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The Last time The Queen 's Trooping The Colour was parade 1955

The Queen >marked the official birthday, the later with a new Ceremony , instead of the annual Trooping The Colour parade, as the coronavirus-lockdown more.

It is only The Second Time In its 68-year reign, the The Parade in London is not moving forward.

Instead of Windsor Castle in a Ceremony with a small number of Welsh guardsmen, and military musicians.

Social distancing rules are in place for those who are marching.

The Queen celebrated her 94. Birthday in April, But it is officially celebrated on The Second Saturday in June each year.

The Trooping The Colour parade in Whitehall is usually observed by thousands of spectators, and the senior members of the Royal Family .

The Last time the case three years after the coronation of The Queen , by a National Rail Strike .

Last Year , The Parade : The Queen and other royals gather to witness the Red Arrows perform a flypast

An event for a sovereign's birthday was not Victoria staged in Windsor in 1895, during the reign of Queen.

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh in the lockdown on The Castle of Windsor, and mark Prince Philip 99. Birthday.

Social distance means 'no Hiding Place '

Maj Christopher Ghika Gene that commands the Household Division, said the circumstances of the decision, the host of the tribute in Windsor were clouded, "the tragedy".

"the impact of The Covid-19 devastating have been in relation to the loss of human life and threatened the livelihood of so many across the country," He Said .

"people have had to endure separation from loved ones a great deal of uncertainty and the suspension of so much of what the special feature of our national life. "

There are no massed ranks of the footguards, to observe no carriage Ride Along The Mall escorted by the Household Cavalry, and no appearance on The Balcony of Buckingham Palace , a flypast by the RAF to be.

This year, the Trooping The Colour was cancelled, But there is a military Ceremony of sorts for The Queen , on a limited scale in the interior of Windsor Castle .

Will form A Department of the Welsh Guards carefully, social-detached row - 2. 2 meters away from each other - at The Castle square, and there, accompanied by a rather less-than-Massed Band of the Household Division, you Will be by a carefully spaced program of drill

The Queen is watching: a birthday parade with a difference, But A Sign that very carefully, family events can be staged, albeit in a very modified form.

The Ceremony , broadcast by The Bbc - see staff participate in a display in The Castle square. The Queen received a Royal Salute , followed by a series of military drills.

With fewer people on The Parade because of the social distancing rules, "there is no place to hide," said Garrison Sgt Maj of Warrant Officer Class 1 Andrew Stokes, who created the display.

"But it means more distance between the individuals, that there is also no room for error, and thus The Soldier really on your own personal drill, reaction to orders, dressing, and social distancing," He Said .

Normally, the guards stand shoulder to shoulder during your drill, or, if formed up on The Parade , But you Will have to stand 2. To follow 2m in addition to instructions.

has released A new photo of The Queen and Prince Philip, to mark, to his 99. Birthday

Gene Ghika added: "The Welsh Guards and many of those on parade have been deployed recently within the United Kingdom as part of The Nation 's response to The Virus and so the part of The Ceremony is particularly poignant. "

The Welsh Guards , together with the rest of the Household Division, were to help The Soldiers , with the help of coronavirus response, for example, in test centres.

The Event Will be broadcast on Bbc One beginning on 10. 15 BST.

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