Queen celebrates 93rd birthday
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have sent birthday wishes to the Queen as she turns 93.
This year, the 君主 ? who is 長，率いる of the Church of England ? sees her birthday 同時に起こる／一致する with 復活祭 Sunday, the most important day in the Christian calendar.
Harry and Meghan were の中で those wishing her 井戸／弁護士席, 令状ing on Instagram: “Happy Birthday Your Majesty, Ma’am, Granny. Wishing you the most wonderful day! Harry & Meghan.”
Elizabeth II, who has a strong 約束, usually celebrates 復活祭 at Windsor 城 by joining members of her family at a service in St George’s Chapel.
At Buckingham Palace, the 禁止（する）d of the Irish Guards will 成し遂げる a rendition of Happy Birthday in her honour on the forecourt as part of the Changing of the Guard 儀式.
April 21 ? the day the Queen was born ? is the first of the 君主’s two birthdays.
The Queen at the 復活祭 Mattins Service at St George´s Chapel, Windsor 城 in 2018 (Tolga Akmen/PA)
She also has an 公式の／役人 one on the second Sa turday in June each year, which is 祝う／追悼するd with the 軍隊／機動隊ing the Colour parade.
Gun salutes are also 解雇する／砲火／射撃d as a 示す of 尊敬（する）・点 to the Queen on her special day ? but never on a Sunday, so this year they will be 延期するd by one day.
The Queen and the 王室の family during the 軍隊／機動隊ing the Colour 祝賀s last year (Yui Mok/PA)
On Monday, the King’s 軍隊／機動隊 王室の Horse 大砲 will ride their horses and gun carriages past Buckingham Palace en 大勝する to Hyde Park to 行う／開催する／段階 a 41 Gun 王室の Salute at noon.
A 62-gun salute will also be 成し遂げるd by the Honourable 大砲 Company at the Tower of London at 1pm the same day.
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The Queen 伝統的に spends a month-long 住居 at Windsor 城, known as 復活祭 法廷，裁判所, each year.
Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was born at 2.40am on April 21 1926, the first child of the then Duke and Duchess of York, at 17 Bruton Street, the Mayfair home of her mother’s parents, the Earl and Countess of Strathmore.
The Duke and Duchess of York with their daughter Princess Elizabeth at her christening in 1926 (PA)
She was never 推定する／予想するd to be Queen when she was born, but the abdication of her uncle Edward VIII in 1936 put her father George VI on the 王位, and changed her 運命.
Queen Elizabeth and King George VI with Princess Elizabeth, who had not long become the heiress presumptive, and Princess Margaret in 1937 (PA)
Elizabeth II, who has been 君主 for more than 67 years, is 長，率いる of 明言する／公表する, the 武装した 軍隊s and the 連邦／共和国, and has been married to the Duke of Edinburgh for more than 71 years.
The Queen and Philip on board the Spirit of Chartwell during the Diamond Jubilee River 野外劇／豪華な行列 in 2012 (John Stillwell/PA)
She became Britain’s longest-統治するing 君主, passing her 広大な／多数の／重要な-広大な／多数の／重要な grandmother Queen Victoria’s 記録，記録的な／記録する, in September 2015.
With the death of 88-year-o ld King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand in 2016, the Queen now 持つ／拘留するs the 記録，記録的な／記録する for the world’s longest 統治するing living 君主.
