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.
INkosi eneminyaka engama-93 izogubha usuku lwayo lokuzalwa olusemthethweni ngale mpelasonto emicimbini ebhekwe ngabomvu ekhalendeni lasebukhosini - umcimbi engakaze iphuthe kuyo. Ukuvela kwakhe kokuqala emcimbini obaluleke kangaka kwakunjengomncane eneminyaka eyi-14 kuphela ubudala ngosuku lokuzalwa kukayise, uGeorge VI. Futhi ngemuva kweminyaka engama-90, iNdlovukazi ngaleli Sonto izobe izungezwe umndeni wayo okhulayo kuvulandi laseBuckingham Palace.