When is the British National Day?

The date of the British National Day is uncertain, and it changes with the king's birthday.

In Britain, a constitutional monarchy country, according to historical practice, the king's birthday is the British National Day, and now Elizabeth II's birthday is February1April. However, due to the bad weather in London in April, the second Saturday in June was designated as the official birthday of the Queen.

When the Queen's father George VI was in office, he also celebrated his birthday in June. Although his actual birthdays were 12 and 14, the previous two kings, George V and Edward VIII, were born in June, so that they could receive congratulations from the people of the whole country on their actual birthdays.

Compared with American Independence Day, British National Day inevitably has the meaning of "self-interest" of the royal family. In addition, many people call for the abolition of the monarchy, so the British National Day is naturally a lot of low-key, not as grand and extravagant as the United States.

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National Day activities:

1, Flower Gardening Exhibition: Because the weather in London is always good in mid-June every year, the British usually hold some large-scale flower gardening exhibitions around the National Day. These exhibitions are large in scale, novel in design, beautiful and spectacular, and the National Day is even more festive.

2. Royal military parade: The royal military parade is a grand annual ceremony to celebrate the Queen's birthday. The queen will take a carriage to attend the ceremony, join the grand parade along the boulevard, and then review the army.

3. The Queen awarded honors to celebrities at home and abroad: the winners were drawn up by the government and the royal family respectively, and announced on the official birthday of the Queen. Most of the names on the annual list still come from supporters of the government policies of London and the national government, the army and the Labour Party, and 36% of them are women.

The winners of the highest honorary title "Knight" are mostly elites from Oxford and Cambridge, with a few exceptions, such as anita Roddick, the founder of the cosmetics store "BodyShop".

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