People who want to attend The Mall street party
during the Queen's 90th birthday weekend celebrations will have to fork
out £150 for a ticket.
The Queen's grandson Peter Phillips announced the ticket
price and more details about the Patron's Lunch event on 12 June he is
helping to organise, saying it will have a "carnival atmosphere".The 10,000 guests, the vast majority of whom will be representatives from the Queen's patronages, will enjoy hampers of food at tables set up in the famous thoroughfare, Mr Phillips said.
A carnival parade will make its way along the Mall entertaining revellers.
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will take to the stage to listen to speeches marking the occasion.
They will then be joined in a royal box by the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry, joint presidents of the event.
Mr Phillips is helping to put on the event in his role as director of Sports and Entertainment Ltd (SEL), an events agency which came up with the idea.
He stressed it was a not-for-profit event.
Mr Phillips said: "It's not exactly a cheap exercise.
"Fortunately our corporate partners have provided the funding for the majority of the costs."
Mr Phillips added: "This is a not-for-profit event. SEL is being paid a set fee basically to take this from sign-off from the palace through to delivery of the event."
The majority of the tickets have been allocated to hundreds of organisations and charities associated with the Queen.
They will be allowed to raise money with 40% of their tickets.
Next month a public ballot for a minimum of 1,000 tickets will open, with the winners able to buy them from the event's website.
A spokeswoman for the Patron's Lunch defended the ticket price: "The Patron's Lunch is a non-for-profit event, and whilst we have the generous support from our partners, it does not cover the full cost.
She added: "Whilst the cost of the ticket goes towards the cost of delivering the event, it also provides a genuine value to that ticket.
"This gives each organisation greater leverage and a unique platform to use the agreed 40% of their allocation to raise funds for their own charity."
Any surplus from the event will be allocated to a newly created Patron's Fund, which will be used to support initiatives and projects run by the Queen's charities.
The organisers also hope people around the country will be inspired to put on their own Patron's Lunches and raise money for projects in their area.
The event will be the culmination of a weekend of national events to mark the Queen's official birthday.
On Friday 10 June a service of thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral will be attended by the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh.
The next day the traditional Trooping the Colour ceremony, also known as the Queen's Birthday Parade, will take place in Horse Guards Parade, followed by the street party on the Sunday.
The carnival parade will make two laps of a circuit around St James's Park that includes the Mall.
Members of the public will be able to take part in the festivities at live sites in Green Park and St James's Park.