GOVERNOR DECLARES ADDITIONAL HOLIDAY TO MARK JUBILEE

HE Governor Todd this morning has released that their will be an additional holiday in the Turks & Caicos Islands.

As part of the Turks and Caicos Islands celebrations of Her Majesty the Queens’s Diamond Jubilee, an additional public holiday has been declared by His Excellency Governor Ric Todd, it was announced today, 26^th March.

In order to allow people the maximum benefit of the holiday, the Governor is creating an extended weekend by bringing forward the Queen’s Birthday public holiday scheduled on Mon, 11 June to Mon, 4^h June, to sit alongside the new additional holiday to celebrate HRH Queen Elizabeth II’s 60^th anniversary of acceding to the throne on Tue, 5 June 2012.

These moves also have the additional benefit of allowing the people of the TCI to take part in Jubilee celebrations simultaneously with millions of people across the Commonwealth over the same weekend.

The annual Queen’s Birthday parade and medal ceremony will take place on 4^th June at the Parade Ground on Grand Turk. The Queen’s Golden Jubilee on 5^th June will be celebrated by the lighting of beacons on the beach at Grand Turk and Providenciales at sunset followed by music and dancing. More details on these events, their location and timings will be given in nearer to June.

“These celebrations prove are the perfect opportunity to remember just how much we have in common with the two billion citizens across the 54 countries of the Commonwealth, in particular our deep respect for Her Majesty The Queen, our head of state” said Governor Ric Todd. “I am always being told that Her Majesty’s Birthday celebrations are one of the highlights of the TCI year and now we have twice as many reasons to celebrate together.”