full of events. dawna friesen monitoring it outside buckingham palace. good morning, what s on tap for today? reporter: good morning, alex. we just saw the queen and other members of the royal family on the balcony just behind me. they were there to wash a fly pass of military aircraft that wooshed overhead there. they they are. queen looking lovely in a lilac outfit. duke of edinburgh, 86 years old himself. they presided over the birthday parade. her birthday is in april, but the public display takes place in june when the weather is nicer so thousands can come out to enjoy the tradition and pageantry involved in this. you see a couple of the military aircraft flying over. the trooping of color, it s called, it really is a sea of