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.
Although many things have changed in the 46 years since these pictures were taken, plenty hasn t. Most of the shops have changed but the majority of the buildings have stayed the same.
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eales and St Peter’s Church. The lost Beales department store can be seen on the right with the spire of St Peter s Church looming in the background. Last year Chief Executive and owner of Beales, Tony Brown named high business rates and difficult trading as the reasons why the company went into administration. Janis Pozzetti wrote on the Daily Echo s Facebook page: Beales is the last of the original stores in Bournemouth. It is such a shame.