04-21-2012, 05:47 PM
Soldiers have been carrying out gun salutes across the UK to mark the Queen's 86th birthday.
Dozens of cannons fired into the air at the Tower of London, Hyde Park, York's Museum Gardens, Portsmouth Harbour, Edinburgh Castle and Stirling Castle.
The Queen spent the day celebrating privately at Windsor Castle, where she often spends weekends.
The ceremonies come in the year of June's Diamond Jubilee, which will mark the monarch's 60 years on the throne.
Her official birthday is celebrated in that month.
some very good photos here--->
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17799122
Stirling castle
panicked horse
Dozens of cannons fired into the air at the Tower of London, Hyde Park, York's Museum Gardens, Portsmouth Harbour, Edinburgh Castle and Stirling Castle.
The Queen spent the day celebrating privately at Windsor Castle, where she often spends weekends.
The ceremonies come in the year of June's Diamond Jubilee, which will mark the monarch's 60 years on the throne.
Her official birthday is celebrated in that month.
some very good photos here--->
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17799122
Stirling castle
panicked horse