King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery fired the 41-gun royal
salute from Green Park in central London at midday, using six
13-pounder First World War guns drawn by 71 horses.
An hour later the Honourable Artillery Company fired a 62-gun
royal salute from Tower Wharf by the Tower of London.
The Queen spent the day privately at Windsor Castle, a
Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said.
Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was born at 2.40am on
April 21, 1926 – the first child of the then Duke and Duchess
of York – at 17 Bruton Street, the Mayfair home of her
mother’s parents, the Earl and Countess of Strathmore.
She is the great-great-grandchild of Queen Victoria, the last
female sovereign.
The Queen has two birthdays – her actual one on April 21 and
her official one in June, which is celebrated with the Trooping
the Colour parade.
A portrait of the Queen by renowned British photographer
David Bailey was released on Sunday ahead of her 88th
birthday.
The photograph of the monarch, smiling, was taken at
Buckingham Palace in March and commissioned on behalf of
the Government’s GREAT Britain campaign.
The Queen is wearing pearls and a dress by Angela Kelly, who
has served as personal assistant and senior dresser to her
since 2002.
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