How Old Is The Queen And Why Does She Have Two Birthdays?

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How old is the Queen and why does she have two birthdays?

As Queen Elizabeth II celebrates a milestone birthday, this explains why she has not one but two birthdays

CommentsNewsVictoria Jones13:46, 20 Apr 2016Updated 09:27, 09 Jun 2018
Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II

The Queen celebrates her official birthday with the Trooping the Colour parade.

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The annual event sees more than 1,000 soldiers taking part in the traditional display of pomp and pageantry.

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The Queen was born in 1926 and her actual birthday is on April 21. This year she turned 92.

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She is already Britain's longest reigning monarch, and when she turned 90 she becomes the country's first nonagenarian sovereign.

A nonagenarian sovereign is somebody who is between 90 and 99 years old.

Why does the Queen have two birthdays?

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The Queen celebrates her actual birthday on April 21 and her official birthday, which is usually on the second Saturday in June.

The reason that the Sovereigns has more than one birthday is really down to weather.

The birthday parade, or Trooping the Colour, takes place on the Sovereigns' birthday and better weather is likely in the summer, of course.

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Queen Elizabeth II on her 80th birthday

Queen Elizabeth II on her 80th birthday

For example, King Edward VII's birthday was on November 9 but it was marked officially in May or June when there was a greater likelihood of good weather.

On her actual birthday, the Queen usually marks the occasion privately but there are gun salutes in central London at 12 noon.

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