Queen Elizabeth's official birthday, is a moveable date in June as opposed to her actual birthday on April 21st... not always known for good weather...
So the nation celebrates Her Majesty's birthday in June...
this year today, June 8th, for her 93 official birthday...
There is first a carriage procession down the Mall... always packed with folks wanting to glimpse members of the royal family...
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Duchess of Cambridge and Duchess of Cornwall....
with other members of the family riding horseback....
Prince Charles, Prince William, Prince Andrew and Anne, Princess Royal...
to St. James for a review of the troops...
Queen Elizabeth used to do the review on horseback...here on her favorite horse Burmese in 1970... and depending on the temperature a guardsman usually goes down.
My husband was in the Coldstream Guards, and remembers several of these incidents... one guardsman went down beside him once, but just after the Queen had passed by...
Then it's back to Buckingham Palace for the balcony appearance...this year with Prince Louis and Meghan on a rare maternity leave appearance for the festivities...
aerial passby... and a lovely time had by all!
Trooping the Colour was used as a motif for the coronation in 1953 of Her Majesty....
And her Majesty Trooping The Colour on Burmese was the subject of a commemorative coin struck for the Silver Jubilee in 1977 as well...
and
Happy birthday Ma'am!
1 comment:
What a gorgeous day for Her Majesty's celebration! Nice to see all the family.
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