Royal Celebrations
Now that WillKat have returned from their much-photographed India tour, Britain is readying for another royal extravaganza when Britain's longest reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth II turns 90 this week, on April 21. However, the celebrations will be muted with the real party taking place on a Saturday in June. Traditionally, official celebrations to mark a sovereign's birthday are held on a day other than their actual birthday —especially if their actual birthday doesn't fall in summer. Events are planned from April 21 through to June but royalists were getting ready to queue up in Windsor, where, the Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh will go walkabout from the Henry VIII Gate of Windsor Castle on her birthday. In the evening the couple will light a beacon which will set off 900 other beacons being lit across the world to commemorate her birthday. Her birthday cake is being made by Great British Bake Off winner Nadia Hussain.