Tag: 90th birthday of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II

• Tuesday, January 31st 2017 - 20:31 UTC

  Sapphire Jubilee for Queen Elizabeth II on February

  

  Queen Elizabeth II is to make history when she becomes the first British monarch to reach their Sapphire Jubilee. On February 6, the anniversary of the day she was crowned the Queen will have reigned for 65 years. But there are no grand festivities planned to mark the head-of-state’s new milestone.

• Tuesday, September 27th 2016 - 06:15 UTC

  Falklands issue gold and silver tribute coins on Queen Elizabeth II 90th birthday

  

  The Falkland Islands have issued a colorful tribute to the territory’s head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, on the occasion of her 90th birthday; she is the first monarch of the British Isles to achieve this milestone.

• Friday, April 29th 2016 - 18:09 UTC

  UK embassy in Montevideo celebrates the Queen's birthday and Shakespeare 400th anniversary

  

  The UK embassy in Montevideo celebrated the 90th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth at ambassador Ben Lyster-Binns residence on Thursday 28 with the attendance of 500 guests including Uruguayan government officials, lawmakers, diplomats, media and members of the British community in Uruguay.

• Saturday, April 23rd 2016 - 07:33 UTC

  As your friend, let me say that the EU makes Britain even greater

  

  By Barack Obama, President of the United States - In 1939, President Franklin D Roosevelt offered a toast to King George VI in the White House. “I am persuaded that the greatest single contribution our two countries have been enabled to make to civilisation, and to the welfare of peoples throughout the world,” he said, “is the example we have jointly set by our manner of conducting relations between our two nations.”

• Friday, April 22nd 2016 - 07:25 UTC

  Queen Elizabeth II 90th birthday celebrations illuminate UK and Commonwealth

  

  Queen Elizabeth II lit on Thursday the first of more than 900 beacons lighting up across the UK and overseas as part of her 90th birthday celebrations. Prince Philip, the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall then joined the monarch at a private dinner in Windsor Castle. Earlier, cheering crowds lined the streets in Windsor as the Queen took part in a walkabout.

• Thursday, April 21st 2016 - 12:49 UTC

  Gibraltar lights up for the Queen's ninetieth birthday

  

  Gibraltar will mark Thursday 21 April the Queen’s 90th birthday with her image projected onto the North face of the Rock. The number 90 will also be beamed onto the Moorish Castle, along with the lighting of a beacon and a 21 gun salute.

• Wednesday, April 20th 2016 - 04:05 UTC

  Falklands will join a world chain of beacons on Thursday celebrating Queen's 90th birthday

  

  The Falkland Islands will join on Thursday the timely British tradition of celebrating royal occasions lighting beacons throughout the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and UK Overseas Territories in celebration of Her Majesty The Queen’s 90th Birthday on 21st April, announced the Falklands' government.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2016 - 05:32 UTC

  Falklands launch collection of crown coins to honor the Queen's 90th birthday

  

  As the 90th birthday of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II approaches, the British Overseas Territories of Ascension, British Antarctic Territory, British Virgin Islands, Falkland Islands, and South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands have launched a collection of crown coins to mark this milestone occasion.