Queen Elizabeth-II's birthday?, Everything you need to know
Queen Elizabeth-II's birthday?, Everything you need to know
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Queen Elizabeth II was born on April 21, 1926, however in the UK, she also had a birthday celebration on the second Saturday of June every year. One of the benefits of being at the top of the royal family tree is getting two birthdays. Additionally, the Queen's birthday was celebrated on a different day in each Commonwealth nation.

On the second Monday in June, most Australian states observed the holiday with a bank holiday. However, the Queen's birthday was typically observed in September or October in Western Australia, and beginning in 2016, it was observed in October in Queensland. The formal birthday of the king was observed in New Zealand on the first Monday in June. It was in May while I was in Canada.

Where was Queen Elizabeth born?: In 1926, Her Majesty was born in her maternal grandparents' London house, 17 Bruton Street in Mayfair. In honour of her mother, great-grandmother Queen Alexandra, and grandmother Queen Mary, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was given that name. The young princess' cousins were residing there with several servants in the 1921 Census, despite the fact that the structure no longer exists.

On May 29, 1926, a private service was held in the chapel at Buckingham Palace to christen the infant Princess Elizabeth. She wore a gown designed for Queen Victoria's oldest child's christening in 1841.
The future queen's godparents included her maternal grandfather Claude Bowes-Lyon, her aunts Princess Mary and Lady Elphinstone, and her paternal grandparents, King George V and Queen Mary, as well as Prince Arthur of Connaught, a descendant of Queen Victoria.

Why did the Queen have two birthdays?: King George II made the decision to double his birthday celebrations in 1748. He also instituted a summer celebration since he realised that his actual birthday, which falls in the autumn, was likely to have bad weather and interfere with outdoor celebrations. Since then, the British queen has had two formal birthdays.

During Queen Elizabeth II's reign, the monarch's official birthday festivities were only cancelled once.   A nationwide rail strike led to the Queen's proclamation of a state of emergency and the cancellation of the Trooping the Colour ceremony in 1955. The coronavirus epidemic in 2020 necessitated a more modest celebration.

The Queen has celebrated her birthday twice over the years, always accompanied by family members such Prince Philip, Prince Charles (now King Charles III), and Princess Diana.

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