TopWorld

Eight new UK cities created for Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Eight new cities are being created for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, with at least one in every UK nation – and on the Falkland Islands and Isle of Man, the BBC reports.

Milton Keynes in England, Dunfermline in Scotland, Bangor in Northern Ireland and Wrexham in Wales all get the title.

It is a first for places in an Overseas Territory – Stanley, in the Falklands – and a crown dependency – Douglas, in the Isle of Man – to win city status.

Colchester and Doncaster complete the list getting the royal honour.

Applicants had to show their cultural heritage and royal links.

The Platinum Jubilee civic honours competition also required places to show how their local identity and communities meant they deserved to be granted city status.

Show More
Back to top button