Find out why Her Majesty the Queen celebrates two different birthdays every year in April and June
April 21, 2022 - 10:26 BST Ainhoa Barcelona Everyone would love to celebrate two birthdays a year, but the privilege is exclusively reserved for the Queen. Her Majesty, who turned 96 on Thursday, celebrates it twice: her actual birth date on 21 April and her official birthday on the second Saturday of June at Trooping the Colour – but why?Historically, official celebrations to mark a sovereign's birthday have often been held on a day other than their actual birthday.
On her official birthday in June - which traditionally falls on the second Saturday of the month, although this year will be marked on Thursday 2 June due to the big Platinum Jubilee celebrations - Her Majesty is joined by various members of the royal family at the annual Trooping the Colour parade. The ceremony is steeped in tradition and involves a military parade and the chance for the Queen to inspect her personal troops, the Household Division, on Horse Guards Parade in London.
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