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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Sun Apr 21, 2019, 10:58 AM Apr 2019

Happy birthday: Queen Elizabeth II turns 93 on Easter Sunday

Queen Elizabeth II is celebrating her 93rd birthday, which this year coincides with Easter Sunday.

The queen is marking Easter by attending a service with other senior royals at St. George’s Chapel on the grounds of Windsor Castle, west of London. She was joined by Prince William and his wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince Harry, whose wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, is expecting their first child in the coming weeks and did not attend.

Harry and Meghan did post a birthday greeting for the queen on their Instagram page: “Happy Birthday Your Majesty, Ma’am, Granny. Wishing you the most wonderful day! Harry & Meghan.”

Sunday is the first of two birthday celebrations each year for the queen. She marks her official birthday in June with the Trooping the Color parade. The two-birthday tradition dates back more than 250 years, when it was instituted by King George II.

Elizabeth is the longest-reigning monarch in British history. She still maintains an active schedule, although she does not travel as often as she used to. Her 97-year-old husband, Prince Philip, has retired from public duties and did not attend the service.

https://www.apnews.com/c5c87706df4a4807a4a94d231e684926

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Happy birthday: Queen Elizabeth II turns 93 on Easter Sunday (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Apr 2019 OP
Happy Birthday Your Majesty! cwydro Apr 2019 #1
Think Tim Ryan sent Queen an email telling her she needs to resign? delisen Apr 2019 #2
She looks amazing Polybius Apr 2019 #3
Saw this earlier - and she, as always, gracious. akraven Apr 2019 #4
Happy Birthday! appalachiablue Apr 2019 #5
Study pictures of her and Harry side by side. Blue_true Apr 2019 #6
Even more, google some early pics of Prince Phillip when HE had a beard as a young man. cwydro Apr 2019 #7
 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
1. Happy Birthday Your Majesty!
Sun Apr 21, 2019, 11:09 AM
Apr 2019

And many more!

My mother would have been the same age in June, but died at 90. I miss her.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
6. Study pictures of her and Harry side by side.
Sun Apr 21, 2019, 11:22 PM
Apr 2019

If you shave off his beard, he is a dead ringer for her. Look at their noses and how they smile, the very same.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
7. Even more, google some early pics of Prince Phillip when HE had a beard as a young man.
Sun Apr 21, 2019, 11:26 PM
Apr 2019

They look like twins.

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