LONDON (Reuters) – More than a million individuals flocked to central London on Saturday for a record-breaking Fiftieth-anniversary Pride parade.
The three-hour-long parade, headed by veterans of the LGBT motion who took half in Britain’s first Pride march, retraced a part of the unique route of 1972. Organisers stated there had been 30,000 contributors,
The first Pride had seen a few hundred marchers met by a heavy uniformed police presence, however this time revellers sporting face paint and waving rainbow flags have been cheered on by a document crowd that, in accordance with London Mayor Sadiq Khan, numbered over a million.
Celebrities and politicians together with Labour opposition chief Keir Starmer joined the occasion.
“Fiftieth anniversary and what, in my heavens, what a milestone! What a distinction in society between then and now,” stated John Clark, a council employee who watched the parade from the sidelines.
(Writing by Andy Bruce; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
