Queen Elizabeth II turns 86 today (21 April 2012) although she celebrates her official birthday on a Saturday in June with the annual Trooping the Colour. The Queen usually spends her actual birthday privately, but the occasion is marked publicly by gun salutes in central London at midday: a 41 gun salute in Hyde Park, a 21 gun salute in Windsor Great Park and a 62 gun salute at the Tower of London.
- Send a birthday message to the Queen.
- Learn more about why the Queen has two birthdays.
- Find out more about the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations
- Find out about other London calendar events.
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