LONDON (UK) – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, turns 95, days after her husband, Prince Philip passed away. However, there will be no public celebrations on the world’s oldest monarch’s birthday as the queen and the country mourns Philip’s death.
Elizabeth, who is also the world’s longest-reigning monarch, will be at the castle for her birthday, which traditionally passes off with little or no ceremony.
However this year, with the royals marking two weeks of mourning, it will pass off with even less public show: there will be no gun salutes at the Tower of London nor the capital’s Hyde park which usually occur on the queen’s birthday.
The queen also has an official birthday, which is usually celebrated with greater pomp on the second Saturday in June.
