British English Holidays - Queen's Birthday
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hi everyone I'm Gina the Queen's
birthday is not her actual birthday but
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is the official birthday of the British
sovereign who is the UK's head of state
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the highest ranked official in the
country the date changes every year but
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is always a Saturday in June in this
lesson you're going to learn about how
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the Monarchs official birthday is
celebrated Queen Elizabeth the second
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official birthday is in June but when is
her actual birthday we'll show you the
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answer at the end of this video
the main celebration of the official
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birthday is trooping the colour this is
a ceremony performed by many different
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regiments of the British and
Commonwealth armies it takes place at
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Horse Guards Parade and many soldiers
and marching bands parade in front of
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the monarch the name trooping the colour
refers to the tradition of the colours
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which are flags representing each
regiment being displayed to the soldiers
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so that they could be recognized in
battle during trooping the colour the
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regiment's display bear colours and pay
tribute to the reigning monarch the
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Queen's birthday also marks the
publication of the Birthday Honours List
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their honours list details all of the
people both famous and civilian that
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will receive honors such as knighthoods
sea bees and other awards the list is
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published in the London Gazette and also
newspapers across the Commonwealth
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the official birthday has been
celebrated in UK since 1748 in 1908 it
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was moved to june from november by the
then reigning monarch King Edward the
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seventh in the hope of it being held
during good weather and now I'll give
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you the answer to the earlier quiz the
Queen's official birthday is in June but
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when is her actual birthday Queen
Elizabeth the seconds actual birthday is
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a 21st of April she was born in 1926 in
Mayfair London the official birthday is
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likely to remain in June in the future
even when other monarchs have been
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crowned how was this lesson as you
learned something interesting do you
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