April 21 is the day the Queen was born - but she has a second birthday, which she marks on the second Saturday in June.
A 62-gun salute will also be performed by the Honourable Artillery Company at the Tower of London at 1pm the same day.The Queen traditionally spends a month-long residence at Windsor Castle, known as Easter Court, each year.
She was never expected to be Queen when she was born, but the abdication of her uncle Edward VIII in 1936 put her father George VI on the throne, and changed her destiny.
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