'EastEnders' Steve McFadden to take part in Jubilee celebrations
Published Apr 26 2012, 10:29 BST | By Emma Dibdin
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According to The Sun, McFadden, who plays Phil Mitchell in the series, will join the historic river pageant for the Jubilee on board his boat Barbara.
The pageant is comprised of more than 1,000 vessels, and will work its way down the Thames from Battersea Bridge to Tower Bridge on June 3.
McFadden, a lifelong royalist, applied to take part alongside friends from lifeboat and lifeguard charity RNLI.
He said: "It's an absolute honour to be taking part in the pageant for the Diamond Jubilee. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and will be a moment in history that will always be remembered.
"I'm really looking forward to being out on the river with friends and family. To mark this historic moment will be extremely special."
McFadden recently signed up for a pantomime in Dartford.
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good on him.
love him xx.
April 26th 2012 at 6:15pm
Him? Queen's Jubilee flotilla? Is this the best we can do?
April 26th 2012 at 5:56pm
He called his boat Barbara!
April 26th 2012 at 4:46pm
Good on you steve. celebrating our great queens diamond jubilee. better that the olympics.
April 26th 2012 at 4:18pm
Nice to see people wanting to get involved with celebrating our gracious Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Going to be bigger than the Golden Jubilee I think, I hope so! Money should go into this more than the bleeding Olympics.
April 26th 2012 at 1:15pm