On Monday morning, army personnel throughout the UK honored the 76th birthday of Queen Camilla for the primary time in the course of the reign of husband, King Charles III. In London, the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery fired a 41-gun salute at midday, and members of the Honourable Artillery Firm fired a 62-gun Royal Salute on Tower Wharf at 1:00 pm. Throughout the Altering of the Guard at Buckingham Palace, the Irish Guard’s band performed “Joyful Birthday.” Additional celebratory gun salutes have been fired in Edinburgh, York, Hillsborough, Cardiff, and London.
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Westminster Abbey additionally rang its bells in honor of the queen. It’s the primary time the bells have rung for Camilla’s birthday since 2019. In 2020, a coverage change meant that solely the late Queen Elizabeth II and Charles acquired birthday honors from the Abbey. In 2023, the coverage modified once more and each Princess Kate and Prince William have been honored.
Different celebrations of the queen’s birthday befell on-line. The Royal Household social media accounts shared pictures of Camilla throughout varied occasions this summer time. Prince William and Princess Kate wished Camilla “a really completely happy birthday,” together with a cake emoji and a photograph of her majesty taking in a tennis match at Wimbledon final week.
Although the king and queen didn’t undertake any public engagements on her birthday, the pair reportedly have extra official duties on the calendar for this week earlier than they head to Balmoral Property to spend the remainder of the summer time. For the final 20 years, Charles and Camilla have lived within the smaller Birkhall home after they journey to the property in Northern Scotland, however earlier this month, sources instructed Self-importance Honest that the couple was planning to maneuver into the bigger citadel to host family and visitors all through their keep this yr.
“The king is eager to comply with in his mom’s footsteps by taking on residence at Balmoral,” one supply mentioned. “That was Queen Elizabeth’s favourite dwelling and the place she liked entertaining each summer time. Charles and Camilla are getting ready for a busy summer time with a lot of visits from household.”
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