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Update | Queen Elizabeth II at 90 -- What a day it was

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This official photograph, released by Buckingham Palace on Wednesday April 20, 2016, to mark her 90th birthday, shows Queen Elizabeth II with her five great-grandchildren and her two youngest grandchildren in the Green Drawing Room, part of Windsor Castle's semi-State apartments in Windsor England. Photo: AP
Rene Pastor

What do you do on the day you turn 90?

If you are Queen Elizabeth II, the entire country throws you a party. But first things first. You pose with the next generation of Windsors.

The Queen and the next generation of Windsores. Photo: AP
The Queen and the next generation of Windsores. Photo: AP
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The children in the photo above are: James, Viscount Severn, 8-years-old, left, and Lady Louise, 12-years-old, second left, the children of The Earl and Countess of Wessex.

Mia Tindall, holding The Queen's handbag, the two year-old-daughter of Zara and Mike Tindall; Savannah 5-years-old, third right, and Isla Phillips, 3-years-old, right, daughters of The Queen's eldest grandson Peter Phillips and his wife Autumn.

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Then there is Prince George, 2-years-old, second right, and in The Queen's arms and in the tradition of Royal portraiture, the youngest great-grandchild, Princess Charlotte, 11-months-old, children of Prince William and Kate Duchess of Cambridge.

The rest of the country was in a party mood.

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