The BBC has apparently been snubbed as the official broadcaster for the Queen’s 90th birthday celebrations next year.
A spectacular pageant involving more than 600 horses and 1,200 people at Windsor Castle will be broadcast live by ITV instead.
Launching the event yesterday, its producer and director Simon Books-Ward, described the occasion next May as a ‘birthday party to remember’.
He said: ‘This will be a spectacular set piece national event to celebrate a truly remarkable life.’
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