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Happy Birthday King Charles III - 75yrs Old Today
But Did You Know He Had Two Birthdays?
BBC 14 NOV 2023
HAPPY AS USUAL....
Today marks His Majesty King Charles III's 75th birthday.
It’s a long-standing tradition in what some might consider an archaic institution. The current monarch has two birthdays: 17 June and 14 November.
Indeed, just like his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, the former world’s oldest intern celebrates two birthdays a year.
Her Majesty was born in 1926 on 21 April, but an ‘official birthday celebration’ took place in the form of Trooping the Colour – a summertime parade, usually held in June.
Charles is continuing the tradition, having previously celebrated his ‘official birthday’ on 17 June 2023, and today celebrating his actual day of birth.
The tradition of Trooping the Colour dates back to 1748.
The ceremonial event is performed every year on Horse Guards Parade in London by regiments of Household Division, to celebrate the official birthday of the British sovereign. It is also known as the Sovereign's Birthday Parade.
According to Royal Museums Greenwich, George II started the tradition. He moved his birthday celebrations to coincide with the annual military parade, as he thought the public wouldn’t be able to celebrate in November, his actual birth month – mostly because of the weather.
It was decided in 1748 that the parade of Trooping the Colour should mark the official birthday of the Sovereign.
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