The 93-year-old monarch will mark her official birthday this weekend at the most highly anticipated events in the royal calendar - an occasion she has never missed. Her first appearance at the momentous occasion was as a youngster at just 14-months-old for the birthday of her father, George VI. And 90 plus years later, the Queen will this Sunday be surrounded by her growing family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.
Indlovukazi eneminyaka engama-93 izobungaza usuku lokuzalwa ngokusemthethweni ngale mpelasonto emicimbini elindeleke kakhulu ekhalendeni lasendlunkulu - okuwumcimbi angakaze aphuthwe yiwo.  Ukuvela kwakhe kokuqala emcimbini omkhulu okhumbulekayo kwenzeka esayingane enezinyanga eziyi-14 izelwe kuwusuku lokuzalwa kukayise. Futhi emuva kweminyaka engama-90, Indlunkulu ngaleli Sonto uzobe ehlezi nomndeni wakhe okhulayo kuvurande ophezulu esigodlweni i-Buckingham Palace.