Happy 88th Birthday Your Majesty

Jimbuna · 04-21-14, 07:45 AM

~SALUTE~

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The Queen's 88th birthday is being marked across the UK with traditional gun salutes.

A 41-gun royal salute was fired in Green Park in London and a 62 gun-salute from the Tower of London.

In Scotland, gunners from 105th Regiment Royal Artillery have fired two 21-gun royal salutes at Edinburgh and Stirling Castles.

The monarch is spending the day privately at Windsor Castle.

The Queen was born on 21 April 1926 at the home of her mother's parents in Mayfair. However, her birthday is also celebrated officially each year in June at the Trooping the Colour service - which this year will take place on 14 June.

The gun salute at Green Park was carried out by the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery using 13-pounder World War One guns drawn by 71 horses.

Before the King's Troop arrived, the Band of the Honourable Artillery Company and Royal Yeomanry played celebratory music.

The salute at the Tower was completed by the Honourable Artillery Company.

Gunners from 105th Regiment Royal Artillery have fired two 21-gun royal salutes in Scotland; while in Wales, the salute was fired at Cardiff City Hall. The salute in Northern Ireland was due to be carried out at Hillsborough Castle in County Down.

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Royal Salutes

Gun salutes are fired as a sign of respect or welcome
The basic royal salute is 21 rounds, however Royal Parks add an extra 20
The Tower of London fires the standard 21, then another 20 because it is a royal palace and then another 21 for "the City of London"
A total of 124 guns are fired at the Tower whenever Trooping The Colour coincides with the Duke of Edinburgh's birthday on 10 June
Other countries which carry out 21-gun salutes for royalty include Canada, Denmark and Sweden

TarJak · 04-21-14, 07:46 AM

Awww bless!

Onya Maj.

STEED · 04-21-14, 07:48 AM

Jim sweetie pie the OBE and MBE are in the post.

Jimbuna · 04-21-14, 07:51 AM

u crank · 04-21-14, 07:53 AM

Her Majesty has been Canada's constitutional monarch for all but 2 years of my life. Happy birthday and many more.

God Save The Queen.

Aktungbby · 04-21-14, 11:07 AM

HRH E.R. II

Catfish · 04-21-14, 11:37 AM

Queen Elisabeth has been Queen for all the time i can think of,
so Happy Birthday from Hannover, and the former personal union

B.t.w.:
"The name Saxe-Coburg-Gotha came to the British Royal Family in 1840 with the marriage of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert, son of Ernst, Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha. Queen Victoria herself remained a member of the House of Hanover.
The only British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was King Edward VII, who reigned for nine years at the beginning of the modern age in the early years of the twentieth century.

King George V replaced the German-sounding title with that of Windsor during the First World War. The name Saxe-Coburg-Gotha survived in other European monarchies, including the current Belgian Royal Family and the former monarchies of Portugal and Bulgaria."

Wolferz · 04-21-14, 07:19 PM

Long live the Queen.

Alex · 04-22-14, 02:46 PM

Funny age for that queen.

Was thinking she was older, though.

AVGWarhawk · 04-22-14, 03:09 PM

88 is getting up there. She has seen quite a bit of history!

vienna · 04-22-14, 03:12 PM

Happy Birthday to Her Majesty!

(I hear she's a pretty nice girl, but she doesn't have a lot to say...)

<O>

Wolferz · 04-24-14, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by vienna

Happy Birthday to Her Majesty!

(I hear she's a pretty nice girl, but she doesn't have a lot to say...)

<O>

So, she just points to get what she wants?

Sailor Steve · 04-24-14, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by vienna

Happy Birthday to Her Majesty!

(I hear she's a pretty nice girl, but she doesn't have a lot to say...)

<O>

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Originally Posted by Wolferz

So, she just points to get what she wants?

Sometimes. But she changes from day to day.

Jimbuna · 04-24-14, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

88 is getting up there. She has seen quite a bit of history!

Yeah, a lot more than most monarchs alive today.

swamprat69er · 04-24-14, 07:41 PM

I swore allegiance to the Queen in 1964, nobody has ever released me from that swearing in ceremony, so she is still my queen.
Happy Birthday Q.E. II and many more.

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STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Jim sweetie pie the OBE and MBE are in the post. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

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u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,744 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Her Majesty has been Canada's constitutional monarch for all but 2 years of my life. Happy birthday and many more. God Save The Queen. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

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Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,981 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	happy birthday! HRH E.R. II __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

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TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Awww bless! Onya Maj.

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Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,765 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Queen Elisabeth has been Queen for all the time i can think of, so Happy Birthday from Hannover, and the former personal union B.t.w.: "The name Saxe-Coburg-Gotha came to the British Royal Family in 1840 with the marriage of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert, son of Ernst, Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha. Queen Victoria herself remained a member of the House of Hanover. The only British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was King Edward VII, who reigned for nine years at the beginning of the modern age in the early years of the twentieth century. King George V replaced the German-sounding title with that of Windsor during the First World War. The name Saxe-Coburg-Gotha survived in other European monarchies, including the current Belgian Royal Family and the former monarchies of Portugal and Bulgaria."

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Alex Dominant Wolf Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,143 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Funny age for that queen. Was thinking she was older, though. __________________

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	88 is getting up there. She has seen quite a bit of history! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,711 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Happy Birthday to Her Majesty! (I hear she's a pretty nice girl, but she doesn't have a lot to say...) <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

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swamprat69er Aceydeucy Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 1,889 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	I swore allegiance to the Queen in 1964, nobody has ever released me from that swearing in ceremony, so she is still my queen. Happy Birthday Q.E. II and many more. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That which does not kill us, makes us stronger. We the willing, led by the unsure, have done so much with so little, for so long, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.