For the first time during her reign, the Queen is marking her birthday today without her husband.
Celebrations for Her Majesty’s 95th birthday will be scaled back as it falls during the two-week period of royal mourning for the late Duke of Edinburgh.
Members of the monarchy have been supporting the Queen throughout the mourning period for Philip, and some of her family are expected to be with her at Windsor Castle.
Here we look back at the Queen s visits to Dorset during her reign. WHEN a new princess was born on April 21, 1926, few expected she would ever be Queen.
Harry s cottage in Shaggs It was widely reported in 2006 that Prince Harry had rented an isolated cottage in the village of Shaggs while he trained to become a tank commander at nearby Bovington Camp in Purbeck. Newspapers claimed his then girlfriend Chelsy Davy visited the prince on many occasions at the property. The quaint little cottage, reported in a tabloid to cost £1,500 a week in rent, is on a farm owned by the Weld Estate, in an area of Lulworth.
Party Prince at Toko - June 2006 While he was training at Bovington Prince Harry reportedly drank vodka and danced the night away at Bournemouth bar Toko.