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👑 Queen Elizabeth II turns 95 today.

This year's celebrations will be significantly different to previous years as the monarch mourns the death of her husband.

Look back on how the Queen has celebrated birthdays the years 🧵👇
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April 21st, the Queen's birthday, is one of private celebrations kept clear of public engagements.

🌹The day began each year with the flower placed on her early-morning tray by Prince Philip, up until 2021

🎂 1st Birthday

The Queen will spend the day at Windsor as she did on her 1st birthday.

Her parents were on an overseas tour, so grandparents George V and Queen Mary hosted the baby princess.

Queen Mary ensured the nursery was "gay with many flowers from the royal gardens"

🎂 Childhood Birthdays

As a child, the Queen always spent birthdays at Windsor, with her grandparents.

🎁 Presents were opened in the Oak Room.

The Queen was exempted from schoolroom lessons on her birthday; instead she rode her pony

📸1930s

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🎂 30th Birthday

The Queen spent her 30th birthday at Windsor, with Prince Philip, Prince Charles and Princess Anne.

After breakfast, mother and children went riding in Windsor Great Park

📸1956

🎂 50th Birthday

"Sincere good wishes and feelings of gratitude will be in the hearts of many millions of subjects as the Queen celebrates her 50th birthday today" noted the Birmingham Daily Post.

On the eve of her birthday, the Queen hosted a dance for 600 guests

📸1976

🎂 60th Birthday

From her 60th birthday onwards, the Queen’s milestone birthdays have included an element of public celebration: starting with an open carriage procession in Windsor in 1986

📸1986
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🎂 90th Birthday

In 2016, to mark Her Majesty's 90th birthday, she attended the lighting of the first of 900 birthday beacons

📸 2016
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