Loved across the empire and world, Queen Elizabeth II is a true icon and this year will be extra special for her fans as she will be celebrating her 90th birthday. As the longest-reigning monarch in British history it is only fitting for London to offer exclusive and exciting events in the run up to and on the Queen\u2019s birthday. As the Queen actually celebrates her birthday twice a year we have prepared a brief guide to make sure to don’t miss the best events.<\/p>\n
Why 2 Birthdays?<\/strong><\/p>\n Official celebrations for Kings and Queens have often been held on a day different from their birthday and this is true of Queen Elizabeth II with\u00a0her actual birthday on April 21st, and\u00a0again\u00a0on a Saturday in June.\u00a0This is more common for those who weren\u2019t born in the summer as this would allow them to enjoy the summer weather as part of their birthday celebration.<\/p>\n Britain will be hosting events from her actual birthday date right through to her summer birthday celebration. Nevertheless, the main celebrations and biggest events will be put on nearer to the time of her summer celebration. For the best chance of enjoying these make\u00a0sure you are in London during the month of June. Celebrate with a luxury stay in exclusive Mayfair at the\u00a0Washington Mayfair hotel<\/a>.<\/p>\n Many events are still working out the final details\u00a0on but below is a basic schedule of when some unmissable events will be\u00a0happening.<\/p>\n The Queen’s 90th Birthday Celebration will be a\u00a090 minute long spectacular<\/p>\n A Friday service will be held at St Pauls Cathedral<\/a>. This is the start of a weekend of celebrations for both the Queen\u2019s 90th and The Duke of Edinburgh\u2019s unofficial 95th<\/sup> birthday. Unfortunately the congregation will be made up of only special guests (invite only).<\/p>\n Trooping the Colour (The Queen’s Birthday Parade)<\/strong><\/p>\n During this event the Queen has the chance to inspect and judge each soldier from the household division. If you aren\u2019t able to make it to London this day BBC will be televising the event from 10am. However if you have the chance to be near the Buckingham Palace this day you could see the Royal Family travelling to and from Buckingham Palace throughout the day in their Carriages.<\/p>\n The Patrons Lunch<\/strong><\/p>\n This huge event is an immense street party for 10,000 guests eating a picnic and being entertained by dozens of street performers and circus acts, find out how to get involved here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Take advantage of the great offers we have available to you when you stay in London with us.<\/p>\n Find our latest offers here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Loved across the empire and world, Queen Elizabeth II is a true icon and this year will be extra special for her fans as she will be celebrating her 90th birthday. As the longest-reigning monarch in British history it is only fitting for London to offer exclusive and exciting events in the run up to … Continue reading Celebrate The Queen’s Birthday: What To Do In Mayfair & London<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.washington-mayfair.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.washington-mayfair.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.washington-mayfair.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.washington-mayfair.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.washington-mayfair.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.washington-mayfair.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100,"href":"https:\/\/www.washington-mayfair.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions\/100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.washington-mayfair.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.washington-mayfair.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.washington-mayfair.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.washington-mayfair.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}When is Britain Celebrating?<\/h3>\n
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