Gun salutes and renditions of Happy Birthday will ring out across London as King Charles turns 74.
The figure of 62 marks 41 for the Royal Salute from a London saluting station and 21 from the City of London.Members of The King's Troop Royal Artillery firing a 41 Gun Royal Salute marking the 96th birthday of King Charles's mother, the late Queen ElizabethHe became king after the death of the Queen on 8 September and has since had a busy period.
As Prince of Wales, he was sometimes away on official foreign tours during his birthday and would celebrate it overseas with a cake. Queen Elizabeth II famously celebrated two birthdays, one in the summer and another in the spring, and King Charles is expected to follow suit by announcing a spring, official, birthday.
King George II introduced the idea of a second birthday for the monarch as his actual birthday, like Charles's, was in November, when the weather made public celebrations such as parades more difficult.honouring its war dead during the annual Remembrance Sunday service at the CenotaphHis floral tribute to the fallen left at the memorial in Whitehall featured the words"In memory of the glorious dead. Charles R".
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