Today is Queen Elizabeth II's 94th birthday. 94 years! That's a pretty big accomplishment, but sadly she wasn't able to have any kind of celebrations today because we're all cooped up and separated from each other.
Thank you Coronavirus.
There was going to be a big salute with guns, the corgis were probably going to be involved, the works! But this was the first time in the 68 years since she's been Queen where there was no celebrating.
She was also going to have a big parade called The Trooping of Colour, but that has been put off until June. The Queen sure has a fancy name for her birthday parade. The Trooping of Colour! What's your birthday parade name? Do you even HAVE a birthday parade? It's okay, we don't either.
In any case, she's had a bunch of birthdays before so she'll probably be okay skipping one this year. Still, we thought it would be a good idea just to check up on her. It must be terribly lonely being stuck inside Buckingham Palace all day.
Shannon gave her a ring this afternoon, and the two had a lovely chat: