Royal family celebrates Queen Camilla's 77th birthday
Queen Camilla is 77!
Senior members of the royal family have wished her a very happy birthday, with the Prince and Princess of Wales sharing a portrait of her, taken by the Princess on Wednesday.
The portrait was featured on the cover of a special commemorative edition of Country Life magazine, two years ago, which the queen helped edit for her 75th birthday.
"Wishing Her Majesty a very Happy Birthday!" the Prince and Princess wrote on social media.
The royal family's official X account also shared an image of her posing on the balcony of author Victor Hugo's former home in Guernsey on Tuesday, with the caption: "Wishing Her Majesty The Queen a very Happy Birthday today."
The Queen celebrated her birthday early, with private tour of Hugo's former home, the Hauteville House, where he lived for 15 years during his exile from France, which Camilla called a "remarkable treat".
She was presented with some vintage cheddar by Guernsey Dairy as "an early birthday present" and a group of school children from Sark sang Happy Birthday in the island's native language, Sercquiais.
The Queen thanked the children and praised them for their singing.
However, it was back to work for the Queen on her official birthday on Wednesday, with an appearance at the State Opening of Parliament, where she joined the King for the traditional carriage procession to the House of Lords.
One of the Queen's friends told the Daily Mail that: "It's not the tip-top way she would choose to be spending her birthday, but you won't ever hear a single word of complaint. About anything, really."
"For someone who wasn't born into the Royal Family, she's got an extraordinarily strong sense of duty and the temperament to cope."
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