- Sean Coughlan
- Royal Affairs Correspondent, BBC News
4 hours ago
Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 96th birthday, Thursday, at Sandringham Palace.
Britain’s longest-reigning monarch flew by helicopter to the palace in Norfolk, where family and friends will follow.
She is expected to stay in a cottage within the palace annex, a place that her late husband, Prince Philip, loved.
On the occasion of her birthday, a picture of the Queen with two ponies was published FELL Reflects her permanent fondness for horses. The pictures were taken at Windsor Castle, where the Queen spends most of her time.
Al Mahran will participate in the next Royal Horse Show at Windsor Castle.
birthday wishes
Prince Harry said, during an interview with an American television station, that the Queen may reduce the importance of celebrating this event, adding, “After a certain age you get bored of birthdays.”
But the Queen will spend some time in Wood Farm WOOD FARM It is a hut described by cleaner Teresa Thompson as “a small and romantic place”, a place strongly associated with Prince Philip, who passed away more than a year ago.
picture released, Getty Images
Queen Elizabeth was born on Burton Street in London, which was removed in the 1930s
Earlier this year, the Queen was at Sandringham Palace to commemorate her accession to the throne in 1952.
Queen Elizabeth was born in 1926, far from the royal atmosphere, in a house in London on Bruton Street, where she initially lived with her parents, who later became King George V and Queen Elizabeth.
The Queen’s birthday wishes have been sent from Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer, and shots will be fired to mark the occasion.
The Queen has suffered from movement problems in recent months, which prevented her from attending a number of events, including the Easter mass.
The only public appearance this year, outside her home or via video, was during Prince Philip’s Thanksgiving service in Westminster.
The Queen’s 96th birthday coincides with another unprecedented event for a British queen, being the year in which she became the first queen to celebrate the platinum jubilee on the throne for 70 years.
Queen Victoria and George III, who lived to the age of 81, were the only monarchs to live to their 80s.
According to figures from the Office for National Statistics, the Queen is one of around 124,000 people aged 95 to 99 in the UK, with nearly three-quarters of those being women.
picture released, Mattel
And although April 21 is the day the Queen was born, it’s not her only birthday. The Queen also holds an official birthday celebration on the second Saturday in June.
The Queen’s official birthday is celebrated every year with a large military parade known as Trooping the Color. This year, the show will take place on Thursday, June 2, coinciding with the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
On this occasion, a number of souvenir items will be produced, including a Barbie doll with a redesigned Queen’s wedding crown and an ivory gown with a blue ribbon.