Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 96th birthday on Thursday. As artillery was fired across London to salute one of the United Kingdom's longest-reigning monarchs, which celebrates 70 years on the throne this year, a Coldstream Guard troupe played "Happy Birthday" to the occasion.

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A Barbie doll in the form of Queen Elizabeth II was also launched.

Earlier this year, the Queen was at Sandringham Palace to commemorate her accession to the throne in 1952.

Queen Elizabeth was born in 1926, far from the royal sphere, in a house in London on Broughton Street; She initially lived with her parents, who later became King George V and Queen Elizabeth.

The Queen's birthday wishes have been sent from Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer, and shots will be fired to mark the occasion.

The Queen has suffered from movement problems in recent months, which prevented her from attending a number of events, including the Easter mass.

The only public appearance this year, outside her home or via video, was during Prince Philip's Thanksgiving service in Westminster.

The Queen's 96th birthday coincides with another unprecedented event for a British queen, being the year she became the first queen to celebrate the platinum jubilee on the throne for 70 years.

Queen Victoria and George III, who lived to the age of 81, were the only monarchs to live to their 80s.

According to figures from the Office for National Statistics, the Queen is one of around 124,000 people aged 95 to 99 in the UK, with nearly three-quarters of those being women.

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