Saturday, 22 April 2017

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth celebrates 91st birthday

   Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, the world’s oldest and longest-reigning monarch, celebrated her 91st birthday in a usual low-key fashion today.

   Artillery gun salutes in London’s Hyde Park and at the Tower of London were fired to mark the occasion.
   Elizabeth was born on April 21, 1926 in Bruton Street in central London when Calvin Coolidge was U.S. President and Joseph Stalin had just taken control in the Soviet Union and became queen in 1952 at 25.
  Inspite of her age, she still regularly carries out official duties although she has cut back on the number of engagements in recent years, passing these onto other members of the Windsor family.
Polls show she remains very popular amongst Britons and royal aides say there is little prospect of her resigning.
   The queen has an official birthday in June which is publicly marked with a large parade of soldiers through central London, known as Trooping the Colour.

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