#G7Summit: PHOTOS & VIDEOS from the Queen's 95th birthday ceremony

The pandemic has meant for the second year in succession the military commemoration of the Queen's official birthday is being staged at her Berkshire home rather than in central London, but its scope has increased from last year.

Soldiers and musicians from the Massed Band of the Household Division marched onto the parade area at Windsor Castle ahead of the ceremony which allow the Guardsmen to show their precision marching skills while maintaining a social distance of just over two metres. The Queen recycled a dove grey ensemble with yellow accents today for her official birthday celebrations at Windsor Castle in the traditional Trooping of the Colour ceremony. 

Her Majesty, 95, looked radiant in the smart ensemble - a departure from her usual bright colour palette - which she teamed with her usual black Launer handbag and black patent leather shoes with silver buckles.

"The sword is mightier than the cake knife", to paraphrase a certain saying. The Queen took this quite literally at the Eden Project, using a ceremonial sabre to cut her official birthday cake at the botanical gardens in Cornwall.

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