Members of the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery fire First World War era 13-pounder field guns as part of a 41 gun salute in Hyde Park to mark Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II ‘s 91st birthday, in London, Friday, April 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) Members of the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery fire First World War era 13-pounder field guns as part of a 41 gun salute in Hyde Park to mark Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II ‘s 91st birthday, in London, Friday, April 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)Britain is marking Queen Elizabeth II’s 91st birthday with gun salutes, as the monarch celebrates quietly at home. A troop of the Royal Horse Artillery will ride horse-and-gun carriages past Buckingham Palace before staging a 41-gun salute in Hyde Park at noon (1100GMT). The queen is Britain’s oldest and longest-reigning monarch, having become queen on Feb. 8, 1952.

Source: Indian Express April 21, 2017 13:18 UTC