Queen Elizabeth II's Actual Birthday April 21, 94 Years Old!

Hiya! I hope your week has not been too traumatic and that you have been social distancing and saving lives.

Amazing what things have been put on hold and cancelled, from the Premier League to Wimbledon to cannon salutes!

 

 April 21, 1926 Elizabeth was born to the Duke And Duchess of York... wo later became King George VI and Queen Elizabth when his elder brother Edward VIII abdicated to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson

 

 

Elizabeth was 11 when her father was crowned in 1937

And was became Queen in 1952 on the death of her father, and crowned in 1953 at Westminster Abbey 

Because of the coronavirus the Queen has cancelled, for the first time in her 68 year reign, the cannon salute giver Her Majesty for her birthday

Here is a link to a YouTube video of a previous birthday gun salute:

 https://images.app.goo.gl/otBLWqVPGQFDgbYN7

This is an original program or programme from the 1953 cotonation, including wonderful photos and a procession map as well as order of service in the Abbey

The first official photo of the Queen taken in 1952 by photographer Dorothy Wilder...

So... wishing Her Majesty Happy 94th Birthday!

 

June 8, 2019 Trooping the Colours For Her Majesty's Official Birthday

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...

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Happy birthday Ma'am!

 

Happy Easter and Happy Birthday Ma'am!

Wishing you all a blessed Easter Sunday!

And today, April 21st is also Queen Elizabeth II's 93rd actual birthday, although her official birthday is celebrated in June when the weather is usually more agreeable.

Elizabeth was born on April 21, 1926 to the Prince Albert, Duke of York (later known as King George VI), andElizabeth Bowes-Lyon.

She became Queen Elizabeth when her father died in 1952 and was crowned in 1953...

On the 9th of September 2015, Queen Elizabeth surpassed her great-great grandmother Queen Victoria as the longest reigning British monarch...

So wishing a Happy 93rd Birthday to Her Majesty... on of her recent photos with her Cambridge great grandchildren from 2018... love this!