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For the first time during her reign, the Queen is marking her birthday today without her husband.
Celebrations for Her Majesty’s 95th birthday will be scaled back as it falls during the two-week period of royal mourning for the late Duke of Edinburgh.
Members of the monarchy have been supporting the Queen throughout the mourning period for Philip, and some of her family are expected to be with her at Windsor Castle.
Here we look back at the Queen s visits to Dorset during her reign. WHEN a new princess was born on April 21, 1926, few expected she would ever be Queen.
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On 21 April 1926, Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was born in London, at the Mayfair home of her maternal grandparents, the Earl and Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne. The former house in which she was born was at No. 17 Bruton Street and although the house no longer exists, the site is of great historical interest and a focus on this building is all the more timely, as we remember the birth taking place ninety-one years ago this week. The Earl and Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne owned several estates, Glamis Castle being the Earl’s ancestral seat, together with the country house of St Pauls Walden Bury. The Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne had herself been born in Belgravia in 1862 but the location of her daughter’s birth is less certain; among the suggestions of the location of the future Duchess of York’s birth in 1900 include the Strathmore Westminster home of Belgrave Mansions, Grosvenor Gardens as well a
Giving Wills a run for his money! Kate hops into flight simulator pilot seat - and follows in her parents’ and grandfather s footsteps - on visit to air cadets with Duke of Cambridge
Kate, 39, was guided through a flight on the Grob Tutor - which is used by the RAF for elementary training
Kate s father, Michael, 71, worked as a commercial pilot while her mother Carole was a BA flight attendant
The royal couple were also treated to a moving three cheers for the Duke of Edinburgh during the visit
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