Why does the queen have 2 birthdays?

Question

Why does the queen have 2 birthdays?

Answer 1

The Queen's normal birthday is on 21 April, when the weather can be reasonably good, but other monarchs have had birthdays in the dead of winter, when it would be rather disagreeable to have Trooping the Colour. The Prince of Wales, for example, has his birthday on 14 November, when it would be rather miserable to hang about watching the parades. The custom has therefore arisen for the sovereign to have an official birthday, which has nothing to do with her other birthday, for purely formal purposes.

Answer 2

economics unfortunately

Answer 3

Monarchs have traditionally had two birthday celebrations: a private celebration on the day of their birth,and a public parade,held on a day when the weather will be nice:

http://www.royal.gov/uk/output/Page4934....

"TROOPING THE COLOUR

The Sovereign's birthday is officially celebrated by the ceremony of Trooping the Colour on a Saturday in June.

Although The Queen was born on 21 April, it has long been the tradition to celebrate the Sovereign's birthday publicly on a day in the summer, when good weather is more likely.

Trooping the Colour is carried out by fully trained and operational troops from the Household Division (Foot Guards and Household Cavalry) on Horse Guards Parade in Whitehall, watched by members of the Royal Family, invited guests and members of the public.

This military ceremony dates back to the early eighteenth century or earlier, when the colours (flags) of the battalion were carried (or 'trooped') down the ranks so that they could be seen and recognised by the soldiers.

Since 1748, this parade has also marked the Sovereign's official birthday. From the reign of Edward VII onwards, the Sovereign has taken the salute in person at Trooping the Colour.



During the ceremony, The Queen is greeted by a Royal salute and carries out an inspection of the troops.

After the massed bands have performed a musical 'troop', the escorted regimental colour is carried down the ranks.

The Foot Guards and the Household Cavalry then march past The Queen, and the King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, rank past.

The Queen rides in a carriage back to Buckingham Palace at the head of her Guards, before taking the salute at the Palace from a dais. The troops then return to barracks.

The Queen then joins other members of the Royal Family on the balcony for a fly-past by the Royal Air Force.

The Queen has attended Trooping the Colour every year of her reign, except in 1955 when a national rail strike cancelled the event."

Answer 4

its rather simple really first its due to the fact that if a monarchs birthday falls in the winter chances are its going to be rather rotten with regards to the weather and when you think that the current queen bless her cotton socks is now 82 years old and her son charles the prince of wales is 60 in a few months and the queen certainly seems as if she has a good few miles left on the clock and charles being a man in the windsor family is certainly hitting the twighlight years his grandfather died at 56 his father died at 70 and his father died at 69 so the fact that charles is now nearly 60 if and when he does accend the throne he will certainly be an old man and having an ageing man out for hours at a time in winter is dodgy at the best of times

Answer 5

The Queen's normal birthday is on 21 April, when the weather can be reasonably good, but other monarchs have had birthdays in the dead of winter, when it would be rather disagreeable to have Trooping the Colour. The Prince of Wales, for example, has his birthday on 14 November, when it would be rather miserable to hang about watching the parades. The custom has therefore arisen for the sovereign to have an official birthday, which has nothing to do with her other birthday, for purely formal purposes.

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Answer 6

just because she can :)

i know if i could, id choose to have two birthdays!

Answer 7

She has a state birthday when she troops the colour and deals with guests and a normal birthday when she enjoys ot with family. It would be boring for her to have to have a lot of work lke trooping the colour on her actual birthday.

Answer 8

It's a tradition that started in Edwardian times at the turn of the 20th  century.  Edward VII (r. 1901-1910), whose birthday was November 9th, moved the Trooping of the Colour Ceremony to June because the weather was better.  His son, George V (r. 1910-1935), whose actual birthday was June 3rd, also celebrated his birthday then, and so the tradition passed from generation to generation. George VI's date of birth, for example, was December 14th--not the best day fo schedule a public outdoor ceremony.