#19yearslater: JK Rowling celebrates the day Harry Potter’s son goes to Hogwarts
The Hogwarts Express leaves at 11am, so it's time to take a trip to Platform 9 3/4
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Remember when Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows came out and the epilogue seemed RIDICULOUSLY far in the future? Well, the future is now.
Today, 1st September 2017, is officially “nineteen years later”. Harry Potter’s kid Albus Severus is off to catch the Hogwarts Express and all the anxious parents of the wizarding world are gathered on Platform 9 3/4 to say goodbye to their magical kids on the first day of term. Harry, Ginny, Ron, Hermione, Draco – they’re all there.
Harry Potter author JK Rowling is certainly celebrating.
Today's the day Albus Severus Potter boards the Hogwarts Express at King's Cross for the first time #19yearslater ⚡️
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) September 1, 2017
Please, allow them some privacy. https://t.co/xaHh65Y2rD
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) September 1, 2017
1st September is a big moment in the Harry Potter universe. Albus Potter, Scorpius Malfoy and Rose Granger-Weasley all happen to be starting school in the same year group (what a coincidence!) and a new generation will take us back to Hogwarts: the timeline for The Cursed Child is about to begin.
It’s an emotional moment for a lot of fans.
I am absolutely not crying#19yearslater #BackToHogwarts pic.twitter.com/qyTQX9KvLb
— mar' (@giawrande) September 1, 2017
I can't believe it's today?? Scorpius and Albus and Rose start Hogwarts TODAY #19YearsLater #BackToHogwarts pic.twitter.com/02QvCxvMRT
— aimee (@horcruxhallcw) September 1, 2017
Are you ready? We're not.
— SnitchSeeker.com (@SnitchSeeker) August 31, 2017
The day has come. How surreal is this?
It is now officially #19yearslater , today, 1 September, 2017. pic.twitter.com/yEqlbyibb2
And if there’s anywhere to celebrate this momentous day, it’s Platform 9 3/4 at King’s Cross. Fans are already gathering, and it seems there are rumours that (whisper it) Rowling herself might apparate.
I've got the day off work so am going to sit in King's Cross at 11am and read the epilogue #19yearslater
— Mild Peril (@mildperil) September 1, 2017
I'm actually going to King's Cross Station! #19yearslater #backtohogwarts
— nina (@mgcohp) September 1, 2017
Same, James. Need to be up in 5 to get to King's Cross. It's finally here #19YearsLater https://t.co/AJpmh9QQkZ
— Callum Leslie (@PCKL) August 31, 2017
