SHE really is made of stern stuff. The past few months must have been unbearably hard on her: losing her husband, having to deal with the fallout from her grandson Harry’s outbursts, coping with the continuing effects of the pandemic on her beloved England . . .
But does Her Majesty hide away from the world and feel sorry for herself? She does not. Stiff upper lips don’t get much stiffer than this – although the queen has been doing a lot of smiling lately too.
The monarch may be 95 but she recently proved in an action-packed weekend that when it comes to stamina, she’s in a league of her own.
First up was a scaled-down Trooping the Colour ceremony at Windsor Castle to officially celebrate her birthday. Although she was born on 21 April, the official celebration is always held on the second Saturday in June when the weather is better – and there was plenty of sunshine.
The Trooping the Colour usually includes a military parade and a fly-past at Buckingham Palace which senior members of the royal family watch from the balcony.
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