Children's Party at the Palace 2006

The Children's Party at the Palace was an public event organized by Peter Orton and David Johnstone, held at Buckingham Palace Garden in London, England on the 25 June 2006, in honour of Queen Elizabeth II, 80th Birthday. The event had an British children's literature theme and attended by children... Read More

The Children's Party at the Palace was an public event organized by Peter Orton and David Johnstone, held at Buckingham Palace Garden in London, England on the 25 June 2006, in honour of Queen Elizabeth II, 80th Birthday. The event had an British children's literature theme and attended by children and adults. For the occasion, the palace grounds were transformed into scenes from children's books The main attraction was the pantomime-style play called The Queen's Handbag, written by David Wood OBE and directed by Sir Trevor Nunn, which also starring an well known cast in the play: including Queen Elizabeth II and the cast of the Harry Potter films series, actor Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, actor Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley, actress Emma Watson as Hermione Granger and actor Matthew Lewis as Neville Longbottom, in the Harry Potter sequence of the play. Authors J. K. Rowling, Philip Pullman, Eric Hill and Raymond Briggs read from their books at the event. See Less