Puppets for Queen's special day - 3rd June 2022

Dogs and horses are getting ready for the Queen's Jubilee parade. Queen Elizabeth II's now been the Queen for 70 years. The London parade will celebrate this achievement.

Part of the show's about her favourite things, and the Queen's a big animal lover. These dogs and horses were designed by the company 'Imagineer'.

Kathi Leahy: "We thought about what does she love? And outside of all her duties and, because she's virtually on duty most of the, all the, all the time. And it's, it's equine and canine. And so, they're her first loves - her dogs and her horses. We've got 10 horses, and the horses range from the Queen's first hobby horse - the first, the pony that she learned to ride on. So we've got Peggy. We've then got some racehorses that have specific significance to the Queen, such as Sanction, which is the next one along here."

The Queen's famous for her love of corgi dogs. Her first corgi was from her parents on her 18th birthday.

Kathi Leahy: "Some of them have tails that are up in the air. Some of them have very expressive faces - tongues out, tongues in."

England's swans are owned by the Queen. So a lot of people will dress as the huge white birds for the parade.

Trudy Rees-Marklew is head designer, an important role in this part of the parade. She's designed the amazing clothes and displays.

Trudy Rees-Marklew: "The challenge was to bring the humour into the design, and to bring some fun and laughter on the day."

Lady Godiva, a woman from 1000 years ago, will also join the parade. There'll also be a much smaller model of a boat, 'Bluebottle'. This was given to the Queen and her husband as a wedding present.

Imagineer's head really hopes Queen Elizabeth will enjoy the day.

Jane Hytch: "But I hope that, I just hope she just smiles at the, particularly at the corgis and notices that innovation in our, our section. You know, with Godiva and all the engineering and stuff."