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The King's Official Birthday is a public holiday in Tuvalu. In Tuvalu, it is usually celebrated on the second Saturday of June every year. [52][53] Tuvaluans celebrate it with church services and prayers, singing "God Save the King" and "Tuvalu mo te Atua", flag hoisting, public speeches, a Royal Salute, and a parade.
"Wishing The Duke of Sussex a very happy 40th birthday today!" the Royal Family wrote on X, formerly Twitter. The social media post included a photo of Harry seated at a table and laughing.
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She had been queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lifetime and was the monarch of 15 realms at her death. Her reign of 70 years and 214 days is the ...
Musical artist. Philip David Charles Collins LVO (born 30 January 1951) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was the drummer and later became the lead singer of the rock band Genesis and had a successful solo career, achieving three UK number-one singles and seven US number-one singles as a solo artist.
Most of Ireland seceded from the UK in 1922 as the Irish Free State, and the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 created the present United Kingdom. The UK became the first industrialised country and was the world's foremost power for the majority of the 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly during the "Pax Britannica" between 1815 ...
Kit Connor. Kit Sebastian Connor (born 8 March 2004) is an English actor. He gained recognition for starring as secondary school student Nick Nelson in the Netflix teen series Heartstopper (2022–present). He won the inaugural Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Performance for the role.
Actor Laurence Olivier is made a life peer in the Queen's Birthday Honours list. He is the first actor to be made a lord. [26] "The Long and Winding Road" becomes the Beatles' 20th and final single to reach number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US. It is not released as a single in the UK.
Henry Allingham (1896–2009) was a First World War veteran and is the longest-lived British man ever, at 113 years and 42 days. Pictured in 2006, aged 110. As of January 2015, the Gerontology Research Group had validated the longevity claims of 154 British citizens who have become "supercentenarians", attaining or surpassing 110 years of age.