Last year’s Carnival King Pic: Kenneth Blackburn

Preston Flag Market is to be transformed into a celebration of Caribbean colour and sounds during Saturday.

Carnival King and Queen competition as part of Preston Carnival runs during the day.

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More than 15,000 people line the streets of the city each year for the Carnival, which takes place on Sunday 21 June, and this is a taster of the costumes to come.

The king and queen for the Carnival will be crowned from 12.30pm on Saturday as each band involved in the event put forward one man and one woman to showcase their costumes.

Last year’s Carnival Queen

Last year the winning costumes were a dramatic cobra that was crowned King and a magnificent dragon who won the Queen.

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