Born on 21 April 1926 at 17 Bruton Street in London, the first child of The Duke and Duchess of York, our Queen celebrates her 95th birthday today.
However, as the family are still in mourning, there will be no gun salutes at the Tower of London or Hyde Park which usually happens on this day. Neither will there be an official portrait of Her Majesty released.
The solitary image of our Queen attending her beloved husband’s funeral only 4 days ago touched us all. today, she will be remaining at Windsor Castle and have her family with her. Our best wishes go out to her.
The Queen’s second, ceremonial birthday celebration is marked on the second Saturday in June, which this year falls on the 12th June.
The ceremony of an official monarch’s birthday has been in place since 1748, during the reign of King George II. His birthday fell in November, with the inclement autumn weather hampering his desire to mark the occasion with a large-scale public celebration, he made the decision to combine his celebration with Trooping the Colour, an annual military parade in the summer. The Queen initially marked her “official” birthday on the second Thursday of June, the same day as her father, King George VI. However, she changed it to its current position in 1959 after seven years into her reign.
She ascended to the throne in 1952 at the age of 25yrs, and surpassed her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria as Britain’s longest-reigning monarch in September, 2015.
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