The Queen marked her 84th official birthday on June 12, 2010 with a review of hundreds of soldiers in the annual Trooping the Colour. The parade included more than 1,400 soldiers in the traditional uniforms of the Household Cavalry, Royal Horse Artillery and Foot Guards. The Queen took the royal salute as she has done every year since 1952, with the exception of 1955. The ceremony, which marks the official birthday of British monarchs, was created so sovereigns whose birthdays fell in the winter months were able to enjoy a day of pageantry during fine summer weather. It always falls on a Saturday in June.
It sounds like a nice birthday celebration, but it sounds like the same thing happens every year. I do not know if that is true, but they could change a few thing in order to keep it really entertaining. I understand that sometimes a queen’s birthday is not celebrated on their actual birthday, because it falls in the winter month which would make it a less enjoyable day. I knew that we in the Netherlands do not always celebrate the Queen’s/king’s birthday on their actual birthday, but I thought that we were the only country that did this, I had no idea that the United Kingdom did this as well.
Link: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7148847.ece
Yes well I guess it would create a lot of confusion to change it every time we get a new ruler. Imagine if they did that back in the day when King Henry VIII was offing his wives every couple of years.
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