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    A Gardener’s Miscellany

    Apr 19, 2022 4 minutes

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    It’s birthday time, your Majesty!

    We look at all things related to birthdays

    THIS Thursday (21 April), Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II reaches the grand (and amazing) age of 96. She has been our monarch for 70 years – the longest reigning monarch Britain has ever had.

    This will be celebrated in June with an extended Platinum Jubilee bank holiday; the late spring bank holiday will be moved to Thursday 2 June, and there will be a one-off bank holiday on Friday 3 June. Although the Queen’s real birthday is in April, she has an ‘official birthday’ every year on a Saturday in June – this year it is 11 June, when the weather has a better chance of being fine for the celebrations

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