Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, the world’s oldest and longest- reigning monarch, celebrated her 91st birthday in the usual low-key fashion on 21st April.
Artillery gun salutes in London’s Hyde Park and at the Tower of London marked the occasion, although the queen, who normally spends her birthday privately, has no formal engagements planned herself.
Elizabeth was born on 21st April 1926 in Bruton Street in central London, when Calvin Coolidge was U.S. President and Joseph Stalin had just taken control in the Soviet Union and became queen in 1952 at the age of 25.
Despite her age, she still regularly carries out official duties, although she has cut back on the number of engagements in recent years.
The queen has an official birthday in June, which is publicly marked with a large parade of soldiers through central London, known as Trooping the Colour.