Queen Elizabeth and Prince Edward, Duke of Kent.
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Queen Elizabeth attends Trooping the Colour in the quadrangle of Windsor Castle to mark her official birthday on June 12, 2021.Chris Jackson/Getty Images
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Edward, Duke of Kent.SplashNews.com
On Saturday, the Queen and the Duke of Kent were greeted in the quadrangle of Windsor Castle. With the playing of the national anthem and a 41-gun royal salute from Windsor Castle’s East Lawn, the parade commenced.
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It was no surprise the Queen looked to family, if only a single member, to provide companionship — this marked her first Trooping the Colour since the April 9deathofPrince Philip, who retired from royal duties in 2017 and skipped the public birthday festivities in 2018, 2019 and 2020.
“She has an enormous amount of family support for her and will also take comfort from the enormity of the support from all over the world,” Charles Anson, former press secretary to the Queen, told PEOPLE.
“She understands that she has a job to do,” someone in her circle shared with thesummer issue of PEOPLERoyalsregarding the Queen’s state of mind, “and [Philip] would have wanted her to crack on.”
source: people.com
