The Reason The Queen Canceled Her Traditional Birthday Events
The long-standing monarch typically has two major celebrations to commemorate her birthday. The first celebration is a traditional gun salute which takes place at Hyde Park and the Tower of London. Her second celebration is known as The Trooping of the Colour, which is a parade near Buckingham Palace. Unfortunately, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the queen canceled both birthday activities. A Buckingham Palace official toldHarper’s Bazaarthat the royal monarch thought the gun salute was inappropriate given the pandemic....