Queen Elizabeth celebrated her 96th birthday at her Sandringham estate on Thursday as gun salutes rang out across London and Windsor and military bands played Happy Birthday. Britain's longest-serving monarch, who celebrates a historic Platinum Jubilee this year, was pictured with two white ponies in a photo released for the occasion. She has travelled from Windsor Castle, west of London, to spend her birthday at her estate in Sandringham, Norfolk. Queen Elizabeth poses with her Fell ponies, Bybeck Nightingale, right, and Bybeck Katie, in this photo released Wednesday by The Royal Windsor Horse Show to mark the occasion of her 96th birthday. Mattel has released a Queen Elizabeth Barbie doll to mark the British monarch's Platinum Jubilee.

Source: CBC News April 22, 2022 00:01 UTC