The Queen's Birthday Parade (I can Troop colors, too, ya know...)

Thanks to the kind folks on Facebook and email offering birthday wishes. It's a blast reading them! And so uplifting to me. I appreciate all of you.

I read in Wikipedia today that the Queen, HRH Queen Elizabeth II, has an Official Royal Birthday cake. The nerve! How did she get one before I did? I'll bet she doesn't have one like this. Bzzzzzzzzzz!

Here she is inspecting the last Trooping of The Colour at Buckingham Palace

 I'm sure it didn't take her long. There's only one color.
This frivolously expensive exercise is also known as The Queen's Birthday Parade. I say it ain't no parade without a clown. Do you see any?

She has nothing on Queen Mimi Pencil Skirt of Bloggingham Palace of The Internet.
Here's my Trooping of The Colours. Salute!




Queen Elizabeth's birthday is actually April 21st, but it is celebrated on all kinds of different days throughout the calendar year depending on province, region, or whether or not the Queen has used all her frequent flyer miles for that month I so just made that up .  It's been moved around depending on the whim of monarchs past in hopes of holding the festivities during decent weather. In England??! As long as she continues to feign confusion about the actual day, at least she'll get more presents. She's no dummy, that Queen. I feel for her. At least I know when my birthday is.

Even if my own mother doesn't. She called 3 days ago with a hearty, "Happy birthday!" in my phone ear. "Why, thank you Mother, but you are 3 days early. Today is Daddy's birthday." 

"Oh. I always get those mixed up."

Sigh

I do take issue with the fact that Queen Elizabeth has her own parade.  Here's the Royal Family in a not-so-recent balcony picture. They don't look like they're having fun.

Oh wait.  Wrong picture. That's King George VI reviewing his birthday parade. They don't look like they're having much fun either. I'd like to know how he's going to Troop those colors in black and white. Don't they know anything??

Even if Queen Elizabeth II does wear better hats than her Royal Internet counterpart and even if she isn't descended from Cherokee southern blood and even EVEN if she can't get all those birthday wishes on her Facebook wall 'cause it's private (Epic Fail, Queen, Epic Fail!!).....

I'll bet her mother knew when her birthday was.

 But then again, maybe not.