | 7:05:02 | |
to keep a steady speed and to ensure the diamond formation | 7:05:02 | 7:05:06 | |
is evenly spaced. | 7:05:06 | 7:05:08 | |
The boats need to keep exactly eight metres apart. | 7:05:08 | 7:05:11 | |
Am I at the right distance at the front? | 7:05:11 | 7:05:15 | |
The Salford Sea Cadets have been practising | 7:05:15 | 7:05:18 | |
with an eight metre-long rope | 7:05:18 | 7:05:20 | |
but on the day, they'll have to do it by eye. | 7:05:20 | 7:05:23 | |
-Back a bit! -Back a bit? How?! | 7:05:23 | 7:05:25 | |
Good job I'm not responsible for getting it perfect, | 7:05:25 | 7:05:28 | |
especially as the cadets will have to keep it up | 7:05:28 | 7:05:31 | |
for seven miles and 2.5 hours. | 7:05:31 | 7:05:33 | |
You get a sense when you're doing this of how much the boys | 7:05:33 | 7:05:36 | |
have got to concentrate on | 7:05:36 | 7:05:38 | |
because this is a big day. It's the Queen's Diamond Jubilee | 7:05:38 | 7:05:41 | |
and they've got to be in formation for a long part of that journey | 7:05:41 | 7:05:45 | |
down the Thames. | 7:05:45 | 7:05:46 | |
This is going to look amazing on Sunday! | 7:05:46 | 7:05:50 | |
While Barney experiences the easy life on one of the smaller boats, | 7:05:54 | 7:05:58 | |
I have come to see how much hard work goes into ensuring | 7:05:58 | 7:06:01 | |
that the Sea Cadets' biggest ship takes pride of place on the Thames. | 7:06:01 | 7:06:05 | |
It's choppy at sea, isn't it?! | 7:06:05 | 7:06:07 | |
This is the TS Royalist. | 7:06:12 | 7:06:14 | |
At nearly 30 metres long, she's one of the most famous | 7:06:14 | 7:06:17 | |
and fastest of the Sea Cadets' vessels. | 7:06:17 | 7:06:19 | |
It's so large, she won't be part of the moving boat parade this weekend. | 7:06:22 | 7:06:26 | |
She'll be one of the 40 ships moored on the banks of the Thames | 7:06:26 | 7:06:29 | |
as part of the spectacular avenue of sails for the Queen | 7:06:29 | 7:06:32 | |
to pass on her journey. | 7:06:32 | 7:06:34 | |
The Royalist is normally moored in Portsmouth, | 7:06:34 | 7:06:36 | |
which is on the south coast of England and a four day sail | 7:06:36 | 7:06:40 | |
away from the Thames. | 7:06:40 | 7:06:41 | |
To make sure she gets to the pageant on time, | 7:06:41 | 7:06:44 | |
her crew of Sea Cadets started work very early this morning. | 7:06:44 | 7:06:47 | |
Erica, Jack, a quick word. | 7:06:56 | 7:06:58 | |
I know you guys have been on this ship before, haven't you? | 7:06:58 | 7:07:01 | |
But today is a big day because you're going to set sail to London | 7:07:01 | 7:07:05 | |
so that this ship can be part of the pageant. | 7:07:05 | 7:07:07 | |
That must be a huge honour, Jack. | 7:07:07 | 7:07:09 | |
Yeah, it is. Definitely. My grandad was a cadet. | 7:07:09 | 7:07:12 | |
He is very pleased I am following in his footsteps. | 7:07:12 | 7:07:15 | |
Is there anything that could get in the way of you | 7:07:15 | 7:07:18 | |
-getting to London on time? -The weather conditions, mostly. | 7:07:18 | 7:07:21 | |
Have you had a look at the forecast? | 7:07:21 | 7:07:23 | |
It should be mostly sunny and hoping for winds. | 7:07:23 | 7:07:26 | |
At 9am it is time for the Royalist to set sail | 7:07:30 | 7:07:33 | |
and I'm going to help the crew on the first leg | 7:07:33 | 7:07:35 | |
of their four-day journey to the Thames. | 7:07:35 | 7:07:38 | |
From Portsmouth, the Royalist will travel east along the coast, | 7:07:38 | 7:07:42 | |
then north towards the mouth of the River Thames, | 7:07:42 | 7:07:45 | |
to her final destination, that is if everything goes to plan. | 7:07:45 | 7:07:49 | |
What else is going to effect your speed? | 7:07:49 | 7:07:53 | |
The tides, do they have an effect? | 7:07:53 | 7:07:55 | |
They can do because we have to dodge a lot of sandbanks on the way up | 7:07:55 | 7:07:59 | |
-along the south coast. -So you could run aground? | 7:07:59 | 7:08:02 | |
You could, yes. You have to be careful. | 7:08:02 | 7:08:05 | |
I'm sure this crew of cadets wouldn't let that happen. | 7:08:05 | 7:08:08 | |
Right now, I'm counting on their experience | 7:08:08 | 7:08:10 | |
because my first job as Sea Cadet Skelton | 7:08:10 | 7:08:13 | |
is to climb the 24-metre mast to the top to let the sails down. | 7:08:13 | 7:08:18 | |
Bit of a head rush! | 7:08:22 | 7:08:24 | |
If the Royalist is going to reach London in four days' time, | 7:08:24 | 7:08:27 | |
all 11 sails need to be used to their best advantage. | 7:08:27 | 7:08:30 | |
It is amazing up here, isn't it? | 7:08:32 | 7:08:34 | |
You can see for miles, can't you? | 7:08:34 | 7:08:37 | |
With the sales released, it's straight back down the mast. | 7:08:37 | 7:08:41 | |
It's a bit nerve-racking because it's so narrow. | 7:08:41 | 7:08:43 | |
My next duty is to help the crew pull the sails into place. | 7:08:43 | 7:08:47 | |
-Two six... -Heave! | 7:08:47 | 7:08:48 | |
THEY CHANT | 7:08:48 | 7:08:49 | |
"Two six heave" is a nautical term that helps the crew to pull | 7:08:52 | 7:08:56 | |
the ropes in time with each other. It doesn't make it any easier! | 7:08:56 | 7:09:00 | |
I think that worked. The sail's up! | 7:09:00 | 7:09:02 | |
So with the sails up, the TS Royalist is on course | 7:09:06 | 7:09:08 | |
to reach the Thames in plenty of time. | 7:09:08 | 7:09:10 | |
I am not going to be able to stay on board for her journey to London. | 7:09:10 | 7:09:15 | |
The Sea Cadets are going to drop me back on shore | 7:09:15 | 7:09:17 | |
before they continue along the coast towards the Thames. | 7:09:17 | 7:09:20 | |
But if you are watching the pageant on Sunday, | 7:09:20 | 7:09:22 | |
keep an eye out for the TS Royalist | 7:09:22 | 7:09:24 | |
and the Salford Sea Cadets. | 7:09:24 | 7:09:26 | |
They'll be taking part in this huge extravaganza, | 7:09:26 | 7:09:29 | |
alongside 1,000 other boats. | 7:09:29 | 7:09:30 | |
Back with our travelling throne, and worth finding out | 7:09:34 | 7:09:37 | |
what you love about living in the UK. | 7:09:37 | 7:09:40 | |
I love my country because there are so many nice people in it. | 7:09:40 | 7:09:43 | |
I like living in Great Britain | 7:09:43 | 7:09:45 | |
because I like going fast in my grandad's car. | 7:09:45 | 7:09:51 | |
I love living in Great Britain because you get to meet new friends. | 7:09:51 | 7:09:58 | |
I love living in Great Britain because you can eat your tea, | 7:09:58 | 7:10:01 | |
your fish and chips out of a newspaper. | 7:10:01 | 7:10:04 | |
As you can see, the Blue Peter Diamond Jubilee party | 7:10:12 | 7:10:15 | |
is in full swing. No party would be complete without these two. | 7:10:15 | 7:10:18 | |
Everybody, it's Ian and Kel. CHEERING | 7:10:18 | 7:10:22 | |
You are so welcome, people! You are so welcome! | 7:10:22 | 7:10:25 | |
What are you doing this weekend? | 7:10:25 | 7:10:27 | |
I'm not chatting you up, I'm just asking. | 7:10:27 | 7:10:30 | |
Chatting me up there! | 7:10:30 | 7:10:32 | |
I'm going to Brighton this weekend to hopefully enjoy some sunshine. | 7:10:32 | 7:10:35 | |
-Kel? -We are filming Friday Download | 7:10:35 | 7:10:37 | |
and will probably have a little party. | 7:10:37 | 7:10:40 | |
We've been asking, how are you celebrating the Diamond Jubilee? | 7:10:40 | 7:10:44 | |
Amethyst says, she is going to be celebrating in the Lake District | 7:10:44 | 7:10:47 | |
-for seven days. -Ian know where this is. | 7:10:47 | 7:10:49 | |
Pin it on. Joseph is going to be celebrating | 7:10:52 | 7:10:54 | |
with his nanna in West Yorkshire. | 7:10:54 | 7:10:56 | |
Which is here. Never eat Shredded Wheat - West! | 7:10:56 | 7:11:00 | |
Tanzanite is having a picnic with my cousins in west Wales. | 7:11:03 | 7:11:06 | |
West Wales on the map. | 7:11:06 | 7:11:08 | |
Wales is down here. Never eat Shredded Wheat! | 7:11:08 | 7:11:10 | |
Emily, who is in Liverpool, is having a big sleep over | 7:11:10 | 7:11:12 | |
and inviting all of her friends. | 7:11:12 | 7:11:15 | |
You know where Liverpool is. | 7:11:15 | 7:11:17 | |
-Liverpool! -That was awful! | 7:11:17 | 7:11:19 | |
Charlotte from Cardiff says, "I'm going to a street party | 7:11:19 | 7:11:22 | |
"and I'm going to chillax." | 7:11:22 | 7:11:24 | |
Great word that, isn't it? So that's Cardiff. | 7:11:24 | 7:11:26 | |
Did you take geography at school?! | 7:11:26 | 7:11:28 | |
John in Fife is going to have a big Jubilee party | 7:11:28 | 7:11:31 | |
and wishes we could all go! | 7:11:31 | 7:11:33 | |
That's nice! Love Fife. Lovely part of the world. | 7:11:33 | 7:11:36 | |
Lucy says she is going to a fete in my village. | 7:11:36 | 7:11:39 | |
Let's stick Stratford-upon-Avon on the map, please. | 7:11:39 | 7:11:42 | |
I think we need to correct that. | 7:11:42 | 7:11:45 | |
One of the biggest things happening this weekend is a massive concert, | 7:11:45 | 7:11:49 | |
taking place outside Buckingham Palace. | 7:11:49 | 7:11:52 | |
You can watch it on TV on Monday night, | 7:11:52 | 7:11:56 | |
7.30pm on BBC One. | 7:11:56 | 7:11:58 | |
Such a special event required a special organiser | 7:11:58 | 7:12:01 | |
and we sent Sara Cox along to get the inside story | 7:12:01 | 7:12:04 | |
from the man behind the concert of the decade. | 7:12:04 | 7:12:08 | |
He's in one of the biggest bands on the planet, | 7:12:10 | 7:12:12 | |
he's a judge on the X Factor | 7:12:12 | 7:12:14 | |
and he managed to persuade a group of celebs to climb Kilimanjaro. | 7:12:14 | 7:12:19 | |
So when the palace decided to throw a huge concert | 7:12:19 | 7:12:21 | |
for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, | 7:12:21 | 7:12:24 | |
who better to get on board and organise it than Mr Gary Barlow? | 7:12:24 | 7:12:27 | |
But even for a big star like Gary, putting on a Royal Concert | 7:12:27 | 7:12:30 | |
is a massive undertaking, especially as he's got a lot to live up to. | 7:12:30 | 7:12:34 | |
Back in 2002, the Queen hosted another mammoth musical festival | 7:12:35 | 7:12:40 | |
for her Golden Jubilee, | 7:12:40 | 7:12:42 | |
where huge stars like Sir Tom Jones from the Voice | 7:12:42 | 7:12:46 | |
and Britain's Got Talent judge Alesha Dixon took to the stage. | 7:12:46 | 7:12:49 | |
So the pressure is really on Gary to up the stakes this time around. | 7:12:49 | 7:12:53 | |
Seeing as the concert is being held outside the gates | 7:12:54 | 7:12:57 | |
of Buckingham Palace, | 7:12:57 | 7:12:58 | |
they've only let me inside to get the gossip off him. | 7:12:58 | 7:13:02 | |
I've been practising my curtsey, just in case I see the Queen! | 7:13:02 | 7:13:06 | |
Yeah, this is very nice, this will do. | 7:13:12 | 7:13:15 | |
This is where I'm going to chat to Gary in a minute. | 7:13:15 | 7:13:18 | |
Out there, on that balcony, is the place William and Kate kissed | 7:13:18 | 7:13:21 | |
on their wedding day. | 7:13:21 | 7:13:24 | |
Here we are. | 7:13:27 | 7:13:29 | |
-Look at this, eh! -How are you? | 7:13:29 | 7:13:31 | |
-Are you OK? -Lovely to see you. Come and sit down. -Nice to see you. | 7:13:31 | 7:13:36 | |
Well then, when you got the call from the Palace | 7:13:36 | 7:13:39 | |
asking you to take on such a huge event, how did you feel? | 7:13:39 | 7:13:42 | |
It was very exciting. | 7:13:42 | 7:13:44 | |
Was a bit of you thinking you can't do it? | 7:13:44 | 7:13:47 | |
I think there always is. | 7:13:47 | 7:13:48 | |
Having seen the Golden Jubilee and how successful that was, | 7:13:48 | 7:13:53 | |
I wanted to make it look different, and feel different | 7:13:53 | 7:13:55 | |
and make it like ten years more improved. | 7:13:55 | 7:13:59 | |
How are you going to do that? | 7:13:59 | 7:14:02 | |
What we have tried to do is span it over 60 years of music, | 7:14:02 | 7:14:07 | |
so we've got somebody from every decade. | 7:14:07 | 7:14:10 | |
In fact, superstars such as Beatles legend Paul McCartney, | 7:14:10 | 7:14:14 | |
pop diva Jessie J, | 7:14:14 | 7:14:16 | |
Brit winner Ed Shearan and top boy band JLS have all agreed to perform | 7:14:16 | 7:14:20 | |
at this momentous event. | 7:14:20 | 7:14:22 | |
How did you get them all to perform? | 7:14:22 | 7:14:26 | |
Did you have them in your phone? | 7:14:26 | 7:14:28 | |
I like the idea of you being like, "JLS..." | 7:14:28 | 7:14:32 | |
A few, a few, yeah. | 7:14:32 | 7:14:33 | |
I knew most of the artists before this concert. | 7:14:33 | 7:14:39 | |
Did anybody say no when you asked them? | 7:14:39 | 7:14:42 | |
No, everybody was so up for this whole show. | 7:14:42 | 7:14:47 | |
It just proves the love for the Queen that everybody | 7:14:47 | 7:14:50 | |
wanted to be part of her celebration. | 7:14:50 | 7:14:53 | |
With the all-star line-up secured, | 7:14:53 | 7:14:56 | |
our Gary knew he had to deliver on a world-class stage, | 7:14:56 | 7:14:59 | |
so the whole concert is being centred around | 7:14:59 | 7:15:01 | |
the historic Victoria Memorial Fountains. | 7:15:01 | 7:15:05 | |
The stage is almost a 360, which means we can have some acts | 7:15:05 | 7:15:08 | |
pointing to the West, some to the north | 7:15:08 | 7:15:11 | |
and some to the east. | 7:15:11 | 7:15:14 | |
So the exchange of putting bands on is a lot easier. | 7:15:14 | 7:15:16 | |
-Good luck with it, Gary! -Thank you very much. | 7:15:16 | 7:15:19 | |
I'm sure you don't need it. | 7:15:19 | 7:15:20 | |
I think we all need to pray for the weather | 7:15:20 | 7:15:24 | |
because what we don't want is rain. | 7:15:24 | 7:15:26 | |
We need sunshine, we need clear skies, | 7:15:28 | 7:15:31 | |
that would be beautiful. | 7:15:31 | 7:15:33 | |
With all the hard work going into that concert, | 7:15:33 | 7:15:36 | |
I think it's going to be a massive success. | 7:15:36 | 7:15:38 | |
All I need to do now is get myself some tickets. So just... | 7:15:38 | 7:15:42 | |
Hello, Gary Barlow? Yes, it's Sara, hi. | 7:15:44 | 7:15:47 | |
Sara Cox, I just spoke to you. | 7:15:47 | 7:15:50 | |
I'm after some tickets! No? Not even... | 7:15:50 | 7:15:54 | |
Well, just two, so I can bring my mum? | 7:15:54 | 7:15:56 | |
The final question we sent our travelling throne to answer is, | 7:15:58 | 7:16:01 | |
what are you looking forward to in 2012? | 7:16:01 | 7:16:04 | |
I'm looking forward to Euro 2012 because I'm an England fan. | 7:16:04 | 7:16:08 | |
This year we are looking forward to having a street party. | 7:16:11 | 7:16:15 | |
I am looking forward to the Queen's Jubilee this year. | 7:16:15 | 7:16:18 | |
This year I'm not looking forward to doing anything. | 7:16:18 | 7:16:22 | |
I'm looking forward to the Olympics, in particular, the BMX. | 7:16:22 | 7:16:25 | |
This year, I'm looking forward to actually becoming king. | 7:16:25 | 7:16:29 | |
I want a castle as well! | 7:16:29 | 7:16:31 | |
Every king has to have his own castle. | 7:16:38 | 7:16:41 | |
That's just the rules. | 7:16:41 | 7:16:43 | |
If you get a castle, you also get a crown. | 7:16:43 | 7:16:45 | |
We've got to go. We have enough time to tell you about next week. | 7:16:45 | 7:16:48 | |
Take a look. We will get the inside scoop on the Euro 2012 tournament | 7:16:48 | 7:16:52 | |
with BBC Sport's very own Jake Humphrey. He's a nice man. | 7:16:52 | 7:16:55 | |
You can find out what happens when we go on a bit of a road trip | 7:16:55 | 7:16:59 | |
to the two countries hosting the European championships. | 7:16:59 | 7:17:02 | |
I had to eat something not nice. | 7:17:02 | 7:17:04 | |
It was gross! And as you can see, I do a bit of dancing. | 7:17:04 | 7:17:07 | |
Join us live, 9 o'clock, on the CBBC Channel on Saturday morning. | 7:17:07 | 7:17:10 | |
We'll be in Belfast, when the Blue Peter Big Olympic Tour continues. | 7:17:10 | 7:17:13 | |
We've got a massive pop star on the show, so big, we can't tell you. | 7:17:13 | 7:17:16 | |
I've thrown your hat off the balcony. Sorry! That's it from us. | 7:17:16 | 7:17:19 | |
All that's left to say is - Happy Jubilee! | 7:17:19 | 7:17:23 |