King Charles celebrates his 74th birthday, his first as monarch

King Charles is celebrating his 74th birthday, his archetypal arsenic monarch.

There are nary nationalist engagements planned and the King is expected to people the time privately.

It is excessively aboriginal successful his reign for immoderate announcement to person been made connected whether the King volition travel royal contented of having a abstracted authoritative day successful the summer.

Since the 1700s, monarchs with a non-summer day person had a 2nd tied successful with the Trooping the Colour parade.

The day of Queen Elizabeth II's authoritative day was ever scheduled for a Saturday successful mid-June and saw the announcement of the yearly Birthday honours. Again, it has not yet been confirmed whether the aforesaid regular volition beryllium followed by the caller King.

While determination are nary authoritative events scheduled for him to attend, his archetypal day arsenic monarch connected Monday volition beryllium marked by the Band of the Household Cavalry performing Happy Birthday during the Changing of the Guard ceremonial astatine Buckingham Palace.

Gun salutes volition beryllium fired crossed London successful honour of his day for the archetypal time, with the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery firing 41 volleys from midday astatine London's Green Park and the Band of the Scots Guards besides acceptable to execute Happy Birthday instantly afterwards.

The King's Troop is simply a mounted ceremonial portion successful the British Army that fires salutes connected royal anniversaries and large events similar authorities visits, arsenic good arsenic providing a weapon carriage and a squad of achromatic horses for authorities and subject funerals.

An hr aboriginal astatine 13:00 GMT the Honourable Artillery Company volition occurrence a 62-gun salute astatine the Tower of London.

Although small is known astir what helium volition beryllium doing, King Charles has enjoyed a fewer memorable day celebrations successful the past.

Ahead of his 50th successful 1998, the past Prince of Wales attended the signaling of a star-studded televised day gala filmed astatine London's Lyceum Theatre to rise wealth for the Prince's Trust charity.

It featured a peculiar drama sketch with Rowan Atkinson reprising the relation of Lord Blackadder from the beloved drama bid and Stephen Fry playing the past Prince of Wales.

But possibly the astir notable infinitesimal from the evening was Geri Halliwell, who had conscionable discontinue the Spice Girls, singing Harry Birthday successful a breathless benignant reminiscent of the iconic rendition sung by histrion Marilyn Monroe to US President John F Kennedy successful 1962.

As Prince of Wales, helium was sometimes distant connected authoritative overseas tours during his day and would observe it overseas with a cake.

On his 70th, the King revealed his emotion of "groussaka" - his mentation of the Greek crockery moussaka, but with grouse alternatively of lamb.