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Cannons are fired by Scots Guards in Hyde Park for Queen Elizabeth II's 96th birthday. It's the Queen's 'real' birthday compared to her official one that takes place on the second Saturday of June. IMAGES
Britain celebrated the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday with tributes to a popular monarch who has steered it through the decline of empire and a wave of scandals to the Internet age. IMAGES of a military gun salute in London's Hyde Park marking the occasion.
Cannon fire rings out at the Tower of London in a ceremonial "death gun salute" in memory of Queen Elizabeth II, who died peacefully at her Balmoral estate on Thursday afternoon. Ninety-six shots -- one for every year of her life -- were fired from Hyde Park and the Tower of London in the capital, Edinburgh Castle in Scotland, Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland and Cardiff Castle in Wales, as well as the Channel Islands and Gibraltar. IMAGES
Two gun salutes sound the official start of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. The public gathers to watch as the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery fires in Green Park, London. IMAGES
21 gun salutes are fired from Edinburgh Castle to mark the official proclamation of Charles III as king. Charles III was officially proclaimed king at a pomp-filled ceremony at St James's Palace, during which he pledged to emulate his late mother Queen Elizabeth II and serve for the rest of his life. IMAGES
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