--- title: "The UK Is Apparently Just Driving Around a Hologram of the Queen Now" description: "In a surreal display of absolutely unmatched energy, the Queen journeyed through through the streets of London via hologram." date: "2022-06-06" modified: "2022-06-06" authors: - name: "Maggie Harrison Dupré" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/mharrison" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/queen-elizabeth-jubilee-hologram" categories: - "Future Society" tags: - "celebrities" - "europe" - "hologram" - "the digest" --- # The UK Is Apparently Just Driving Around a Hologram of the Queen Now ![In a surreal display of absolutely unmatched energy, the Queen journeyed through through the streets of London via hologram.]() *LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 05: A hologram of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II during her coronation is projected in the Gold State Coach during the Platinum Pageant on The Mall on June 5, 2022 in London, England. The Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II is being celebrated from June 2 to June 5, 2022, in the UK and Commonwealth to mark the 70th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952. (Photo by Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images) \Image: Getty Images\* ## Crown Car It was a big weekend for the United Kingdom's Queen Elizabeth II, who marked her astonishing 70 years on the throne — the longest of any English monarch — with an [extremely British Platinum Jubilee]() celebration. Due to her advanced age, Her Majesty was unable to jubilate IRL amongst her adoring subjects. But in a surreal display of absolutely unmatched energy, the longtime ruler did journey through through the streets, sort of — via [hologram, beamed into a historic 260-year-old golden carriage](). Naturally. ## Queen Bee Drawn by eight royal horses, the "hologram" featured archival footage of a smiling young Queen during her 1953 coronation ceremony, riding to Buckingham Palace in the same [notoriously uncomfortable Queen-mobile](), which has been used for every coronation procession since its commissioner King George III first took it for a spin in 1762. As [*Gizmodo* pointed out](), it wasn't quite a hologram in the sense of a full 3D projection like in "Star Wars," although it was the same technique that [resurrected Tupac Shakur at Coachella]() back in 2012 and [seemingly the same]() trick used by Kanye West to gift his then-wife Kim [a birthday message from her late father]() in 2020. Regardless, such a public marriage of the old world and the new is fascinating, especially from an organization as traditional as the English monarchy. In any case, if the carriage ride is as unbearable as the Queen says it is, we don't blame her for sending a hologram instead. **More on holograms:** [*Man Married to Hologram Can't Talk to Wife Due to Software Glitch*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've reported extensively on the rise of AI as a cultural and business force shaping the media industry, and more broadly how those dynamics are changing how we all consume and share information and relate to one another. I'm also fascinated by public health policy and ethics, the role of emerging tech in politics and governance — and the powerful people and forces at those intersections — climate change, and the environment. My investigation on Sports Illustrated's use of AI-generated authors with fictional biographies won a 2024 Mirror Award for "Best Story on Media Coverage of Artificial Intelligence in Journalism and the Media" from Syracuse University's SI Newhouse School, I contributed to Niemen Lab's 2025 Predictions for Journalism series, and I've discussed my work for Futurism during appearances on NPR, CNN, the BBC, the CBC, and more. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I played Division I field hockey for the Minutewomen as a midfielder. Since then, I've lived in New Orleans, Louisiana and Manhattan, New York. I spend my free time running, reading, perusing archival fashion, and searching for the world’s best negroni. I also have a debonair tuxedo cat, Westley, who's named after "The Princess Bride." ### Author social links [Bluesky]()