From corgi cafes to lavish parades, the final preparations are now underway in the U.K., for a days-long party to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee, marking the longest-reigning monarch's historic 70 years on the throne.

It all begins Thursday with the Queen's official birthday parade, with the royal family set to appear together on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.

It will all Culminate in a jubilee pageant involving 10,000 people on Sunday afternoon. Redmond Shannon looks at the pomp and pageantry that lies ahead in London, and why not everything's going to plan.

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