Queen Elizabeth II, the dean of the still-incumbent kings of the world, celebrated her 96th birthday on Thursday out of sight, as artillery was fired in London, and a military band played the song “Happy Birthday” for the occasion.
The Queen has greatly reduced her public activities in recent months due to health problems that hamper her ability to move.
After she celebrated in February the seventieth anniversary of her accession to the throne, the Queen chose to celebrate her birthday in a quiet atmosphere at the Royal House of Sandringham, two hundred kilometers north of London, which has become her main residence since the stone period during the “Covid-19” pandemic.
Queen Elizabeth II will spend a few days at the relatively modest Wood Farm, which was favored by her husband Philip, who died last year at the age of 99.
But hundreds of people gathered outside Windsor Palace, west of London; Where the Queen usually resides. A military band in a red dress and a black bear hat played the song “Happy Birthday”, and dozens of artillery rounds were fired for the occasion, especially in Hyde Park; Where another band played.
Buckingham Palace also published a photo taken last month of the Queen in a dark green coat next to two white elephant ponies, native to northern England, in Windsor Gardens.
A “Barbie” doll in the form of a queen, dressed in ivory and adorned with a blue scarf, was also offered for sale in the market.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson paid tribute to the Queen, writing on Twitter: “70 years of boundless dedication.”
Her grandson William and his wife Kate described the Queen as “an inspiration to many people in the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth and the world”.
The first months of the “Platinum Jubilee”, which will witness celebrations awaited for four days in early June, were not easy for the Queen, between her health problems and accusations of sexual assault once morest her son Andrew before reaching a financial settlement with the plaintiff, in addition to questions regarding the future of the monarchy. The Commonwealth.
