Conceived and directed by David Zolkwer with Pageant Master, Adrian Evans, it featured over 10,000 people from across the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth and combined street arts, music, puppets, carnival and costume to celebrate the Queen's reign, as well as honouring the collective service of people and communities across the United Kingdom.

[5] All the vehicles prepared to depart Horse Guards Parade at 14:00 and would go towards Whitehall, where dancers would merge in pre designated areas in front of the buses in the era they represented.

[5] Open-top double-decker buses were used to represent different decades of the Queen's reign, with TV personalities, musicians, chefs, sportspeople, designers, and artists taking part in the procession.

[18] Chris McCausland, Sir Mo Farah, Sally Gunnell, Dame Kelly Holmes and Gok Wan appeared on the 2000s bus.

[18] Another bus featured children's TV and video game characters, including the Teletubbies, Peter Rabbit and Pac-Man.

[18] Highlights from the act included a dancer interacting with The Hatchling, a 21 feet (6.4 m) dragon puppet,[19] depictions of the Queen's Beasts that were also a part of her coronation, Asian/Bollywood wedding dances, the coronation scenes recreated with an Afro-Caribbean style, a mighty oak and maypole whose ribbons formed a picture of the Queen, depiction of past jubilees and royal weddings via dance, paper and with butterflies representing different faiths, the River of Hope flags featuring artworks by children, jazz music and sousaphones, a 20 feet (6.1 m) puppet of Godiva, and a mobile circus.

[20] The fourth act, Happy and Glorious, featured a performance of "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran as a tribute to the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.