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Graphic zeigt eine Seite im Tabloid-Stil mit wichtigen Ereignissen Während Leben und Regierungszeit von Königin Elizabeth II.
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Queen Elizabeth II Chronik

By Duncan Mil

April 21, 2021 - Queen elizabeth begeht ihren 95. Geburtstag am 21. April, aber die offizielle feierliche Militärparade, Trooping the Colour, wird immer erstim Juni abgehalten. Die zwei-Monate Verschiebung ist auf das üblicherweise schlechte Wetter im April zurückzuführen.

The April celebration is usually a private family affair, marked by a midday gun salute. Forty-one guns fire in Hyde Park in London, 21 in Windsor Great Park in Windsor, and 62 at the Tower of London.

For the first time in her 69-year reign, the gun salutes did not occur in 2020 due to coronavirus restrictions.

This year’s birthday falls just weeks after the death of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Queen’s husband of 73 years.

Queen Elizabeth II is also head of state of 15 out of the 53 countries in the Commonwealth. These include Australia, Canada and New Zealand, and several island nations in the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean.

The official commemorations usually occur on the second Saturday in June, with Trooping the Colour and a fly-past by the Royal Air Force over Buckingham Palace.

Trooping the Colour has marked the official birthday of the British Sovereign for over 260 years.

Buckingham Palace has cancelled this year's event for the second year in a row due to the pandemic. It’s likely that a scaled-down, more socially distanced event will be held at Windsor Castle.

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PUBLISHED: 19/04/2021; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Associated Press, Getty Images, NASA
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