Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, the full name of the Queen of Britain, was born in 1926 in London and received a special education at home, and her father, George VI, assumed the British throne after his brother Edward VIII abdicated him in 1936, to be the future heir to the throne, succeeding her father.
Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne of Britain after the health condition of her father, King George VI, deteriorated during 1951, and from here she began to appear frequently in his place at public events, until he died of lung cancer in 1952, and she was officially crowned in 1953, becoming Queen of Great Britain.
Why two celebrations?
• The royal tradition of celebrating the king’s birthday twice a year was started in 1748 by the Queen’s distant relative, King George II.
• King George II wished to hold a public celebration with a grand parade to celebrate his birthday.
• Because he was born in November, the odds of the weather that could withstand a huge outdoor party in the UK are very slim.
• King George II decided to use the annual military parade of the United Kingdom (Armed Forces Day or former Veterans Day), which takes place in the summer on the last Saturday of June, as an official celebration of his birthday.
• Since that time, he celebrates his birthday twice, once for the public in the summer and once in particular in November.
• This tradition continued after him, as Queen Elizabeth II celebrates in April, and with a public official event in June.
An official tradition of more than 200 years
Professor of political sociology, Said Sadiq, said that Queen Elizabeth, like everyone who came after King George II, for more than 200 years has become an official tradition in the country, to combine the celebration of the British monarch’s birthday with “Troooping the Color”, which is An annual military parade in the summer.
Sadiq added to “Sky News Arabia”: “After 7 years of her reign, Queen Elizabeth changed the date of the ceremony from the last Saturday of June to the second Saturday of the same month, and despite that, the celebration is held on its original date officially as well, where a 41-gun salute is fired in Hyde Park. 21 salutes in Windsor Great Park and 62 salutes in the Tower of London.
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