Queen Elizabeth marks sombre 95th birthday, days after Prince Philip's funeral
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Last Updated: Apr 21, 2021, 09:25 AM IST
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Elizabeth, who is also the world's longest-reigning monarch, will be at the castle for her birthday.
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Elizabeth, who was born on April 21, 1926, in Bruton Street, central London, grew up not expecting to become queen. Her father, George VI, only took the crown when his elder brother Edward VIII abdicated in 1936 to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson.
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LONDON: Britain's Queen Elizabeth, the world's oldest monarch, turns 95 on Wednesday, but there will be no public celebrations of an occasion that comes just days after she bade a sad farewell to her husband of seven decades at his funeral.