The family-of-four ‘committed to the madness’ (Pictures: Kerry Powell/PA)

A mum, dad and two young sons found themselves on Virgin Atlantic’s Pride Flight on Friday and had the best time.

They were seated alongside dozens of drag queens who performed singalongs as the LGBT+ crew served refreshments on the journey from London to New York.

Kerry Powell, her husband Sean and their sons Calum, four, and Cody, one, joined in on the fun and Attitude Magazine shared a clip of the family at the centre of the action.

The queer publication wrote: ‘This unsuspecting family accidentally booked on to the Virgin Atlantic Pride Flight for their holiday – and they absolutely COMMITTED to the madness.’




The boys can be seen in the clip bouncing up and down in their seats as Lady Gaga’s Born This Way plays from the speakers.

This unsuspecting family accidentally booked on to the @VirginHolidays @VirginAtlantic #PrideFlight for their holiday – and they absolutely COMMITTED to the madness 😂🏳️‍🌈 pic.twitter.com/RyzE3smUiL — Attitude (@AttitudeMag) June 29, 2019

The mum, dad and two young sons posed for a snap with two drag queen at Heathrow Airport (Picture: Kerry Powell)

The once-in-a-life flight sold out in 24 hours (Picture: Kerry Powell)

Drag Queen Tess Tickle on the Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Holidays Pride Flight from London to New York (Picture: PA)

Tituss Burgess was also onboard (Picture: PA)

Kerry told DailyMail.com: ‘We booked the flight in September 2018. Virgin then phones us in October to inform us it had been chosen to be the Pride Flight.

‘They asked if we wanted to change flight which meant travelling on a different day which we couldn’t do, so we went ahead as planned.’

She said they had a ‘fantastic time’ as they celebrated with celebrity passengers including Ru Paul’s superstar Courtney Act, I’m a Celebrity winner Scarlett Moffatt, Strictly’s AJ Prichard and Netflix star Titus Burgess.

Kerry added: ‘It was brilliant, the kids enjoyed it and the eight hours flew by.’

Tickets for the plane sold out within 24 hours and many of the passengers were travelling from the UK to join Sunday’s World Pride parade in the Big Apple.

DJ Jodie Harsh delivered the tunes on the aircraft while passengers snacked on rainbow eclairs.

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Saara Aalto performed on the flight (Picture: PA)

Jodie Harsh performed a DJ set (Picture: PA)

Courtney Act also joined the celebrations (Picture: PA)

The one-of-a-kind flight was staffed by LGBT+ crew members demonstrating Virgin’s commitment to celebrating diversity in all its shapes and forms (Picture: PA)

The trip was organised to coincide with the international pride event, which is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising.

The flight had been adequately named VS69, to mark the year that the iconic riots took place.

Also onboard the special journey was Stonewall veteran and LGBT+ icon, Tree Sequoia, 80, who still works as a bartender in New York at the site of the 1969 demonstrations.

Mark Anderson, the Global LGBTQ+ Lead for Virgin Group, said that it was very important to mark the occasion.

He said: ‘At Virgin, we take our commitment to diversity and inclusion seriously. We also know how to put on a seriously fun party.

‘To mark this momentous anniversary in the history and future of LGBTQ+ rights, we wanted to do everything possible to give customers the Pride experience of a lifetime.’

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