Birthday bang! King Charles’s 75th birthday is marked with a 41-gun salute in London – as the monarch and Queen Camilla launch the Coronation Food Project in Oxfordshire
The king’s milestone 75th birthday was marked in London today with a 41-gun royal salute as the monarch and Queen Camilla arrived at the launch of a food waste project.
On what will be a work anniversary for the King, he arrived in Didcot around lunchtime to help launch the Coronation Food Project at the South Oxfordshire Food and Education Alliance, a surplus food distribution center in Didcot.
In London, members of The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery performed the ceremonial tradition of a 41-gun salute, brightening a dark day in Green Park.
King Charles III waved to well-wishers as he arrived for the launch of the Coronation Food Project with and Queen Camilla at the South Oxfordshire Food and Education Alliance, a surplus food distribution center in Didcot
Earlier today, the royal family’s social media accounts paid tribute to King Charles on his 75th birthday, posting a photobook-style montage of images of the monarch from his very first public appearance as a baby to more recent times – and many key moments in his to live. between.
The 39-second clip was posted to the years.
The 41-gun salute lit up a dark day in Green Park, where members of The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery performed the ceremonial tradition
The post shared two emojis, one of a crown and the other of a cake, alongside the words “Wishing His Majesty the King a happy 75th birthday.”
There are images of the late queen, including one from 1948, when she was photographed in public for the first time with her firstborn. Charles is seen fast asleep wearing a royal christening gown in his mother’s arms.