England checked Queen Elizabeth II's 91st birthday on Friday with weapon salutes, as the ruler herself delighted in a family day and an outing to the races. The ruler, who claims and breeds racehorses, was spotted grinning comprehensively and visiting animatedly Friday with
racers and staff at Newbury Racecourse, not a long way from her Windsor Castle home.
She went by the racecourse with little girl Princess Anne and sat in the imperial box to watch her pure breed Maths Prize run; it completed fifth. There were likewise official festivals in London, where a troop of the Royal Horse Artillery rode stallion and-firearm carriages past Buckingham Palace before organizing a 41-weapon salute in Hyde Park at twelve.
Outside the castle, a band of watchmen in red tunics and bearskin caps played "Glad Birthday" amid the Changing of the Guard service. Also, at the hundreds of years old Tower of London, there was a moment salute with 62 firearms.
The ruler is Britain's most established and longest-ruling ruler, having progressed toward becoming ruler on Feb. 6, 1952. She is likewise the world's longest-prevailing living ruler since the demise of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej a year ago.
Elizabeth likewise has an official birthday, set apart in June — when the British climate is better — with the "Trooping the Color" military parade.
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