Workers will get an extra bank holiday in 2012 to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee that year, business secretary Lord Mandelson has announced.

The extra day off will come on Tuesday 5 June 2012 to celebrate the jubilee, and Mandelson said the late May bank holiday will also be moved to Monday 4 June to create a long weekend.

He said: “I know the entire country will want to pay their tributes to Her Majesty and to look back with pride and great affection at the many things she has achieved during her reign.

“This special Diamond Jubilee weekend will also be an opportunity to reflect on the incredible changes that have taken place during that time, both at home and around the world.”

A programme of events for the Jubilee Weekend in June will be organised by Buckingham Palace. Further details will be announced nearer the time.

The Queen celebrated her Silver Jubilee in 1977 and her Golden Jubilee in 2002. The only other British monarch to celebrate a Diamond Jubilee was Queen Victoria in 1897.

Source People Management