Queen Elizabeth celebrates 92nd birthday at star-studded party
The concert was the climax of a day of festivities in honour of the long-serving monarch
Queen Elizabeth attended a celebrity-packed concert in her honour late on Saturday after a day of military and civilian tributes to Britain’s longest-serving monarch on her 92nd birthday.
The queen, who has ruled Britain for more than 65 years, was the guest of honour at a concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall that she entered with her son Prince Charles.
The prince urged the crowd to give the queen, sitting next to her grandson Prince William, three “unbelievably rousing cheers”.
Prince Harry addressed the crowd in his new role as president of the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust, joking that his grandmother was “not someone who is easy to buy gifts for”.
The queen and other royals watched performances by Sting, Tom Jones, Kylie Minogue, Shaggy and Craig David. She left the stage, however, when Sting and Shaggy began a medley of their greatest hits.