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The party ends but the UK monarchy looks to the future

Drones make shapes above the Platinum Jubilee concert taking place in front of Buckingham Palace, London, Saturday June 4, 2022, on the third of four days of celebrations to mark the Platinum Jubilee. The events over a long holiday weekend in the U.K. are meant to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's 70 years of service. (Dominic Lipinski/PA via AP) Crowds react as Britain's Queen Elizabeth II appears on the balcony of Buckingham Palace at the end of the Platinum Jubilee Pageant outside Buckingham Palace in London, Sunday June 5, 2022, on the last of four days of celebrations to mark the Platinum Jubilee. (AP Photo/David Cliff) Queen Elizabeth II stand on the balcony as people gather during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant outside the Buckingham Palace in London, Sunday, June 5, 2022, on the last of four days of celebrations to mark the Platinum Jubilee. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, Pool) From left, Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince George and Prince William appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant outside Buckingham Palace in London, Sunday June 5, 2022.  After four days of parades, street parties and a gala concert celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's 70 years on the throne, the Platinum Jubilee ended Sunday with the crowd outside Buckingham Palace singing "God Save the Queen." But as the tributes to the queen's lifetime of service begin to fade, Britain is left with the reality that the second Elizabethan age is coming to an end. (Jonathan Brady/Pool Photo via AP) Members of the public fill The Mall ahead of a flypast over Buckingham Palace, during the Trooping the Color in London, Thursday, June 2, 2022, on the first of four days of celebrations to mark the Platinum Jubilee. The events over a long holiday weekend in the U.K. are meant to celebrate the monarch's 70 years of service. (Paul Ellis/Pool Photo via AP) From left, Prince Charles, in his role as Colonel of the Welsh Guards, Prince William in his role as Colonel of the Irish Guards and Princess Anne in her role as Colonel of the Blues ride their horses along The Mall during the Trooping the Color ceremony at Horse Guards Parade in London, Wednesday, June 2, 2022, on the first of four days of celebrations to mark the Platinum Jubilee. (Jonathan Brady/Pool Photo via AP)
The party ends but the UK monarchy looks to the future