During state visits , the monarch and the visiting head of state are escorted in a state carriage up The Mall and the street is decorated with Union Flags and the flags of the visiting head of state 's country . During the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II in 2002 , over one million people packed The Mall to watch the public displays and the appearance of the Royal Family on the palace balcony . These scenes were repeated in 2011 for the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton , and again in 2012 for the Queen 's Diamond Jubilee , and the Jubilee concert
Jubilee concert
Diamond Jubilee Concert
The Mall, London