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The Queen has asked that there be no salutes with arms to commemorate her birthday, as it would be “inappropriate in the current circumstances.”
Buckingham Palace said the Queen did not want any special measure to allow the salute with firearms when she turns 94 on Tuesday.
Gun salutes, in which blank rounds are fired from around London, are often used by the royal family to celebrate special occasions such as anniversaries and birthdays.
But this is believed to be the first time in the Queen’s 68-year reign that there will be none on her birthday.
A Buckingham Palace source said: “His Majesty was interested in that no special measures be established to allow the salute with arms, as he did not consider it appropriate in the current circumstances.”
Also, any phone or video calls you have with your family will be kept private, they added.
Government buildings have received standard advice on the flag’s flight protocol for the day.
However, this advice includes an acknowledgment that “in current circumstances we do not expect everyone to be able to follow this advice and you must continue to adhere to social distancing as established by the government.”
It comes after more than 14,000 people have died from COVID-19, the fifth highest death toll in the world from the virus, which originated in China late last year.
Some 150,000 people have died worldwide.
It has already been announced that Trooping Of The Color (the Queen’s annual birthday parade in June) would not take place in its traditional way.
There are also no current plans for an alternate day to commemorate the Queen’s birthday.
The Queen’s schedule has already been affected by coronavirus.
He usually stays at Windsor Castle for Easter, but moved there from Buckingham Palace one week earlier than expected as a precaution.
Over the Easter weekend, when the churches were forced to remain closed, he broadcast a message to the nation – Only the fifth of its kind during his reign.
In words that were also passed down through the Commonwealth, he said: “We know that the coronavirus will not defeat us.”
Queen’s eldest son Prince carlos He was among those who contracted the virus, although his symptoms were mild and he has recovered.
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