Queen's birthday celebrations
The Queen celebrates her 86th birthday with a 41 gun salute in Hyde Park in London
The Queen's Birthday celebration
The Queen will celebrate her 86th birthday with a 41-gun salute in Hyde Park. The day's schedule is as follows:
- 11:15am - The King's Troop formally march from Wellington Barracks
- 71 horses will gallop the full length of Hyde Park pulling six cannon
- Noon - 41 gun salute begins
- 1:00pm - Another gun salute takes place at the Tower of London
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