Tomorrow is day 4 of 4

[micmak]

I have purposely avoided every minute of it. Even the news is all about the Jubilee. Roll on Wednesday when hopefully we can get the TV and News back to normal. I'm not anti-royal, just anti shoving it in my face all day and all night.

[naomi24]

I’m certainly not a cap-wringer, and until I watched the final half of last night’s superb concert, I’d only seen news reports. There’s enough gloom and doom around so if something like this brings people together in patriotic celebration of this much-maligned country of ours, I’m all for it. I like seeing people happy and I don't begrudge them having a good time.

[boxtops]

We've something to be proud of, our Queen and the way we do pageantry.

[naomi24]

Boxy, you're right. No country in the world does it as well as we do.

[tiggerblue10]

I've enjoyed the parts I've seen but thats only because I've been busy with other things. I managed to see most of last nights concert and I thought it was great.

[MarkRae]

> I can't work out what the fundamental difference is between an American's respect for the President and our respect for the Queen.

An elected head of state is chosen by the people, and any one of those people can aspire to become that head of state.

A hereditary monarch simply has to be born...

[Eve]

Each to their own, let those who enjoy it do and those who don't have, I'm sure, plenty of other ways to keep them occupied.

I think it's nice to have some good history, hear about celebration and such and get some community spirit going, let alone the hopeful boost to economy and tourism and people out spending - 4 day weekend for many, lifing the nation's mood and generating sales.

Like the Royal Wedding last year, I went and watched it on a local outdoor big screen and it was a fantastic occasion, people out enjoying themselves, spending and boosting the economy and just having something nice to celebrate over all the doom and gloom we are bombarded with most days.

[anneasquith]

well what an interesting debate, i admit to watching some of the festivities, why you may wonder ? to check out the outfits :)

[FredPuli43]

The outfits, anne? You women, honestly! I was judging the village dog show (yes, I know, it was all Jubilee glamour round these parts) with a woman judge. I couldn't work out which dogs she was referring to, because she kept giving the description of the outfit any woman handler was wearing, instead of saying the dog's number the woman was wearing . What ruddy use is that to a bloke? We don't know a peplum from a Pekinese.