The Coronation Coach flower display photograph was taken on 2nd June 2012, at the Royal Jubilee Flower Festival, held at All Saints Parish Church, Rothbury, to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth. The Gospel has been preached in Rothbury for 1,200 years. The Anglo-Saxons had a royal burgh here and an Anglian cross indicates that there was a church here in those days. Viking and Norman invasions, plus the Reformation and Cromwell’s Commonwealth destroyed many churches in the area. The Coquet valley was once one of the most violent parts of England. Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd June 2022 saw an extended Bank Holiday and weekend break to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, the first British monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee. The Queen acceded to the throne on 6th February 1952 on the death of her father George VI, who died from a coronary thrombosis, aged 56. Her Coronation was on 2nd June 1953 when she was aged just 27.