OPENING a stand at Valley Parade, unveiling a plaque at the city s police headquarters, The Queen has a long and distinguished relationship with Bradford. Her Majesty celebrates her 95th birthday today, her first as a widow following the Duke of Edinburgh’s death earlier this month. Today is The Queen’s 95th birthday. HM was born on 21 April 1926 at 17 Bruton Street in London, the first child of The Duke and Duchess of York. This year The Queen remains at Windsor Castle during a period of Royal Mourning following the death of The Duke of Edinburgh. pic.twitter.com/kOeH399Ndp The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) April 21, 2021
1949 Prince Philip opened the Bradford Grammar School and was presented with a shawl for the then baby Prince Charles.
1954 On Thursday, October 28, 1954, nearly 18 months after her Coronation at Westminster Abbey, Queen Elizabeth II made a five-and-a-half hour state visit to Bradford with her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh. It was part of a nationwide tour, and followed state visits lasting nearly six months to 11 Empire and Commonwealth countries. After lunch, the royal party was driven to the cricket ground at Bradford (Park Avenue) to be sung to by 30,000 school children. The final stop of the royal visit was Perseverance Mills, Dudley Hill, where several hundred millworkers welcomed the Queen and Duke.