A "THUNDERCLAP" of noise will ring out from churches and cathedrals as they ring their bells to celebrate the anniversary of VE Day.
The coastguard and the Port of London Authority are also being asked to make their own noise to replicate the thunderous sounds of celebration 70 years ago.
The event at 11am today is one of a number of festivities taking place across the UK as the country marks the victory over Nazi Germany in 1945.
Three days of commemorations began yesterday with a service of remembrance at the Cenotaph in Whitehall to pay tribute to the millions who lost their lives in the six-year conflict.
More than 100 veterans attended as the Duke of York, representing the Queen, joins politicians and military leaders to lay wreaths.
At 3pm - the moment Prime Minister Winston Churchill broadcast the news of the German surrender to the nation - artillery guns rang out at the Tower of London and Wellington Barracks Parade Square, starting a national two-minute silence.
Events were also held across Scotland, including a party at Renfrew's Victory Baths, while the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Donald Wilson, joined residents of the Erskine Edinburgh Home for their 70th anniversary VE Day celebrations.
And last night a chain of up to 250 beacons was lit across the UK as "flames of peace", stretching from the Tower of London to Blackpool Tower and the community of Unst, the most northerly populated island in the British Isles, as well as to Britain's Overseas Territories.
The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, lit the first beacon at the top of the Long Walk at Windsor Castle at 9.30pm.
Aberdeen's beacon on Broad Hill was lit by Professor Sir Ian Diamond, a Deputy Lieutenant of Aberdeen, which will join hundreds of other beacons being lit across the country.
The Lord Provost of Aberdeen George Adam said: "For most of us it is difficult to imagine what it would have been like to be in wartime Britain.
"However, a great many folk will still remember that feeling of overwhelming joy at the news that the war was finally over in Europe.
"I hope that the people of Aberdeen will take the opportunity to mark the 70th anniversary of VE Day with a mixture of thanksgiving and remembrance."
On each night of the festivities, the Houses of Parliament, St Paul's Cathedral and Trafalgar Square are being lit with V-shaped lights, mirroring the floodlights that bathed the buildings following victory 70 years ago.
DJ Chris Evans will host a Royal British Legion concert at Horse Guards Parade in London tonight, with the 1940s-themed "Party to Remember" will see performances from stars including Alfie Boe, Pixie Lott, Staus Quo, Katherine Jenkins and Dad's Army star Ian Lavender.
On Sunday, around 1,000 veterans and their families will join members of the Royal Family, politicians, members of the Armed Forces and representatives of the Allied nations and Commonwealth countries that fought alongside Britain for a service of thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey.
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