After time on 3 June touring Eton and Slough , Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh returned to London and the former at 1:00 pm launched the nationwide BBC Music Live Festival , in which more than 200 towns and cities across the United Kingdom publicly played the Beatles song " All You Need Is Love " . During the day , street parties were held around the country , and that evening , the Queen , the Duke , and other members of the immediate Royal Family , made themselves present at another concert on the grounds of Buckingham Palace ; this fête , called '' Party at the Palace '' , showcased achievements in pop music over the previous 50 years , with headlining acts including Paul McCartney , Eric Clapton , Cliff Richard , and Tony Bennett . '' Queen '' guitarist Brian May commenced the event by playing his arrangement of " God Save the Queen " from the roof of the palace , and Paul McCartney concluded the night with such numbers as " While My Guitar Gently Weeps " and " Hey Jude " , which were each performed before and after the Queen lit the National Beacon at the Victoria Memorial , the last in a string of 2,006 beacons to be lit in a chain throughout the world , echoing Queen Victoria 's own Golden Jubilee in 1887 . 12,000 guests were allowed into the concert , while an additional one million people thronged The Mall to watch and listen to the festivities on giant television screens and join in with the palace audience 's singing from outside the gates of Buckingham Palace , and a further 200 million watched the televised event around the world
Party at the Palace
Party at the Palace
Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II