Gun salutes mark The Queen's 96th birthday
22nd April 2022
To celebrate Her Majesty’s 96th birthday, The Tower of London fired a 62-round gun salute.
With The Queen turning 96, one might wonder, why 62 rounds? Twenty-one rounds represent a royal anniversary while 20 rounds are fired to reflect the tower’s status as a royal palace and fortress. As for the other 21 rounds, those are for the City of London, symbolising the city’s…