One of the paintings in the procession, titled “The Queen’s Favourites,” commissioned From Imagineer, an outdoor events company founded in the English city of the West Midlands.
Director Jane Hytch said the royal commission was a “total surprise,” but the paintings a “great honor. “
The parade, which will address more non-public facets of the 96-year-old Queen’s life, will pass through central London to Buckingham Palace on June 5.
“When we got the Queen’s favourites. . . did we realize what she likes outdoors from all her performances?” said artistic director Kathi Leahy.
Dogs and horses were the options.
In particular, Leahy focused on the Queen’s most prominent companion dogs, the short-legged, large-eared corgis.
A pack of 20 corgi puppets, fixed on wheels, will be the stars of the show. The main puppet is named Susan, after the first corgi that was given to Princess Elizabeth through her for her 18th birthday.
Everyone has their own expression. One, with brown eyebrows, nicknamed Groucho Marx.
To make the puppets as realistic as possible, each of the young runners was invited to rehearsals at the “Corgi Boot Camp” to “really look at their dogs and think about the character. “
“Are they naughty? Are they young? Are they old?” explained Leahy.
The parade also makes a special stand for horses, of the wonderful passions of the Queen.
He will give life to 10 of his most beloved companions: from Peggy, the Shetland pony given to him by his father, King George V, when he was 4 years old, to Burmese, the mare he rode several times in the annual “Trooping of The Colour”. ” ceremonies to commemorate his birthday.
Some of the horses are represented with gears, as a tribute to Coventry’s commercial past.
It is on the site of imagineer’s workshop that built the first British car in the late nineteenth century.
To celebrate the city’s legacy, a giant puppet Lady Godiva, created for the London 2012 Olympic Games, will also participate in the parade.
Tribute will be paid to the figure of the eleventh century who, according to legend, crossed the bare village on horseback to convince her husband, the Count of Mercia, to lower taxes.
The procession, which brings together 140 actors, will also talk about the annual swan count on the Thames. According to ancient tradition, all the swans of England belong to the crown.
Hytch noted that with global television watching the contest, “there will be a lot of adrenaline, a lot of excitement” for the Imagineer team.
“We’ve rehearsed and rehearsed, so I think we’re going to do a wonderful job. “